Plant Protection Officer

Plant Protection Officer

Location: Oxford

Salary: £34.8k - £43k per annum (Dependent on skills & qualifications)

Reference: REQ3784

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

The Plant Protection Officer is a critical role in supporting our engineers, external stakeholders and our customers. The role will require you to liaise with both SGN and external partners to identify gas mains ensuring safety polices are adhered to while contributing to a safe and productive work environment.

You will principle be working with teams in the field in a multi-site capacity, however, there are administrative aspects to the role encompassing the accurate recording and distribution of information. There are customer facing responsibilities in which you will use your customer service skills to provide the highest standard of customer and stakeholder care.

What will you be doing day to day?

• Checks that any works carried out meets relevant health and safety legislation.
• Identification of mains plant to allow accurate and safe digging practices.
• Ensure correct perimetry is in place for all works.
• Identify, verify and protect the mains network.
• Visit sites after damages to offer guidance and support to our customers.
• Liaise with customers via email and phone.

What you’ll need

• An excellent knowledge of the gas industry and plant safety requirements
• Self-motivated and organised and able to manage work time independently and productively.
• Good IT skills and familiarity with Geofield and Microsoft packages would be desirable
• Customer facing skills, ensuring our customers receive the highest standard of customer care.
• Stakeholder engagement, allowing for accurate and timely communication with both internal and external stakeholders.
• You will need to take part in the reginal standby rota
• Some out of hours work may be required due to customer driven works

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.

Why SGN?

SGN is currently paving the way in cutting-edge research and development towards a net zero energy system. We’re on a journey to transform the future of gas, and we think supporting outside the box – futuristic technologies and robotics are leading our innovation so that we can strive every day to make the world a better place and look after each other, and our customers’ safety. Be part of something big and make a difference today!

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Here’s what we offer you:

Everyone is different, so there’s something in our benefits package for everyone.

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Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.

We want our workplace to be an innovative and inclusive place to work, where every single person feels empowered to achieve professional success.

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