Job Purpose
This role promotes and leads optimum efficiency and compliance within budget, achieving positive ROI. It involves influencing and executing departmental strategy to deliver timely and compliant outputs, fostering a resilient and proactive culture. As a recognized leader, the Environment Manager will ensure exceptional service delivery, analyze data to align departmental direction with broader strategies, and identify transformational needs to improve practices. The position also focuses on developing and empowering team members, ensuring health and safety compliance, and continually seeking best practices and improvements.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage SCADA and OT Environments: Oversee configuration controls, access controls, maintenance, and upgrades within test labs. Ensure regular refresh of non-production environments and maintain the Asset Register for optimal lifecycle management and cost efficiency.
* Track and Support Systems: Monitor software versions, transports, and code alignment. Manage toolsets for system refreshes and data management. Host and support meetings to understand demand, priorities, business impact, and conflict resolution.
* Ensure Compliance and Communication: Handle environment usage, bookings, access approvals, and disable/revoke unused accounts. Conduct audit and compliance activities across environments. Facilitate communication across IT, engineering, and business departments.
* Collaborate with Service Providers: Work with service providers, technical resources, and test teams to ensure system consistency, data privacy, and mitigate misuse of personal employee information.
Skills and Experience
* Educational and Technical Expertise: Degree in computing or equivalent education, training (with vendor certification), and experience in a regulated environment (e.g., utilities, finance). Experience in IT Environment Management, IT support/delivery, and a good understanding of IT infrastructure and engineering processes on operational gas sites.
* Cloud and Methodology Proficiency: AWS/cloud experience or exposure to cloud-based/SaaS solutions. Familiarity with engineering delivery, Prince2, Agile, Jira, and Scrum methodologies. ITIL Foundation certification (minimum).
* Team and Stakeholder Management: Experience in managing teams across multiple skillsets/disciplines. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with colleagues, partners/vendors, and project resources. Senior stakeholder engagement, communication, and cross-functional team management.
* Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and technical management of faults and changes.
At Cadent, we're thrilled to be part of the future of UK energy! We have a clear roadmap to 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.
What's In It for You
Here at Cadent, we recognise that our people are truly unsung heroes. Quietly confident, delivering every day - that's why we're committed to supporting our people to get the best out of themselves. For this role, we offer:
* Annual bonus
* Pension Scheme double matched up to a total of 18% of salary
* 25 days holiday, plus statutory days, and an option to buy more
* An extra day off each year to celebrate life's special moments
* Career development with funded learning options
* Flexible working and strong ED&I commitments
* Generous family policies and flexible benefits
* Retail discounts, gym access, and more
We support a healthy work-life balance and are open to flexible working options.
Diversity and Inclusion
Don't meet every requirement? No problem! If you're excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification mentioned, we would still love for you to submit your application - you may just be the right person for this role or other opportunities at Cadent.
We value diversity and are committed to being an equitable employer. Our employee communities - Women in Cadent, Pride at Work (LGBTQ+), Embrace (ethnicity and religion), Thrive! (disability), the Cadent Military Community, the Grief Awareness Community, and the Men's Engagement Network (M.E.N) - can't wait to welcome you!
Circle Back Initiative
As a proud member of The Circle Back Initiative, we ensure all candidates receive a response to their application.
What's next?
To be considered for this role, please submit your application with an up-to-date CV and our Talent Acquisition team will get in touch soon. To learn more about Cadent, visit our website at Home - Cadent Gas Ltd
Be part of something big. Help shape the future of gas for generations to come.
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