Field Staff Supervisor

Description

• Ensure field staff comply with Company procedures and complete work to the required standards.
• Support the Area in preparation, readiness and implementation activities for a system emergency event
• Maintaining high levels of Employee Engagement across the team is crucial. We achieve this by supporting the delivery of Team Briefs, operational and craft forums, and other staff communications. These communications include new and revised documents commensurate to the post holder's experience.
• Ensure compliance with procedures
• Responsibility for the efficient utilisation of resources together with the Area Scheduling Team leading to improved productivity.
• Demonstrate and promote UK Power Networks' vision of becoming an employer of choice, a respected corporate citizen and to work in a sustainably cost efficient way.
• Always ensure that you monitor the health and wellbeing of all staff and comply with control strategies for managing health hazards.
• You will attend all training courses relevant to the role.
• Promote, through their own behaviours, UK Power Networks values; integrity, respect, continuous improvement, diversity and inclusiveness, responsibility and unity.
• Improve safety performance
• You will promote team working and monitor performance against agreed standards.
• The post holder is expected to establish a process of continuous improvement through IPRs, to develop staff, and to utilise new technology that the company will implement. They also need to ensure that staff comply with procedures, work to a high quality, and remove unnecessary barriers to the efficient delivery of work.
• Responsibility for all people management aspects of their team, including the fair application of HR procedures (IPR, sickness absence, poor performance)
• Take ownership of escalated customer issues through to satisfactory resolution.
• UK Power Networks will expect the post holder to participate in their management training programme, at a level appropriate to the role.
• Ensure that the utilisation of the transport fleet is optimised, and work-related plant, safety critical PPE, tools and equipment are compliant and meet operational requirements.
• Promote delivery of work and forward planning of resources. Also, ensure that all hours reported through time sheets, and materials consumed, are accurate and representative of the job.

Requirements

• Lead by example and always demonstrating safe working practices and behaviours.
• Experience with electrical distribution and be familiar with organisational procedures, ensuring their implementation at local level.
• Experience of the Business from an operational and technical perspective
• You will either hold an Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) certificate in managing health and safety, or be willing to obtain this IOSH certificate within a timescale agreed with their manager. New recruits will require to pass the IOSH managing qualification within six months of their appointment to the role.
• Demonstrate visible leadership through regular site visits
• Understand the range and type of both professional and trade skills that are important in delivering field work, with practical experience in one or more trades
• Have excellent influencing
• We prefer authorisations to operate on the LV and HV distribution network and we will encourage the post holder to maintain/obtain these competencies.
• An ONC qualification, but with a minimum of City and Guilds 2339 (formally 2322) in Electrical Power Engineering or equivalent
• Include the ability to plan, manage time and other resources
• Be able to manage absence, team related HR issues, daily people management

Benefits

• Occupational Health support
• 23 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Discounted gym membership
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance