Trainee High-Voltage Linesperson – Start Your Power Career

Balfour Beatty plc; Scotland; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc in Scotland is hiring a Trainee Linesperson – OHL to join our Power Transmission & Distribution team. You will learn on the job, gaining hands-on experience building and maintaining high-voltage overhead lines across Scotland and the UK.

This apprenticeship-style role supports your development with college learning and hands-on training, with safety at the forefront. A full clean driving licence is required; flexibility to travel and work across the UK is expected.

Qualifications

• No prior Linesperson experience required; trainees learn on the job.
• Willingness to travel across the UK and work at height.
• Full clean driving licence.
• Safety-focused and responsible team player.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an experienced OHL gang.
• Learn to build and maintain high‑voltage overhead transmission lines from 132kV to 400kV.
• Develop practical skills in OHL equipment, tools and working methods.
• Learn safe climbing and working‑at‑height techniques.
• Support lifting, lowering, fittings and wiring activities.
• Follow safe systems of work, method statements and OHL procedures.
• Develop knowledge to progress your career within OHL.

Skills

Willing to learn

Team player

Safety‑focused

Good communication skills

Driving licence

Education

Apprenticeship route available

Job description

Balfour Beatty plc in Scotland is hiring a Trainee Linesperson – OHL to join our Power Transmission & Distribution team. You will learn on the job, gaining hands-on experience building and maintaining high-voltage overhead lines across Scotland and the UK.

This apprenticeship-style role supports your development with college learning and hands-on training, with safety at the forefront. A full clean driving licence is required; flexibility to travel and work across the UK is expected.