Ops Telecoms Technician; SPN

This Ops Telecoms Technician will report to the Operational Telecoms Senior Project Engineer and will work within Network Operations based in our Chatham area with distributed working. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £56,576 per annum and a bonus of 3%, .

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits:
  Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

The Operational Telecoms Team, situated in the Networks Operations Business, are responsible for all of the Networks business Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) projects, fault rectification and maintenance programmes (circa 30K devices) and for the provision of Grid and Primary and SCADA and comms connectivity to over 2000 sites.

You will form part of a technical team of specialists that manage SCADA comms and control equipment across the three licence areas 24 hours a day, ensuring a 24x7x365 availability of this business-critical infrastructure. Technicians conduct installation, wiring, equipment modifications and repairs to ensure this infrastructure is available for efficient operation of the power network.

It will require the role holder to travel to other locations and regions of UK Power Networks where Ops Telecom staff and workshops are located. It will also include conducting work at Grid and Primary Substations assisting Engineers in the provision of UK Power Networks SCADA systems and the repair of legacy Networks SCADA and comms equipment.

The role holder manages the daily stock and procures spares and equipment to a value of circa £50k used to complete their responsibilities.

The Operational Telecoms Technician will also expect to make miscellaneous purchases through corporate credit card up to £2k per month.

Typical accountabilities for the Technician will include:

• Ensure that you prevail a high standard of safety management throughout the responsibilities and that you undertake safety procedures correctly.
• Technician conducts wiring and other SCADA related activities on site, usually on their own, implementing modifications or repairs of SCADA and comms equipment.
• Deliver upgrade and improvement work on the operational SCADA equipment within Grid, Primary and Secondary substations. Including the configuration, testing and integration of SMART Grid solutions and SCADA interfaces.
• Construction of Telecontrol Equipment Cubicles (TEC) and other SCADA equipment within the Ops Telecoms workshops located at Nelson Street, East Ham.
• Installation and maintenance of :
  • Copper and fibre optic communication circuits
  • Radio communication equipment and antennas
  • VSAT & BGAN Satellite communication equipment
  • Telecontrol equipment and associated wiring to substation plant and equipment
  • Inter-tripping and protection comms equipment
• Help to deliver annual Ops Telecoms work programme following the network management plan.
• You will be expected to operate Spectrum Analysers, use Oscar – Signal generation equipment, and handle portable tools and equipment as part of the role. In each case, you will expect to maintain these items of equipment and calibrate and tests them periodically. The value of all of the equipment that the post holder…