Location
Colchester, Essex | United Kingdom
Job description
Join us, we’re an Investors in People Gold Standard Company
Join us, we’re an Investors in People Gold Standard Company.
Certified B-Corp Accredited , Ground Control has been certified by B-Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B-Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental standards which represent its commitment to sustainable goals ahead of profit. We have also been awarded a ‘world-class’ status for employee engagement in the 2023 Best Companies results, ranking at #16 in the ‘Top 100 Large Companies to Work For’ league table.
We are looking for a Shutdown Carder to support the field engineer and tree cutting power line outage programme for a growing contract in the Essex, Suffolk, Cambridge and Hertfordshire areas. You will provide customer power supply confirmation and feed this information back into the programme within a distribution area.
You will take responsibility for driving the delivery of your own allocated works, ensuring work is completed to the highest possible standards in terms of safety, environment, quality and customer service.
What you will achieve;
- Patrol overhead power lines to confirm customers going off power supply within a given power outage area identified by the field engineer.
- Confirm accuracy of customer carding lists and ensure any updating is carried out as per procedure.
- Drive a productive approach to ensure maximum delivery across all role outputs.
- Liaise with customers as appropriate regarding any planned power line outages and ensure a polite and helpful approach.
- Report any HSQE events or power line defects whilst patrolling.
- Support the delivery of the overall tree cutting power outage programme.
What we offer ;
At Ground Control we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work. We offer a wide-ranging benefits programme inspiring you to realise your full potential;
- Being part of a Sunday Times 2019 Top Track 250 Company & London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’
- We inclusively support ‘The Race at Work Charter’, ‘Ban the Box’, ‘The Armed Forces Covenant’ and are ‘Disability Confident’
- A supportive, entrepreneurial working environment that fosters collaboration
- We believe that ‘no job is too urgent or important not to be done safely’ and embed this Safety culture throughout the business
- Training, development, coaching and mentoring opportunities, with clear career path progression
- Match funding for employee fundraising and 2 personal choice volunteering days
- We invest 5% of our profits into the Evergreen Fund , an investment fund dedicated to sustainability and environmental initiatives.
- By 2025 we have committed to planting 1,000,000 trees, having a fully electric fleet, and being carbon neutral
- Cycle to work, Travel loans
- Bupa employee support & Free Flu Jab & subscriptions to an online GP service and Calm, the wellbeing app
How we work;
We put people at the centre of everything we do.
Everyone is welcome. We’re embracing a culture where difference is valued. Your uniqueness will be celebrated. We believe diversity grows innovation, and innovation creates initiative . Together we’ll succeed in caring for each other, caring for our communities and Caring for our Environment.
Who are we looking for?
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- The ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise workload.
- Able to complete self-risk assessments.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- To be prepared to train and learn new skills to accomplish the full role.
- Ability to identify problems and investigate alternatives.
- Hold a Full UK Driving Licence
The following is desirable, not essential, and training can be provided for the right candidate.
- Experience in the field of overhead power lines.
- The ability to read and understand network diagrams.
- Ability to identify Network Components (switching points, HV & LV cable feeds).
Join us to make a difference!
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