Gas Network Shift Operations Engineer
Salary from £40,109 plus a 26% shift allowance
Up to 10% bonus
37.5 Hours Per Week - working shifts covering our 24/7 operation
Based at our offices Doxford Park, Sunderland
Join our dynamic System Control Team at NGN s Energy Management Centre (EMC), a 24/7 hub responsible for demand balancing and the safe, efficient transportation of gases from the various entry points onto the NGN networks, to the consumer. As a Gas Network Shift Operations Engineer, you ll play a vital role in maintaining system balance, managing remote assets, and ensuring network resilience. Being a 24/7 operation, please be advised that you will be working a shift pattern.
As a Gas Network Shift Operations Engineer you will develop detailed knowledge of all NGN gas systems, our characteristics, behaviours, and how to develop the regular forecasts and balancing strategies necessary to maintain supply, and to publish this information to National Gas.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
What we are looking for
If you are passionate about ensuring the safety and efficiency of gas networks we would love to hear from you!
Please Note: National Security Vetting is a requirement for this role.
What we offer you
We are Northern Gas Networks. We deliver gas to 2.7 million homes and businesses in the North East, Northern Cumbria and much of Yorkshire. That s around 6.7 million individual customers. We don t generate or sell the gas, but we transport it to homes and businesses in our region through a vast network of underground pipes. In fact, we own and maintain more than 37,000km of gas pipes - enough to stretch from Leeds to Sydney and back again. We cover large cities like Newcastle, Sunderland, Leeds, York, Hull, and Bradford, and our work extends to rural areas like North Yorkshire and Cumbria.
Our Values are at the heart of what we do. In addition to your key responsibilities, you will incorporate these into the daily life of your role. We are Trailblazing, Empowered, Heartfelt, Community Focused, Intellectually Curious and most of all we are Happy!
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion culture at NGN is embedded in everything that we do. We will be delighted to hear from a diverse range of applicants, so we can continue to grow our great team of people. We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, helping ex-services personnel back into employment, as well as being members of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and we are committed to delivering our Opportunity Action Plan having signed the Social Mobility Pledge campaign, whereby we will establish our business as a force for good in the communities that we serve.
Next Steps - Please apply by clicking 'apply' and uploading your CV. We love to see how your experience and skills are transferable to this role so please ensure these are all included in your application. Once the advert has closed, we will be in contact within one week to let you know if you have progressed to the next stage. We are looking to hold interviews for this role beginning of September. We look forward to receiving your application for the role.
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