Glove and Barrier Line Mechanic Team Leader

Northpower

The Role

Overview

Lead crew performing live line glove & barrier work on overhead networks, ensuring safety.

Key Responsibilities

  • fault response
  • after-hours

Tasks

-You will possibly be a part of after hours team roster to respond to fault works.

Requirements

  • planning
  • problem solving
  • live line
  • leadership
  • overhead networks
  • documentation

What You Bring

-Strong planning and problem solving skills -A knack for getting paperwork done properly, the first time -Glove & barrier live line competency -Leadership experience or a strong desire to lead others -Proven experience working on overhead distribution networks.

The Company

About Northpower

-It blends ownership and contracting—running its own electricity and fibre networks while delivering engineering and construction services nationwide. -Financially robust, it sustains large-scale contracts with major utilities and returns profits to its consumer-owned trust. -Its projects range from substation upgrades and submarine cable installations to managing transmission lines and future-energy installations. -Specialising in transmission, distribution, fibre rollout, inspection solutions and grid‑scale solar, it tackles every layer of utility infrastructure. -Unusually, the company owns and operates one of the region’s oldest hydro stations and recently launched a portable data centre prototype.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Electricity Distribution

Fibre Network

Transmission

Distribution

Substations

Industrial Electrical and Automation

Communications

Fibre Optic

Power

Renewables

Telecommunications

Infrastructure

Asset Management

Maintenance

Construction

Engineering Design

SCADA

Protection Scheme

Earthing

Battery Chargers

HV/LV Reticulation

Corrosion Protection

Acoustic Testing