POLING FIELD MANAGER

About the role

MJ Quinn is a UK-based infrastructure services provider specialising in delivering comprehensive, end-to-end solutions across telecommunications, utilities, and mechanical and electrical engineering. Guided by a commitment to quality, innovation, and sustainability, we offer tailored services encompassing design, installation, maintenance, and project management. Partnering with leading organisations, we successfully execute complex projects by leveraging advanced technology and the expertise of our skilled workforce. Our customer‑centric approach ensures efficient, reliable service delivery while maintaining our focus on building long‑term, sustainable solutions. At MJ Quinn, our purpose is to play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing critical infrastructure, connecting and supporting communities and businesses across the UK.

As a Poling Field Manager, you will provide hands‑on coaching, guidance, and technical support to poling engineers and operatives in the field, ensuring best practices, safety, and quality standards are consistently met. Ensure new recruits are competent in all poling related activities after training.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support and develop the team.
• Raising and following up on non‑conformance reports, to ensure that any actions identified are pursued and resolved.
• Join/take daily conference calls.
• Manage defects and compliance.
• Oversee daily completion rates.
• Develop strong working relationships with the Poling team and other stakeholders.
• Work as part of a larger team to develop working practices and procedures.
• Overall supervision of several sub‑contracting site crews carrying out poling and cabling works on telecommunications networks.
• Compliance with road works signing, lighting, and guarding.
• Responsible for all site works, methodology and network build approach.
• Complete stock checks when required.
• Responsible for site inspections at the start and the end of the day.
• Investigate accidents, incidents, near misses, quality failures and service deterioration trends.
• Supervision of day‑to‑day project delivery within geographical area, including delivery to client requirements, safety, quality, street works, supplier performance and improvement.
• Deal with sickness as and when required.

Requirements

• Experience in Poling.

Qualifications

• Hold or have held Openreach overhead and cabling accreditation modules, including K8, N27, N28, A8, O02, O03, O04, O05, O07, O01, O06, A12, A14.
• Confident with working at heights.
• Streetworks units 1 to 6 & 9.
• IPAF 1B.
• NPORS Lorry Loader.
• Openreach/Smart Awards OH and UG accreditations.
• Hold full NRSWA Street‑works qualifications at operative level.
• HIAB experience.

Benefits

• Free car parking / on‑site parking.
• Company car.
• Company pension scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Death in service benefit (2 ×).
• Healthcare plan.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.

Pay

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 per year

Schedule

Hours of Work: 8:00 – 16:30