National Grid
Operations - Team Leader
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Job Introduction
An opportunity is available for a Team Leader working in the West Wales area based at the Llanfihangel ar Arth depot. The successful candidate will report into the Field Operations Team Manager and will be responsible for leading a group of Trades Persons and running the fault desk on a rota basis.
The key focus of this role is to lead an efficient and productive team across a region. Key considerations for the successful running of your team include:
- Ensuring they are working compliantly within H&S policies
- Coordinating programmes of work for them to undertake
- Organising response to network faults
- Maximising efficiencies in delivery
- Ensuring your team has the appropriate development and authorisations
- Effectively managing performance on a 1:1 basis
This is a crucial role to help drive forward performance and give our large teams the support they need in the field. This will be an office-based role working 8.00am until 4.00pm with site visits.
Main Responsibilities
- Ensuring your team's adherence to Health and Safety regulations
- Monitor and manage the cost-effectiveness of network faults
- Efficient scheduling of work activities
- Collaboration with other teams to manage workload
- Driving team productivity and individual performance management
- Maintaining a full schedule of work for the team
- Ensure our people have the appropriate training and work authorisations to support a safe and productive working environment
- Respond quickly and professionally to customer complaints
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Ideal Candidate
We are looking for an excellent communicator, who has the ability to build strong relationships with our craft staff and customers. A problem solver who is organised and can plan ahead using their own initiative. Experience working on a fault desk in a similar environment will be highly beneficial.
You must have a proven track record of managing teams including managing and driving performance, as well as experience of being the point of escalation for both internal and external stakeholders.
You will have excellent IT skills and some Commercial and Financial awareness would be an advantage.
You’ll need a good understanding or the ability to quickly develop knowledge of:
- Electricity Safety
- Health & Safety Legislation
- Quality & Continuity Regulations 2002
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
- The NGED distribution business
- NGED Craft roles and activities undertaken
A NRSWA qualification or understanding of NRSWA legislation is desirable, however, full training can be provided.
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You must hold a full, valid UK/EU driving licence as you will be required to carry out site visits.
The starting salary will be £45,492 moving to £49,369 on completion of training.
If you have applied for this position at this location in the past 6 months, please do not submit another application at this time
About Us
We’re National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), the owner and operator behind the electricity distribution systems for the Midlands, the Southwest of England and South Wales. Serving communities of more than 8 million people, our expert teams deliver heat, light and power for homes and businesses.
National Grid employs over 29,000 people worldwide. We are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues – who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Our vision is to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future and we are doing this in a fast-moving industry with an increasing focus on tackling climate change, exploring new energy sources that are renewable, low carbon, and improve efficiency to meet demand.
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