BT Assessor

Job Title: BT Assessor
Salary and benefits:
Location: Basingstoke
Business Area: Utilities – Telecoms

Join Kier, connect to your future.

At Kier we connect and create spaces and places. Being part of Kier connects you to strategically important projects and contracts, where your skills and expertise will be utilised to positively impact people, communities and the environment for generations.

Kier Utilities keep our telecoms clients’ customers connected to superfast broadband, digital TV and the latest full-fibre gigabit internet services through the design and construction of new fibre networks as well as the maintenance of existing HFC networks.

Recently appointed as Openreach’s core partner, this exciting contract will see us providing multi-million pound planned and reactive fibre and copper network services across Hampshire and Berkshire over the next five-years.

With our new growth and ambition to be industry leaders, we are looking for talented, professional and customer centric people to join our team.

With a nationwide 5G fibre build planned over the next 10-15 years, it’s a great time to work in Telecoms. Working for Kier you’ll be at the forefront of this growing market, providing you with opportunity to expand your skills and achieve your career ambitions within a dynamic and passionate team.

About role

The main purpose of the role is to deliver classroom-based training and field-based accreditation to ensure that all delivery undertaken by Kier is safety and quality compliant in terms of BT contractual requirements, and consistent with current legislation and industry standards. As a trainer/ assessor in a growing contract, this will include upskilling on trainees and apprentices as well as subcontractor resources.

Key Responsibilities:

As a skilled assessor you must be able to demonstrate you can attain and maintain the required level of knowledge and skills to carry out the role effectively and efficiently. You will be required to keep fully informed and up to date with any changes or additions to technology, testers, components, practices & related quality standards as per Openreach client requirements, carrying out the Training/Coaching of direct labour and subcontractor operatives in the correct methods of work to enable them to gain the required accreditations and to deliver classroom and field assessments for initial accreditation and refreshers. You will also demonstrate Kier values alongside the knowledge, skills and behaviour required of your role.

Skills and experience required:

Essential

To be successful in this role you must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to communicate effectively at all business levels. You will have the ability to complete and return all documentation in a timely manner and keep fully informed and up to date with any changes or additions to technology, testers, components, practices & related quality standards as per Openreach client requirements. You will have previous training and coaching skills both in the field and within the classroom setting. You will be a good team player with ability to communicate at all levels and be highly organised.

Desirable

It would be great if you hold Lead Assessor status for telecoms network accreditations, ideally for Fibre job roles and Poling (e.g. K and N Modules for Fibre. O Modules, E1, K3, K7 for poling and overhead cabling), as well as S11/ S13/ S18 Accreditations or Lead Assessor status for Surveying. Ideally you will also hold Accreditations or Lead Assessor status for Civils, and have experience in training and/or assessing within Telecommunications industry, specifically on Openreach network.

Make the journey. Leave a legacy.

Being part of Kier means living our values of being collaborative, enthusiastic and forward thinking. We all have the potential to shape our world, and it’s through these values that we will leave a lasting legacy. Bring your talent and ambition to Kier and you will be given the scope and opportunity to invest in your own future, to build your expertise and contribute to a rich and diverse culture.

What will you receive?

You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes private healthcare, a matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday) together with two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan). To find out more about the rewards and benefits at Kier, click here.

Flexible/Agile Working

At Kier we believe that – wherever we can, whether office or site-based – we should embrace an agile/flexible approach to working. We are proud to offer our employees the opportunity, where we can, to do this. Please don’t hesitate to ask during the recruitment process around agile working and flexibility – We’ll do our best to support you.

Let’s shape your world together.

Being part of Kier means living our values of beingCollaborative, TrustedandFocused. We all have the potential to shape our world, and it’s through these values that we will leave a lasting legacy. Bring your talent and ambition to Kier and you will be given the scope and opportunity to invest in your own future, to build your expertise and contribute to a rich and diverse culture.

Kier is an inclusive employer.

Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all of our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. If you’d like to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Kier, you can contact the team by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk

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