Trainee Installer / Installer - Traffic Signals and Technology

  • Full-time
  • Duration of Employment: Permanent
  • Department: Operations
  • Compensation: GBP 25000 - GBP 35000 - yearly

Company Description

SWARCO UK & Ireland – The Better Way. Every Day.

At SWARCO, we’re at the forefront of intelligent transport solutions, helping to keep people moving safely, efficiently and sustainably across the UK and Ireland.

Job Description

 

Installer – Glasgow

Location: Glasgow
Reporting to: Service Delivery Manager
Business Division: SWARCO UK & Ireland

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and reliable Installer to join our team in Glasgow. This is a hands-on role where you’ll play an important part in installing, refurbishing, repairing and commissioning traffic signals and urban traffic technology across customer sites.

If you have experience working on traffic signal installations or similar electrical infrastructure, and enjoy working outdoors, solving problems and seeing projects through from installation to completion, this could be the opportunity for you.

What you will do

As an Installer, you’ll be responsible for delivering high-quality installation and commissioning work, ensuring projects are completed safely, efficiently and to customer requirements.

You’ll take ownership of your work on site, working closely with colleagues and project teams to ensure installations are completed to a high standard and handed over professionally.

Your role will include:

  • Installing and commissioning traffic signals and urban traffic technology

  • Delivering installation projects safely, on time and to the required quality standards

  • Taking ownership of your work on site and ensuring a professional customer handover

  • Working with project teams to identify and report any changes to project scope

  • Ensuring all work is carried out in line with SWARCO's Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental (QHSE) requirements

  • Completing worksheets, timesheets and project documentation accurately and on time

  • Ensuring vehicles, tools, equipment and PPE are maintained in a safe and serviceable condition

  • Working in accordance with project requirements, customer specifications and agreed methods of work

  • Representing SWARCO professionally when working with customers and other stakeholders

 

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade C or above, or equivalent

  • Basic electrical knowledge

  • Basic understanding of traffic signal installation and theory, including phases, stages and detection

  • Mechanical aptitude

  • Good safety awareness

  • Safe manual handling skills

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • Proactive approach with good attention to detail

  • Full UK driving licence

  • Right to live and work in the UK

Desirable

  • Previous experience working on traffic signal installations or similar electrical infrastructure

  • Good understanding of traffic signal installations and associated equipment

  • Sector 8 accreditation, including relevant NRSWA, G39 and ECS qualifications

  • Experience working within the highways, ITS, electrical or related infrastructure sectors

 

Additional Information

What we offer

At SWARCO, we want our people to feel supported, valued and able to develop their careers. As well as a competitive salary and benefits package, you'll receive:

  • Company vehicle, with the option for personal use

  • 25 days' holiday, rising to 28 days, plus bank holidays

  • Option to buy additional annual leave

  • Generous employer pension contributions

  • Overtime and standby payments where applicable

  • Life assurance

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • Employee discounts portal

  • PPE and tools provided

  • Training and development opportunities

  • A supportive working environment where employee feedback is actively encouraged

Interested?

If you're looking for a practical, hands-on role where you can develop your skills and play a key part in delivering the technology that keeps our roads and transport networks moving, we'd love to hear from you.

Please apply by clicking the link and sharing your details.

Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before any advertised closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. Applications received after the closing date will not be processed.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. Successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK by the start of their employment. SWARCO is an equal opportunities employer.

Agency Information

Agencies, please note: Should we require recruitment agency involvement, we will contact the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) directly. We ask that you respect the relationships we have already established with these suppliers.

Any unsolicited CV sent to any partner or employee of SWARCO for a role where we have not actively engaged with you will not be accepted as an introduction and will not be liable for any payment or fee.

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