National Grid Groundworker

Groundworker with Plant – National Grid Substation | Necton | £300–£330 per day

Are you an experienced Groundworker with National Grid Persons accreditation looking for your next long-term opportunity? Our client is a leading construction business delivering critical substation infrastructure, and they need skilled, reliable people to hit the ground running on a busy, ongoing project in Necton. If you're ready to get stuck into meaningful work with excellent daily rates, this one's for you.

What's on Offer

• £300–£330 per day – your rate depends on your qualifications
• Monday to Friday – 44.5 hours per week, with a consistent and predictable schedule. Weekend work available.
• Ongoing temporary contract – long-term work with no immediate end date in sight
• Varied, hands-on role – no two days the same, working both inside and outside a live substation environment
• Work on nationally significant infrastructure – contribute to projects that really matter

What You'll Be Doing

You'll be working alongside gangs on a live substation construction site, taking responsibility for a wide range of groundworks activities, including:

• Operating both inside and outside a live substation
• Overseeing the installation of chippings and Type 3 to level
• Managing concrete works, remedial works, and bagging activities
• Installing ducts and drawpits
• Carrying out excavation works for earthing
• Managing lifting procedures for lighting column installation

What You Must Have

• ✅ National Grid Persons accreditation – this is an absolute requirement; applications cannot be considered without it

Useful Additional Tickets

Whilst not essential, the following qualifications are highly valued on this project and will strengthen your application:

• HSG47 Cat 1 & 2 (required for certain positions on site)
• Slinging & Signalling
• PVM / Banksman
• 360 Excavator (with lifting operations)
• Forward Tipping Dumper (FTD)
• Roller

Ready to Apply?

Don't miss out on this excellent ongoing opportunity. Contact the team at Select Recruitment today to register your interest and get your application moving quickly. With rates like these and long-term work on offer, positions like this won't hang around.

Call us or send your CV now – we'd love to get you on site as soon as possible.