Support Administrator
Starting salary from £26,229
Up to 5% bonus
12 months fixed term contract 40 hours a week
Located at our Washington depot
Northern Gas Networks have an exciting opportunity for a Support Administrator for our TOTEX Cluster Team with a 12 month fixed term contract located at our Washington depot. We are looking for strong administrator to work within our depot by offering key support to the Planning team.
You will facilitate all planning requirements for job creation, noticing and project closure in relation to our gas sites. This role will see you delivering a first-class service working with internal and external stakeholders, so communication skills are essential!
Your key accountabilities and responsibilities will include but will not be limited to
- You will be raising projects in our SAP system based on project designs for noticing and commercial requirements
- You will also be raising, updating and reporting of NRSWA notifications to Highway Authority (or private road owners) within required timescales within SAP / Insight
- This includes liaising with Planners to ensure all customer notification letters are issued for all works
- You will have daily discussions with Site Managers to monitor progress of works, update and circulate the daily whereabouts report
- Producing project files for Site Managers and teams (electronic & paper copies)
- Monitoring the validity of the project safe dig prints and refresh as required
- Data capture of project e-packs for mains and services
- Issuing NRSWA registration details into SAP following project closure
- All of the above will be alongside general office administration
What we are looking for in our Support Administrator
- You will be expected to have a strong background in a busy office environment
- Excellent communication skills both verbal & written
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft Excel and Word
- Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and work to deadlines
- Attention to detail and focus on quality is essential
- Be a team player with a 'can do' attitude
- Experience of working in utilities environment would be advantageous as would SAP/Insight knowledge and knowledge of gas or NRSWA legislation
What we offer you
- A competitive salary of £26,229.00 per annum
- 12 months fixed term contract
- Up to 5% bonus (dependent upon achievement of set targets)
- 25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
- SSP for first 7 calendar days then occupational sick pay
- A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options... from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience days...and exclusive NGN discounts 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.
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 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 in September and we look forward to receiving your application for the role.
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