Gas Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established business is seeking an NCO2 Team Leader to manage activities related to gas escapes. The role involves overseeing field operations, ensuring compliance, and delivering exceptional customer service while maintaining safety and efficiency. Ideal candidates should have a full valid driver's license and should promote safe workmanship. A competitive salary and benefits package will be offered based on experience.

Qualifications

• Full valid driver’s license.
• Ability to be clean shaven every day for health and safety.

Responsibilities

• Carry out Team Leader duties.
• Attend gas leaks.
• Conduct groundwork excavations and reinstatements.
• Utilise appropriate signing, lighting, and guarding.
• Ensure cable avoidance.
• Deliver equipment and tools when required.
• Protect patrol and plant.
• Work on deep excavations up to 2.5m.
• Participate in standby rota.

Job description

Job Description

NCO2 Team Leader to undertake activities related to attending, locating, and repairing Public Reported gas escapes. He/she will assist in making safe and/or repairing gas service pipes or mains, re-assessing previously visited escapes, laying mains and/or services in diameter, and carrying out mains/service isolations. You’ll need to have exceptional customer service skills, be extremely enthusiastic, and have the ability to promote safe working practices while driving efficiency and maintaining compliant ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• To carry out this role, you must have a full valid driver’s licence and be able to be clean shaven every day for health and safety.
• Your day-to-day duties will include:

• Team Leader Duties
• Attending gas leaks
• Groundwork excavations and reinstatements
• Utilising appropriate signing, lighting, and guarding
• Ensuring cable avoidance
• Delivering equipment and tools where required
• Patrol and plant protection
• Working on deep excavations up to 2.5m
• Working on a standby rota system

Experience and Qualifications

To carry out this role, you must have a full valid driver’s licence and be able to be clean shaven every day for health and safety.

Activities include supporting the classification and where appropriate programming of gas escapes, testing, survey, detection, and diagnostic work on the network and in gas consumers' premises. The job holder will be required to fulfill Principal Accountabilities from those listed below which are appropriate to the activity to which he/she is assigned:

• Receive instructions via data and verbal requests, plan and organize resources, and make appropriate arrangements to ensure that work is carried out efficiently.
• Assist in laying, connecting, disconnecting, commissioning, decommissioning, and maintaining pipework, associated plant, and equipment. This may involve non-routine work and/or appropriate specialist knowledge.
• Respond to emergencies, participate in standby, and assist in testing, surveying, detection, and diagnostic work.
• Undertake and ensure that excavation, backfill, reinstatement, and repair work are carried out to the necessary standards, including the removal of surplus/waste material.
• Provide appropriate training, advice, guidance, and support to teams/individuals engaged in the operation and maintenance of the gas transportation system.
• Provide advice, guidance, and support for third parties operating on or adjacent to the gas transportation system.
• Assist in gathering information and preparing reports, which may include participation in the preparation of technical information.
• Progress ordering, purchase, receipt, inspection, storage, stock control, handling, and issue of equipment, goods, and materials in accordance with standards and procedures to meet Cadent's operational needs.
• Work within and promote the philosophy of team working and development across all Cadent activities to achieve business objectives and improve performance.

Salary and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package.

Network Plus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate and do not discriminate based on race, gender, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

We are Armed Forces-friendly and welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors, and military spouses/partners.

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About Network Plus

Network Plus is an award-winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK’s major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater.

We value the variety of experience, perspective, and points of difference our workforce, clients, and supply chain offer.

We are committed to developing an inclusive environment where all employees feel valued and included, enabling everyone to thrive and contribute regardless of background or circumstances.