Repair Team Leader

Location: Birmingham

Working hours: 42 hours per week, across varied shifts

Salary: £29,808 - £35,876* plus additional payments once qualified (*depending on qualifications and experience)

Setting the standards all of our customers will love and others will aspire to

At Cadent we’re excited to be part of the future of UK energy! We’ve got a clear roadmap that will both drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving their net zero target by 2050.

We’re making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together we’re shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers who we put at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role

You’ll be responsible for leading a Two Person Repair Team. Reporting directly to the Network Supervisor you will need to be extremely self-motivated with proven ability to motivate both yourself and your team. You’ll need to have exceptional customer service skills, be extremely enthusiastic and have the ability to lead by example in order to promote safe working practice, best practice, whilst driving efficiency and maintaining compliant ways of working

Your day to day duties will include:

• Attending gas escapes to locate, make safe and repair as appropriate
• Isolations of Mains and Services where required and necessary
• Meter Control Valves exchanges
• Conducting service checks.
• Syphon pumping, valve repairs, mains/leakage surveys, ancillary work on the network Groundwork
• Excavations and reinstatements
• Utilising appropriate signing, lighting and guarding
• Ensure cable avoidance
• Delivery of equipment and tools where required
• Patrol and plant protection
• Supervising the team
• Programming of escapes for further work
• LP/MP/IP Mainlaying, including working for partner companies as required
• Service laying and connections
• Working on deep excavations up to 2.5m
• Working on a standby rota system

About You

We’re looking for people who act with pride, purpose and ownership to join our team, along with:

• An NCO2GS qualification
• A full UK driving licence
• EUSR Essential Qualifications
• SHEA Gas
• NCO(G) – Service Layer (Distribution)
• NCO(G) – Meter Disconnection
• NRSWA (SWQR) – Location and avoidance of underground apparatus, Signing Lighting and Guarding, Excavation in the highway

EUSR Desirable Qualifications

• NMO(G) – Escape Locate Repair
• NCO(G) – Main Layer up to 180mm (Distribution)

Benefits

Here at Cadent, we are committed to supporting our employees to get the best out of themselves. For this role we can offer:

• Ample opportunity for progression within the business
• Mentoring and guidance opportunities

We offer a host of benefits to suit your lifestyle and support your wellbeing. These include:

• 25 days holiday, statutory days, option to buy too + 8 bank holidays
• Competitive salary with fantastic career prospects
• Pension Scheme – double match up to 12%
• Opportunity to earn bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Flex Benefits including cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, insurances and healthcare packages
• Discounted gym membership
• My Offers membership card – offering discounts and savings from hundreds of retailers
• Support with financial wellbeing
• Access to our Occupational Health Services including access to Physiotherapy Services
• Full emergency training to ensure you are operating at your best
• Vehicle, tools, equipment, phone & tablet all supplied on your first day

Diversity and Inclusion
Don’t meet every single requirement listed?

Understanding, learning, and celebrating what makes us different, as well as what we have in common, is not only good for us as individuals but also enables us to work better together as one team. Cadent is committed to being an equitable and diverse employer that fosters an inclusive culture for all our employees, therefore, all our employment decisions are assessed based on qualifications, merit, and business need. So, if you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification mentioned, we would still love for you to submit your application – You may just be the right person for this role or other opportunities at Cadent.

As a recognised Disability Confident Employer, we are proud to champion inclusion in the workplace and ensure to provide an environment that is accessible to all and supports individuals throughout their journey with Cadent. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process.

Circle Back Initiative

As an active and proud member of The Circle Back Initiative, we aim to ensure that all candidates receive a response to their application, regardless of the outcome.

We will be receiving applications until the specified date above, though Cadent retains the right to close this vacancy early without prior notification, so it is advisable to complete your application at your earliest convenience.

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