Project Development Engineer (Scotland & North Region) - #147050
National Gas
Date: 1 day ago
City: Livingston
Contract type: Full time
Project Development Engineer - Livingston (Hybrid) - Up to £55,000
National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We transport gas throughout Great Britain, repair and maintain gas pipelines, and manage the meters that allow millions of homes and businesses to access the energy they need. We are the national gas network, providing secure energy to power Britain, achieve net zero, and maintain our industrial competitiveness.
Join us, and help be the energy behind the change.
About the role:
You’ll spend a lot of your time as a Project Development Engineer asking for money to fund critical works to our UK Gas Infrastructure.
Using ND500 (Gas Network Development Process), you’ll take projects from conception to initiation, shaping the project then ensuring we have the correct funding for each stage of the process.
To do this, you’ll need to gather all the relevant information, decide what the project should look like and present it to the sanctioning committee to have funding released.
You’ll work closely with the project delivery team, acting as a conduit to your internal and external stakeholders. These stakeholders need to be engaged throughout the process as you’ll need their backing. Each project is solving a problem, you’ll translate this into something that your stakeholders can both understand and engage with.
Once you’ve taken a project through the various stages and it begins, you’ll be involved in reporting on progress and ensuring the project delivers on its aims.
As part of our hybrid working approach, this role offers a mix of office working in Livingston and home working. You'll need to be able to travel into the Livingston office approx. 2-3 times a week.
What we're looking for:
Essential -
Annual bonus of up to 6% based on personal and company performance
26 days’ holiday plus statutory holidays - option available to buy extra holiday days
Generous double-match pension scheme - for every £1 you put in, we'll add £2 (max company contribution 12%)
Flexible benefit scheme, including private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans and more
Financial protection with 10x salary death in service and financial support if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury
Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave
Career progression, professional training and development - including access to LinkedIn Learning
Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24/7
Financial support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions
About us:
National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. Gas is an essential part of a secure energy supply in Britain, and will continue to play a vital role for decades to come. More than ever, we need the security that gas brings to keep the lights on, businesses running, and to protect jobs. National Gas provides that security.
National Gas is responsible for transporting gas to power stations, major industries, storage facilities, more than 500,000 businesses, and 23 million homes through nearly 5,000 miles of pipes across Britain.
National Gas is also proud to lead the way in transforming the energy network for a net zero future. Gas provides the energy security to support renewable electricity generation, and we are developing our infrastructure to transport hydrogen and carbon dioxide across the country.
At National Gas, we are disability confident and we are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring to our organisation, and strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We transport gas throughout Great Britain, repair and maintain gas pipelines, and manage the meters that allow millions of homes and businesses to access the energy they need. We are the national gas network, providing secure energy to power Britain, achieve net zero, and maintain our industrial competitiveness.
Join us, and help be the energy behind the change.
About the role:
You’ll spend a lot of your time as a Project Development Engineer asking for money to fund critical works to our UK Gas Infrastructure.
Using ND500 (Gas Network Development Process), you’ll take projects from conception to initiation, shaping the project then ensuring we have the correct funding for each stage of the process.
To do this, you’ll need to gather all the relevant information, decide what the project should look like and present it to the sanctioning committee to have funding released.
You’ll work closely with the project delivery team, acting as a conduit to your internal and external stakeholders. These stakeholders need to be engaged throughout the process as you’ll need their backing. Each project is solving a problem, you’ll translate this into something that your stakeholders can both understand and engage with.
Once you’ve taken a project through the various stages and it begins, you’ll be involved in reporting on progress and ensuring the project delivers on its aims.
As part of our hybrid working approach, this role offers a mix of office working in Livingston and home working. You'll need to be able to travel into the Livingston office approx. 2-3 times a week.
What we're looking for:
Essential -
- Background in engineering (ideally gas or utilities)
- Ability to translate business plans into investment plans
- Experience writing sanction papers
- Stakeholder management skills
- Full UK car driving licence
- HNC (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline
- Chartered or incorporated engineer status
Annual bonus of up to 6% based on personal and company performance
26 days’ holiday plus statutory holidays - option available to buy extra holiday days
Generous double-match pension scheme - for every £1 you put in, we'll add £2 (max company contribution 12%)
Flexible benefit scheme, including private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans and more
Financial protection with 10x salary death in service and financial support if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury
Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave
Career progression, professional training and development - including access to LinkedIn Learning
Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24/7
Financial support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions
About us:
National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. Gas is an essential part of a secure energy supply in Britain, and will continue to play a vital role for decades to come. More than ever, we need the security that gas brings to keep the lights on, businesses running, and to protect jobs. National Gas provides that security.
National Gas is responsible for transporting gas to power stations, major industries, storage facilities, more than 500,000 businesses, and 23 million homes through nearly 5,000 miles of pipes across Britain.
National Gas is also proud to lead the way in transforming the energy network for a net zero future. Gas provides the energy security to support renewable electricity generation, and we are developing our infrastructure to transport hydrogen and carbon dioxide across the country.
At National Gas, we are disability confident and we are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring to our organisation, and strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
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