Network Assistant - SGN : Job Details

Salary: £37.5k- £45.6k per annum (Dependent on skills & qualifications)

Perks & Benefits: Competitive pension scheme - Enhanced maternity/paternity pay - Life assurance - HolidayPlus - Cycle2work Scheme & more

Reference: REQ4138

Do you want to be a part of an innovative and supportive team, where there are great opportunities for career progression and development?

We have an exciting vacancy for a Network Assistant within the Network Management Team based in our St Mary Cray office on a 12-month secondment covering maternity leave.

I help to keep people safe and warm by…

• Maintaining a current and thorough knowledge of the mains distribution supply system.
• Ensuring the accuracy of outputs from SGN’s Network Analysis computer models.
• Undertaking Emergency Network analysis runs in a safe and efficient manner.
• Developing a detailed understanding of main pipe leakage.
• Developing mains replacement projects using internal systems, considering factors such as cost, deliverability, and interaction with other activities or business drivers.
• Preparing and delivering the yearly REPEX programme, which includes scoping projects, preparing project drawings, estimating using Planning Analytics proxy, producing pre-construction CDM packs, and issuing projects.
• Attending meetings to discuss construction methods, time scales, and any specialist design criteria.
• Liaising regularly with Strategic Planning Scotland to discuss analysis requirements.
• Providing an efficient and effective service to operational departments.
• Processing any design variations on projects.
• Supporting mains reinforcement and condition workloads as needed.
• Supporting other Network Distribution workloads as needed.
• Providing reports and MI on these workloads.

What you’ll need

We’re looking for someone with a good business knowledge and understanding of the gas industry, as well as a thorough knowledge of SGN systems and processes. This opportunity would suit a motivated and innovative individual, who enjoys flexibility as well as leading and supporting new technology, process change and different ways of working.

We’re also looking for:

• Ability to respond and adapt quickly to change; and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced office environment as part of a wider team.
• Ability to learn and develop new skills quickly with good attention to detail.
• Previous GIS and/or Synergi experience preferred.
• Proficient in the MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel).

If you don’t have all the qualifications, we would still love to hear from you… we provide our own specialised learning and development programs, providing access to learning tools to help you acquire the skills needed to excel in our environment.