Cable Layer — SSEN Electricity Distribution (Aberdeen / Peterhead)

Cable Layer — SSEN Electricity Distribution (Aberdeen / Peterhead) | SSE

Official employer requisition: 560041. Location: Aberdeen, Huntly or Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Employment: Permanent, full-time. Employer’s stated application closing date: 2026-11-20 at 23:55 GMT. Advertised salary: £30,684–£36,666 plus employer benefits.

SSEN Distribution is recruiting a Cable Layer for its Aberdeen-area cabling team, carrying out excavation, cable laying and reinstatement work on the electricity distribution network, with fault-response standby duties.

Responsibilities

• Lay distribution cables and reinstate excavations on highways and private property.
• Work with the team on safe reactive maintenance, site reinstatement and customer service.
• Respond to faults during standby rota periods including nights and weekends where required.

Experience

Groundworks, reinstatement and roadworks experience; 360 excavator and NRSWA Street Works tickets required; full driving licence essential.

Employer’s original publication date: Not supplied. First Energy People verification: 11 November 2026 — this is not the employer’s posting date. The listed closing date is an employer deadline and is not merely an Energy People internal revalidation date.

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