Leading Cable Hand

About the role

Sellafield, Cumbria | 38 Hours per Week | 4-Day Working Week | NAECI Grade 4

Are you an experienced cable professional looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have the technical expertise, leadership skills and commitment to safety required to deliver complex projects in one of the UK's most demanding environments?

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Leading Cablehand to support the delivery of major works at Sellafield. This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly skilled team, lead cable installation activities and contribute to critical infrastructure projects while developing your career within a world-class organisation.

What you'll be doing

As a Leading Cablehand, you'll play a key role in coordinating and delivering cable installation activities safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards. Working closely with Supervisors, Foremen and Project Teams, you'll ensure work is completed in line with programme requirements, technical specifications and nuclear site regulations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and coordinating cable installation teams to achieve project targets


• Supporting and mentoring less experienced cable hands


• Overseeing cable pulling, dressing, routing, containment and final fixing activities


• Monitoring productivity and ensuring effective deployment of labour and resources


• Carrying out inspections and quality checks to ensure compliance with project specifications


• Promoting and maintaining a strong safety-first culture across site activities


• Ensuring compliance with Sellafield safety rules, permits, risk assessments and method statements


• Identifying and resolving installation challenges to minimise delays and rework


• Reporting progress, risks and performance against programme milestones


• Liaising with engineers, supervisors and other trades to ensure smooth project delivery

Who we're looking for

We're looking for individuals who are technically strong, safety focused and capable of leading teams in a highly regulated environment.

Essential Requirements

• ECS / CSCS Leading Cablehand Card


• Proven experience leading cabling teams on major industrial, nuclear or similarly regulated projects


• Strong knowledge of cable installation practices, including segregation requirements, cable fixings and winching operations


• IOSH Working Safely or equivalent


• Manual Handling, Cable Pulling and Working at Height training


• Excellent communication and coordination skills


• Ability to drive quality, productivity and safety standards across site activities

Desirable

• First Aid at Work qualification

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is a leader in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions.

We design, install and maintain the complex systems and technologies that underpin the UK's national infrastructure and bring buildings to life.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We're looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com