Network Maintenance Site Manager – Mechanical

Overview

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Responsibilities

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• Lead Operational Delivery: Ensure maintenance workloads are delivered on time and within budget, while meeting safety, customer service, and regulatory standards (NGN & OFGEM). Review technical test results and resolve faults promptly.
  
• Manage and Develop Teams: Oversee a large, geographically dispersed engineering team. Drive competency development, mentor apprentices, and lead monthly performance and safety meetings. Provide managerial support and resolve technical queries.
  
• Plan and Monitor Performance: Support monthly workload planning, own delivery outcomes, and report on KPIs. Proactively manage team performance, including absence, productivity, and interpersonal dynamics.
  
• Engage with Customers: Respond to enquiries and complaints in line with NGN standards, ensuring issues are resolved effectively and customer satisfaction is maintained.
  
• Commit to Continuous Improvement: Support the implementation of new processes, conduct safety audits, and pursue personal development to achieve SAP/AE status under EL6 & SCO.
  

What we are looking for

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• NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Pressure Control (or equivalent)
  
• EUSR Gas Passport and SCO 1, 2, 4, 5
  
• Strong knowledge of TD13, Maint 2, and Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (2000)
  
• Field-based maintenance experience, including high-pressure assets
  
• Proven leadership and experience with Permits and SSoW
  
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and manage minor projects
  
• Confident using MS Office and working to tight deadlines
  

Desirable

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• HNC
  
• AE Status under SCO
  
• Site management experience (remote teams)
  
• IOSH/SMSTS
  
• A1 Assessor
  

What we offer you

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• Salary from £53,539 (in line with the TOTEX Site Manager Progression Framework)
  
• Up to 10% bonus as part of the TOTEX Site Manager Incentive Scheme
  
• £6,500 per annum company car/cash allowance
  
• 25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
  
• SSP for the first 2 calendar days then occupational sick pay
  
• Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options... from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience days... and much more!
  
• An array of fantastic family-friendly policies such as 6 weeks paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months' full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more!
  

About 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 6.7 million 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 incorporate these into the daily life of your role. We are… Trailblazing, Empowered, Heartfelt, 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 September. We look forward to receiving your application for the role.

If you require adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process, we want to hear about how we can help. Any applicant that requires reasonable adjustments from initial application through to interview are asked to contact the Recruitment Team at

Seniority level

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• Not Applicable
  

Employment type

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• Full-time
  

Job function

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• Management
  

Industries

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• Utilities
  

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