Emergency Planning & Resilience Specialist

National Gas; Warwick; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading pension up to 12%

Annual performance bonus up to 6%

Car scheme access

Job summary

National Gas is seeking a dedicated professional to lead and enhance emergency preparedness, business continuity and resilience initiatives across Britain’s gas network. The role focuses on planning, training, exercises and coordinating with emergency services and local authorities to bolster readiness and protect people, assets and operations.

You will develop and maintain plans, run BIAs, and support live incident decision-making while driving improvements and ensuring compliance with UK

Qualifications

• Working within critical national infrastructure or other high-risk operational environments.
• Managing controlled documentation and response frameworks.
• Engaging and influencing a wide range of stakeholders.
• Emergency planning, incident response or resilience-related activities.
• Strong understanding of the UK resilience and emergency management framework.
• Awareness of emergency planning legislation and industry good practice.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Planning and organisational capability.
• Analytical problem-solving and risk assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and maintain operational, tactical and business continuity plans and procedures.
• Support the completion of BIAs and the maintenance of business continuity plans across business areas.
• Assist with the management of emergency preparedness, business continuity and resilience arrangements for future energy transition activities.
• Promote awareness of emergency preparedness and business continuity requirements across the organisation.
• Support the design, development and delivery of emergency response and business continuity exercises.
• Evaluate exercise outcomes and monitor progress of improvement actions.
• Maintain records of exercises, training activities and readiness assessments.
• Work collaboratively with internal departments to maintain emergency response readiness and business continuity capability.
• Liaise with emergency services, local authorities and resilience partners to support emergency planning and preparedness activities.
• Represent the organisation at industry forums and networks.
• Provide emergency management support during live incidents.
• Provide information to assist operational decision-making during incidents.
• Support the coordination of business recovery after incidents.
• Monitor developments in best practice.
• Identify emerging risks affecting resilience.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of emergency arrangements.

Skills

Emergency planning

Incident response

Stakeholder engagement

Risk assessment

Analytical thinking

Planning

Education

Degree (or equivalent) in emergency planning, resilience, crisis management or related discipline

BCI certification (Desirable)

Job description

National Gas is seeking a dedicated professional to lead and enhance emergency preparedness, business continuity and resilience initiatives across Britain’s gas network. The role focuses on planning, training, exercises and coordinating with emergency services and local authorities to bolster readiness and protect people, assets and operations.

You will develop and maintain plans, run BIAs, and support live incident decision-making while driving improvements and ensuring compliance with UK