Service Engineer - Operations T&E

Service Engineer

Various locations – England and Wales

Permanent

Competitive + Company commercial vehicle + Flexible Benefits

Summary

Freedom are currently recruiting for a HV Maintenance Service Engineer (HV Fitter) maintaining HV electrical equipment including Indoor and outdoor Switchgear, Transformers, cooling systems, Earth Switches, Disconnectors and all relevant equipment in a Switch Yard or Switch Room. 

The HV Service Engineer will be working on maintenance contracts in England & Wales, therefore ideal with easy access to Motorways. The successful candidate should also have knowledge of site safety systems including Risk assessments and Method Statements.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Attend outages at various customer premises (predominately Power Stations, Waste to Energy Plants, Solar Farm, Wind Farms) maintaining Transformer, Indoor and outdoor Switchgear, Cooling Systems, Earth Switches, Disconnectors, and all relevant equipment in a Switch Yard or Switch Room.
• Type(s) of work – Mainly working on large Power Stations, DNO’s and smaller customer sites servicing HV equipment
• The main duties will be to take responsibility for the customers HV equipment aligned with customer SAP/AP’s who would make dead, and take permits to meet customer needs and contractual responsibilities.
• Ability to undertake hands on maintenance activities and manage small remedial / project works in remote locations.
• Good SHE awareness and positive attitude to safety culture,
• Self-starter and able to work on own and with others, ensuring safe working practices
• Flexible approach to travel and staying away when necessary

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in either HV Switchgear or Transformers
• HNC OR C&G in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering - Desirable
• Knowledge of all kinds of Switchgear, SF6, Vacuum, Oil, Air etc. ranging from 400kv down to 400v
• Knowledge of maintaining all sizes and type of transformer including, Tap Changers, oil temperature indicators, Pressure Relief devices, Bushing changes
• Knowledge of all relevant Switch Yard equipment - Desirable
• National Grid Authorised Peron - Desirable
• Clean UK Driving license
• Experience with report writing would be an advantage

Benefits:

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people.  Some of what you can expect includes: 

• Company commercial vehicle
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

Next Steps: 

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.  

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of timewith plenty of notice.If you require any accommodations to participatein the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. 

About Us 

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

You will be working as part of a team where we are committed to creating a culture where we treat each other fairly and with respect, recognising everyone as an individual.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be