Field Engineer

UK Power Networks; Crawley; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Reservist Leave

Private Health Insurance

Pension Plan

Tenancy Loan Deposits

Season Ticket Loan

Cycle to Work

Green Car Leasing

Occupational Health

Switched On discounts

Gym membership

Job summary

UK Power Networks in Crawley is recruiting a Field Engineer to join the Network Operations team. You will report to the Lead Field Engineer and be responsible for delivering maintenance, capital programmes and fault work within a defined geographic area.

The role requires liaising with customers, planning resources and ensuring quality safety standards. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and a clear career path within an established utility network.

Qualifications

• BAND E SAP experience (with ONC) preferred.
• BAND D SAP experience (with HNC) preferred.
• Current valid driving licence is required.
• ONC Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) required.
• NRSWA Supervisors certificate required.
• IOSH Managing Safely certificate required.
• Familiarity with MS Excel spreadsheets requested.
• Organisational awareness and customer service are essential.
• Safety management responsibilities are central to the role.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety management across all duties.
• Deliver maintenance, construction and fault works to time, cost and quality.
• Ensure staff follow procedures and maintain high quality.
• Daily planning and real-time resource coordination.
• Communicate with HV/LV control and update switching logs.
• Update the SAP Asset Database with completed work and records.
• Provide technical support to field staff.
• Manage contract issues with support from Contract Management.
• Prepare risk assessments and method statements for projects.

Skills

Customer service

Safety management

Organisational awareness

MS Excel

Education

Driving licence

ONC Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)

NRSWA Supervisors certificate

IOSH Managing Safely certificate

Tools

SAP system

MS Excel

Job description

This Field Engineer will report to Lead Field Engineer and will work within Network Operations based in Crawley area. You will be permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £56,576 - £84,160 per annum(depending on experience) per annum and a bonus of 3%.

Close Date: 27th September 2026

All applications will be reviewed after the close date.

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Private Health Insurance / SimplyHealth
• 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

To work as part of a team within the Crawley Network Operations area. This includes liaison with customers, network operations and control, networks planning and management of field staff and management of contractors.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Ensure of safety management throughout all responsibilities.
• Responsibility for delivery of all maintenance, construction and fault works to time, cost and quality.
• Ensure staff comply with all procedures and work to a high standard of quality.
• Daily planning, coordination and real-time responsibility for the efficient utilisation of resources.
• Communicate with HV/LV control – submission of HV/LV switching log, complete HV/LV network operations in accordance to distribution safety rules and policies and procedures etc.
• Ensure that the Asset Database – SAP, is updated with completed work etc. As needed by the system.
• Support and provide technical support to field staff,
• Manage and resolve any contract actual issues, with the support of Contract Management.
• Produce Risk Assessments and Method Statements for the safe delivery of projects work.
• Complete quality assurance checks of works completed and to rectify any quality issues identified.
• Communicate with and manage relationships with our customers to meet their expectations wherever possible.
• To be prepared to assist other sections e.g. organisational changes, system emergencies as determined by your experience.
• Complete out of hours safety/emergency response (Standby) as and when required.

Nature and Scope:

You will be an important contributor to the team manage the delivery of all Maintenance, Capital Programme, Connections and Faults work within a geographical area. Together with the scheduling team, Work Planner, Field Staff Supervisor and Field Staff you will deliver an excellent service to the customer, ensuring we meet the requirements of our Guaranteed Service Standards.

All new employees appointed to the Field Engineer or Lead Field Engineers roles within Network Operations will include a contractual requirement to undertake standby for a minimum period of 20 years, or up to the age of 55 whichever comes first.

Qualifications:

• BAND E = 11k SAP (with ONC)
• BAND D = 33kv SAP (with HNC)
• Current valid driving licence
• ONC Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• NRSWA (City & Guilds) Supervisors certificate
• IOSH Managing Safely certificate
• Familiarity with MS Excel spreadsheets
• Organisational Awareness
• Customer Service
• Safety Management

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used.

We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and able to be themselves. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. If you meet the essential criteria and believe your skills, experience or transferable strengths could make you a great fit for the role, we’d love to hear from you. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We may use AI-enabled tools to support elements of our recruitment process. These tools help us manage applications more efficiently and consistently, but they do not make hiring decisions. All recruitment decisions are made by trained employees using human judgement and oversight. We are committed to using AI responsibly, fairly and transparently, in line with our legal, regulatory and ethical obligations.

Your data will be hosted within a secure environment and will only be used by UK Power Networks for the purpose of which it is intended. The data is used only as an input to provide insights for the screening process and is not retained by the model or by UK Power Networks’ contractor, shared with the contractor’s other customers or with OpenAI, or used to train or improve AI models.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Where applicable, this role is subject to safer recruitment processes and robust pre‑employment checks