
Sub Stations Trainee Power Techinician
Northpower
The Role
Overview
Hands‑on trainee supporting field crews, learning trade skills on infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities
- field support
- problem solving
- safety compliance
- tool operation
- stakeholder interaction
Tasks
-Supporting experienced field crews on real world projects. -Contributing ideas and solutions you won’t be just "the new guy". -Making sure all work and gear meets top safety and quality standards. -Getting hands on with tools, machinery, and technical drawings. -Interacting with a wide range of people from engineers and contractors to customers and council teams.
Requirements
- attention
- inquiry
- planning
- scope
- infrastructure
- safety
What You Bring
-Good attention to detail and a willingness to ask questions. -Learning how to plan, scope, and deliver infrastructure jobs safely and efficiently.
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Benefits
-A clear pathway to a trade qualification and long-term career. -The chance to work on essential projects that keep communities running. -A strong team culture where people have your back and celebrate your wins. -Daily mentoring from experienced supervisors and field leaders.
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
Interview Process
-applicants will be interviewed while the advertisement is open.
