Maintenance and Inspection Operative - OHL Plant and Equipment

Are you an experienced operative with a background in lifting equipment and plant maintenance, ready to take on a role with real responsibility and impact?

Pay and Benefits

• Starting salary £38,326 - £40,581 pa depending on experience
• Paid overtime + Bonus (2025 – upto 4%)
• Company commercial vehicle and fuel from home to work.
• Hours - 37 Av Monday to Friday.
• 26 days holiday plus 8 statutory days. 
• For further benefits information please click the link - Benefits | National Grid Careers

We’re looking for a skilled Maintenance & Inspection Operative to support the inspection, servicing, and management of Overhead Line (OHL) plant and lifting equipment across key UK infrastructure projects. Based across West Bolden, Leeds, and Staythorpe, this is a dynamic, field-based role that requires flexibility to travel nationwide, including occasional overnight stays, supporting OHL teams wherever they’re needed. Commercial vehicle supplied.

Day-to-day, you’ll carry out workshop duties such as basic maintenance, cleaning, and preparing equipment for operational use, while using IT systems and innovative approaches to resolve issues and escalate where appropriate.

You’ll play a key role in supporting major capital works, managing lifting tackle and PPE, coordinating statutory testing, and ensuring all tools and calibration equipment meet required standards. You’ll also contribute to emergency response readiness, ensuring equipment is available and deployed effectively when it matters most.

In this hands-on position, you’ll take ownership of maintaining and inspecting specialist equipment in line with LOLER and PUWER regulations, ensuring all assets are safe, compliant, and operational. You’ll manage your own workload, maintain accurate inspection and service records, and coordinate the movement, storage, and replacement of equipment across multiple locations.

Essential

• Recognised engineering apprenticeship, or NVQ Level 3 in an engineering discipline (or equivalent).
• Proven experience in the maintenance, servicing, and inspection of lifting equipment and plant.
• Strong working knowledge of inspection processes and equipment compliance.
• Comfortable using IT systems to manage records and equipment tracking.
• Ability to work independently and manage your own workload effectively.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of LOLER and PUWER regulations.
• IOSH or equivalent health & safety qualification.
• LEEA Foundation and/or Lifting Equipment General certification (or equivalent).

About Us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating, and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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