Plant Protection Officer

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £32.7k - £40.4k per annum (Dependent on skills & qualifications)

Reference: REQ3424

The role

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

What’s in it for you?

• Job security and genuine learning and development opportunities
• Holiday and sickness package
• HolidayPlus - Buy up to 10 additional days holiday, available all year round
• Retail & leisure discounts
• Cycle2work scheme
• Company pension scheme – with company contributions between 6 -12% (depending on length of service and personal % contribution)
• Gym & mobile discounts
• Virtual GP - Our GP Helpline is a virtual GP service which offers unlimited access to GP at a time which suits you.

Please note that this vacancy is only open to current SGN employees.

SGN is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is something we are passionate about working towards at SGN. We want our workplace to be an innovative and inclusive place to work, where every single person feels empowered to achieve professional success. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.