Electrical Fitter

Unlock your superpower and start your career in the electricity transmission industry.

You’ll be a key member of the Tamar team, we are looking for industrial electrical skilled individual living within the vicinity of Launceston, Liskeard or Plymouth to cover sites across Devon and Cornwall. It’s a great opportunity to develop your engineering skills with a large variety of works in a unique environment.

Pay and Benefits

• Starting salary £40,197 pa including allowance.
• Paid overtime + Bonus (2025 – upto 4%)
• Company commercial vehicle and fuel from home to work.
• Hours - 37 Av Monday to Friday, Days only (Winter 36 hrs / Summer 38 hrs - 4 day working pattern).
• 26 days holiday plus 8 statutory days.
• For further benefits information please click the link - Benefits | National Grid Careers

Fitter Overview

Electrical Fitters are responsibility of maintaining a wide range of works on Substation plant and equipment. This work is predominately outdoors and sometimes at height on a mobile platform. You’ll join a team of fitters stripping down and rebuilding of high voltage equipment replacing worn/aged components. Maintaining complex 400kV circuit breakers, transformers, high speed on load tap changers and cable systems, plus all kinds of ancillary equipment such as DC battery systems, air compressors and generators. It can be a high-pressure environment where some work needs to be completed/fixed quickly as time sensitive, this includes installation of new equipment, refurbishment and maintenance of existing equipment, fault investigation and repair as well as routine condition monitoring.

You’ll benefit from our industry-leading training at our facilities based in Eakring, Nottinghamshire and other local substation sites, a training programme will be provided which will require occasional stays away from home, with generous mobility and overnight allowances. Throughout the year there are some requirements for weekend work which overtime will be paid. We offer on-the-job and formal training opportunities for development.

Requirements

• A recognised apprenticeship in Electrical engineering OR an NVQ/Level 3 Electrical qualification with the relevant fitting experience is required.
• You can demonstrate practical industrial engineering skills – Installations, breakdown, repair and maintenance experience, fault finding, strip down and rebuild, working to Safety Procedures, problem solving and following work specifications to maintain equipment.
• A Full UK Driving Licence.
• You can use a computer and iPad.
• You live within 30 mins travel of Launceston, Liskeard or Plymouth.

Desirable

• High voltage engineering experience.
• IOSH / NEBOSH.
• MEWP Licence.

Visa and relocation package are not available for this position

Apply now for immediate consideration.

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