Pipeline Technician - Cathodic Protection

Pipeline Technician – Cathodic Protection
Salary starting from £40,414 dependent on qualifications and experience rising to £43,447 once fully competent in line with the competency pay matrix
Bonus + Incentives + Overtime + Standby + Van
Based at our depot in Cannon Park  

We have an amazing opportunity for a Pipeline Technician – Cathodic Protection to join our Network Maintenance team throughout the Network.

Your role as a Pipeline Technician – Cathodic Protection is to undertake maintenance, repair and installation activities on NGN's Cathodic Protection systems and associated assets across the area. 

The role will also include the installation and commissioning of new and replacement assets in col-laboration with the Capital Projects team.

Your key accountabilities and responsibilities will include
•Ensuring the decommissioning, installation, commissioning, validation, modification and repair work in accordance with appropriate policies, procedures and statutory requirements to produce optimum technical performance and reliability of equipment/systems in compliance with health, safety and environmental best practice
•You will prepare reports and provide information, guidance and advice to stakeholders and management and third party customers on technical matters
•Undertake or participate in plant inspection 
•Maintain accurate records of activities to satisfy Maintenance and Capital Projects, NGN, third party and legislative requirements
•Work towards all perimetry requirements and procedures affecting the NGN network
•Continually ensure a high standard of customer and stakeholder service at all times

What we are looking for
•    ICORR Level 2 as a minimum (or equivalent)
•    You will fault find on Cathodic Protection systems and repair and replace components
•    You will have experience in the taking and recording of CP readings and understanding non-compliance
•    There must be the ability to plan work efficiently and you must be able to demon-strate comprehension of engineering principles and have an ability to apply learning across different engineering disciplines 
•    You will be confident in the use of IT in the field for work reporting
•    You must be comfortable with lone working out of hours and be a self-motivated individual capable of planning your own activities with strong problem solving and analytical thinking skills
•    You will have a proactive attitude and be a strong team player whilst also having the ability to work on your own initiative
•    Knowledge of codes of practice, engineering instructions and safety requirements
•    Hold a full UK driving licence

What we offer
•    Salary starting from £40,414 dependent on qualifications and experience rising to £43,447 once fully competent in line with the competency pay matrix
•    Bonus + Incentives + Overtime + Standby + Van
•    25 days holiday per year, plus 8 days bank holiday, plus 2 half days (Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve)
•    Statutory Sick Pay for first 7 calendar days then Occupational sick pay thereafter
•    A generous Stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
•    Flexible benefits including salary sacrifice options such as cycle to work, gym membership and many more

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 6.7million 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 incorprate these into the daily life of your role.  We are … Trailblazing, Empowered, Heart-felt, 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 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 throughout late March and into April.  We look forward to receiving your application for the role.

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