Network Resilience Manager

About Us

At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as a Network Resilience Manager to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life.

National Grid is hiring a Network Resilience Manager - This position is based from our Warwick office 2/3 days however we offer flexible hybrid working options.

Job Purpose

As a Network Resilience Manager you will have overall accountability for creating, presenting and delivering the NGET Network Resilience Strategy across key risk and network operational areas and ensuring that the resilience management frameworks are in place.

The resilience of our Control Rooms, Systems, Networks, the capability of our people and the management frameworks and policies they work within are critical to ensuring that safety and system security standards are maintained at all times.

What You'll Do

• Accountable for building strategic relationships with internal and external customers and stakeholders regarding resilience strategy and policy issues on behalf of NGET and for leading the agenda in our interactions with these organisation
• Ensure key risk areas for resilience are identified and control strategies agreed with the business
• Lead on ET Resilience Strategy and framework for ET accountable for creating, presenting and delivering the NGET resilience strategy and policies across key risk and network operational areas
• Accountable for proactively identifying, managing and reporting on whole network operational resilience and reliability risk to ensure NGET is delivering a safe and reliable network for our customers including site critically methodologies
• Accountable for system event follow-up investigations, internal management investigations and ensure learning points are understood and preventive actions initiated.
• Accountable for the development and continuous improvement of the Energy Not Supplied process.
• Accountable for ensuring continuation of ISO22301 Business Continuity Management certification and that Network Control Business Continuity Plans are in place and fit for purpose
• Accountable for ensuring across NGET that Electricity System Restoration assurance is provided across NGETs obligations and that Network Control people, processes and systems are Electricity System Restoration compliant
• Accountable for Climate Adaptation strategy ensuring we plan to ensure our critical networks are resilient and will adapt from the long term effects of climate change and that we plan, mitigate and respond to current climatic events such as storms, flooding etc

About You

Interpersonal, Supervisory or Management

• Proven strong leadership capability with a track record demonstrating proven consultative, facilitation and decision-making skills, and the ability to build positive relationships at a senior level both within National Grid, key influential external stakeholders and customers.
• Excellent change management skills, able to construct and implement visions for the future across a multidiscipline team environment.
• Excellent collaborator, able to establish sound working partnerships across applicable lines of business at a senior level, both internally and externally, including DESNZ, Industry, other TOs and customers.
• Strong presentation and influencing skills.

Technical or Specialist

• In-depth experience of the UK electricity industry, embracing both system operation and the wider commercial, regulatory environments and statutory/licence requirements.
• A clear understanding of National Grid’s business objectives and its obligations to wider industry participants and regulatory authorities.
• Strong understanding of electricity transmission critical networks, resilience, safety management, crisis management and control room operations
• Strong understanding of the constraints and commercial drivers associated with management of the transmission system
• Strong knowledge of safety legislation and procedures

What You'll Get

A competitive salary between £64,000 – £79,000 dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 30% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 28th October. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/

DE & I statement

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.