Here's what you'll be doing
Location: Northampton
Salary: £33,280
E.ON UK operates one of the largest Street Lighting Contracting businesses in the UK with a large presence in the East and West Midlands as well as the North West of England. We have four Street Lighting PFI's and work for most local authorities in the areas we operate in. We operate as an ICP and carry out jointing associated with the installation and connection of electrical networks for most of the housing developers in the UK. We have agreements to work on the DNO and IDNO networks in the UK and we are now looking at expanding and growing our Independent Connections Provider business.
To assist with this growth and to meet our current obligations we are looking for enthusiastic and hardworking Jointers Mate to join our team in Northampton.
This is a great opportunity to build your skills within the electrical industry, gain hands-on experience working alongside experienced jointers, and play an important part in delivering safe, high-quality electrical connections across a growing business.
Key responsibilities
- Carry out all Low Voltage service connections onto three phase distribution networks.
- Prepare cables for jointing.
- Excavation and reinstatement of joint holes.
- Driving and operating general and specialist company vehicles appropriate to the role.
- Carry out risk assessments and work to company policies and procedures.
- Work on own initiative or as part of a team and supervise jointers mate.
- Maintain safe standards throughout the delivery of work
- Delivery of work to maintain productivity expectations.
- Contribute to deliver team objectives
- Delivery of ICP connections on electrical distribution networks.
- Delivery of Highways Lighting projects in and out of core regional geographic area.
- Delivery of network connections projects in and out of core regional geographic area
What we need from you
- First Aid
- Manual Handling
- NRSWA – LA 01 to 08
- Current Driving Licence
- Flexible to work on multiple sites across a wide geographic area
- Experience working as a Jointers Mate
It would be great if you had
- NERS Passport
- G39 and 210 Safe Isolation
- CSCS Card
- Current Driving licence up to 7.5T
- NVQ Level 3 Highway Electrical Work
- General Environmental Awareness
Here’s what you need to know
- Award-Winning Workplace - We’re proud to be named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and the Best Place to Work for 16–34-year-olds.
- Outstanding Benefits - Enjoy 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax/NI savings.
- Flexible & Family-Friendly - Our industry-leading hybrid and family-friendly policies earned us double recognition at the Personnel Today Awards 2024. We’re open to discussing how flexibility can work for you.
- Inclusive & Diverse - We’re the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers. We’re also proud winners of Best Employer for Women and Human Company of the Year—recognising our inclusive, people-first culture.
- Support at Every Stage of Life - We’re Fertility Friendly and Menopause Friendly accredited, with inclusive support for everyone.
- Accessible & Supportive - Do you consider yourself as having a disability? As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria move forward to the next stage of our recruitment process, and will make any adjustments needed during the process.
- Invested in Your Growth - From inclusive talent networks to top-tier development programmes, we’ll support your growth every step of the way.