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Poling Crew

🏢 GCU • 📍 Inverness, Scotland • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£18,900 - £22,388
£1,575 - £1,866 / mo

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Inverness, Scotland
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Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

GCU are a specialised contractor that offers a full suite of services to several key sectors including: Utilities, Telecommunications, Civil Engineering and Traffic Management. With offices in Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee and Derry, GCU work collaboratively with clients to deliver projects from inception right through to completion, producing high-end results while maintaining excellent safety standards.

GCU require a Poling Team for multi-million pound telecom infrastructure projects across Inverness and the North of Scotland.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Installation and removal of poles, including dressing new poles
  • Replacing/renewing existing drop-wires
  • Replacing/renewing overhead and UG joints in the Openreach fibre and copper network
  • Operate pole erection unit
  • Cable Jointing
  • Safe excavation works
  • Operate MEWP and work at heights on telegraph poles
  • Ensuring all works are completed in accordance with service level agreements
  • Undertaking works in accordance with health and safety legislation, company and client health and safety standards

Skills and experience required:

Each poling team must have an operative that holds NRSWA Street-works qualifications at operative level including Cat Genny training. Have a full UK license (each crew will require a HGV Class 2 license). Any relevant PIA & Openreach accreditations (desirable). NPORS Lorry Loader and HIAB experience. IPAF 1B. Applicants must be flexible and have the availability to work away from home.
Successful applicants will receive a competitive rate and accommodation assistance can be provided where required.

Since 1998 GCU has been providing turnkey civil & telecommunication solutions to many of the UK and Ireland’s leading infrastructure clients, we have a breadth of work live across Scotland and a strong pipeline of work in place for the foreseeable future. Should this position be of interest, apply now or get in touch for more details.

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

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Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

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Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Poling Crew roles across GCU's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Colleges & Universities.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £18,900 - £22,388 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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