Highways Lighting Operative

Enerveo Limited; Wall; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base Location: Fareham

Full-time permanent role

Job summary

Enerveo Limited in Fareham is seeking a Highways Lighting Operative to maintain and install street lighting and related infrastructure across the South Coast project.

You will perform lamp changes, electrical testing, fault diagnostics, and operate a MEWP, with on-call standby and strict safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Electrical background and NVQ Level 2.
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence.
• Willing to work outdoors year-round and at height in MEWP.
• Experience in Highways industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining streetlighting infrastructure including streetlights, signs, and subways.
• Carrying out electrical connections to new street lighting infrastructure.
• Carrying out fault diagnosis and repairs.
• Operating a mobile elevated working platform (MEWP).
• On-call standby to respond to emergencies as part of the rota.
• Complying with safety guidelines and regulations.

Skills

Driving licence

MEWP experience

Outdoor work

Safety awareness

Education

NVQ Level 2

Job description

Embark on a Journey with Enerveo: Crafting Excellence for Over 25 Years! Enerveo is one of the UK's leading Highways Electrical contractors, delivering full-service street lighting and highway electrical solutions for local authorities and infrastructure partners. With expertise in lighting design, installation, project management, maintenance and the integration of smart technologies, we manage over one million street lights across the UK and help towns and cities become safer, smarter, greener and more efficient. Could you be our next Highways Lighting Operative to join the team and drive this success forward?

This team is responsible for the ongoing streetlighting works in Hampshire and Southampton as part of the South Coast PFI.

In a typical day, you could expect to be:

• Maintaining our streetlighting infrastructure including, but not limited to, streetlights, signs, and subways, including lamp changes, visual inspections, and electrical testing
• Carrying out electrical connections to new street lighting infrastructure
• Carrying out fault diagnosis and repairs
• Ensuring we deliver outstanding service to our clients and the public
• Operating a mobile elevated working platform (MEWP)
• Attending the emergency standby rota, which consists of being on call to attend emergency call-outs out of hours Monday to Sunday
• Working to strict safety guidelines and regulations

We are looking for you to bring your previous experience working in the Highways industry. We would also love you to have: You will have an electrical background and will have completed NVQ Level 2. We work in all weathers, so you need to be the type of person who is happy working outdoors all year round. A lot of this role will be working at height, so you need to be comfortable working in a MEWP above the ground more than 12m. We do need you to have a full UK Manual Driving Licence as we cover a wide range of locations

Some of our ‘nice to haves' are:

• We would look for you to hold IPAF/PASMA working at heights training
• It would be a benefit if you have a good knowledge of the 18th Edition
• If you are qualified to AM2, City and Guilds 2391 qualification this would be a benefit but not essential
• Completion of G39/Safe Isolation Training

We can however support the right candidate to achieve any level of industry training/qualifications they may not have in the ‘nice to have' list.

We know it's not all about the money, so why not take a look at our benefits to see what we can offer you?

• Base Location: Fareham PO14
• Working Pattern: Permanent - Full Time; Core hours are Monday to Friday 07:30 -15:30 with flexibility around start and finish times required due to the nature of the works. Out of Hours standby is also a requirement of the role, which is on a rota basis.