Professional Engineer Programme 2023

As a Graduate Engineer within our 2 Bar and Below or Above 2 Bar Engineering teams you’ll develop a broad understanding of the gas distribution network gaining exposure to a variety of topic areas, networking with a range of individuals across the company and wider industry.

What you'll do

Joining a team of subject matter experts, you will help to develop our Engineering Framework, ensuring that we operate within the requirements of legislation and regulation by developing policies and procedures to ensure competence and compliance across the organisation to ensure a safe, secure, efficient and sustainable supply of energy.

Our Engineering team cover the length and breadth of the Cadent region and operate a hybrid working model recognising the benefits this brings to the employee, the company and the environment. To support your development, face to face interaction with your team and stakeholders is vital and travel across the networks to visit various offices and operational sites is key

Our commitment to investing in talent means that we're looking for future leaders and engineers who are eager to develop the skills, behaviours, and experience needed to succeed in the industry. Over 24 months, you'll navigate four six-month placements that will give you a wide range of experiences across our business and help you develop into a leader of the future.

Our dedicated training environment is perfectly suited for fresh graduates and provides high-quality training that's paid for. As part of your professional development, you'll also start the route to professional status (Incorporated or Chartered).

At Cadent Gas, we're dedicated to supporting our future professionals in their career journey. We'll assign you a mentor, cover application and membership costs, and provide placements that give you the opportunities you need to showcase your engineering competencies. IGEM has accredited our Professional Engineering programme, affirming our commitment to providing the highest level of support to our future professionals Engineers.

Key accountabilities

• Provide technical knowledge and guidance to assist in resolving complex technical issues
• Assess asset risks and the effectiveness of controls and mitigations in place
• Review engineering solutions for assets requiring remediation following inspection, maintenance and surveillance activities
• Provide engineering knowledge to the business in order to support key recommendations relating to strategic engineering decision making
• Support the development of engineering documents

About You

We’re looking for engineering graduates who act with curiosity, courage, pride, purpose and ownership to join our team. Along with:

• An degree in a relevant engineering or Mathematics discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Electrical, Mechanical, Oil and Gas, Safety, Aerospace, Civil, Safety, Process, Automotive.
• Valid UK driving licence
• High levels of personal and professional energy - you’ll have lots of drive and motivation too!
• A shared sense of purpose - we’re on an exciting journey of growth – do you want to be part of it?
• A passion for customer service - we’re looking for people who can delight our customers!
• Team spirit - we support each other, with all our strengths and differences, to succeed
• A forward-thinking mind-set - bring along fresh ideas that can support our growth and evolution

What’s In It For You

Here at Cadent, we are committed to supporting our employees to get the best out of themselves. For this role in particular we can offer:

• Funding and support towards your professional accreditation
• Ample opportunity for progression within the business
• Mentoring and guidance opportunities
• The opportunity to become a Cadent ambassadors for STEM, representing our programme across the business up to senior stakeholders and within our external communities.

About Us

At Cadent we’re excited to be part of the future of UK energy! We’ve got a clear roadmap that will drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.

We’re making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together we’re shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers whom we put at the heart of everything we do.

Benefits

We offer a host of benefits to suit your lifestyle and support your well-being. These include:

• Annual bonus
• Pension Scheme double matched up to a total of 18% of salary (i.e., employee contributions of up to 6%, double matched by a Cadent contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday, plus statutory days, and an option to buy more
• Fantastic career development prospects with funded learning options, including support with exams, and internal and external learning and development
• Strong focus on supporting you as an individual including:
  • hybrid working
  • flexible working
  • strong commitments to ED&I
  • generous family provision policies
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, insurance, and healthcare packages, plus much more
• My Offers membership card – offering discounts and savings from hundreds of retailers
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Free gym access at the Ansty office, as well as a ‘Gympass’ scheme providing free or heavily subsidised local gym memberships

We want our employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working options with you if the role can accommodate it. Let us know about your flexibility requirements, whether that be reduced hours, remote working, flexible start/finish times, or compressed hours, and we will be more than happy to explore what’s possible for the role.