Authorising Engineer

CADENT GAS LIMITED ,
Manchester, Greater Manchester
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Salary: From £25,500 to £47,000 per annum with a potential to earn more throug

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Authorising Engineer Based in Worsley Permanent Salary: £39,950 - £ 47000 with a potential to earn more through overtime and Standby plus car allowance About Us Here at Cadent we’re at the start of a really exciting journey of transformation, growth and evolution. We’re new but we’re 200 years old. (You might have known us as part of National Grid but now we’ve transformed ourselves to Cadent). We’re the UK’s largest gas network connecting and keeping energy flowing to our customer’s 12 million homes and businesses across the UK. That’s half the UK, Not bad going really. We’re proud of our story so far and we’re super powered up about what our future holds. That’s where you come in About The Role As our Authorising Engineer you`ll review, inspect, advise on and authorise engineering work to ensure compliance with required regulations and standards throughout all workstreams within the GDSP. You`ll directly support complex engineering activities and take the responsibility of managing up to 10 direct report and indirect reports. Key accountabilities of the Authorising Engineer will include: Review of work • Reviewing NRO work and assessing alignment with engineering policy regulations and standards. • Ensuring compliance with PSSR (Pressure System Safety Regulations), PSR (Pipeline Safety Regulations), Electricity at Work Regulations (EWR), Control of Major Accidents and Hazards (COMAH) and gas quality aspects of the GS(M)R (Gas Safety (Management) Regulations) regulations. • Carrying out investigations, technical inspections and reviews to ensure the safe and efficient operations Remedial work • Advising on remedial or corrective work required and ensure the Partner is fully familiar with required actions. • Managing procedures for safely managing all engineering additions, changes, modifications and repair to the network plant (mechanical, electrical and instrumentation) Authorisation • Authorising work in line with procedures and complete documentation • Carrying out the role of Authorising Engineer as described in Safe Control of Operations (SCO), etc Engineering standards and policies • Managing monitoring and verification of engineering and technical standards operated by the Partner • Advising on engineering policies and ensure these are accepted by the Partner as the basis for operational activities • Ensuring the Partner's engineering policy complies with regulations and standards and that issues are managed and resolved. Ensure learning points are incorporated in revised policies and operations Partner performance • Making sure engineering issues are raised with the Partner as part of review processes and addressed/resolved in line with severity Safety & security policy• Managing the application and implementation of the operational safety and security policy by the Partner • Providing SCO delivery controls for complex operations (NROs) Delivery of work programmes • Assessing implications of rework and communicate programme, resourcing and budget issues • Advising on the delivery of work programme in line with plan, budget and engineering standards HSE • Responsible for the Health, Safety and Environmental issues pertaining to direct reports including safe control of operations, permits and maintenance of ISO14001, PAS55, etc Expertise • Providing engineering expertise and advice when required to Partner organisations. About You You’ll possess the following qualifications, skills and experience: Knowledge and Qualification • Degree or Equivalent relevant experience and Membership of Professional Body • Registered SCO 2 / 5 /4 CP & AE Competencies and experience of administering each Experience • Extensive post-degree experience in an operational or contractor environment • Experience in conducting inspections, initiating preventative action and authorisation processes • Project Management Experience • Experience in developing, coaching and progressing capabilities of key operatives • Leading and active involvement in implementing innovations and new processes Technical • Contract Management • Project Management • Engineering Competences aligned to LP/MP and IP workstreams and attributed activities Benefits At Cadent we’ve got a whole host of standard and flexible benefits. You’ll get 25 days holiday statutory days with the option to buy/sell also, a generous pension plan as well as the opportunity to earn bonus. Flexible benefits include: cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice car, insurance and healthcare packages plus access to our Occupational Health services. Diversity and Inclusion Cadent has a commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, the more diverse our organisation is, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our communities in all their diversity. We therefore encourage and welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds; age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief. We want our employees to achieve a work life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working options with you if the role can accommodate it. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please let us know. We’re committed to be Disability Confident in line with the department of work and pensions scheme. Be part of something big. Join us and help shape the future of gas for generations to come. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89910017

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