Head of Sustainability - Warwick, United Kingdom - National Grid

National Grid
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Head of Sustainability & Assurance:


  • Location: Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA
  • Division: Operational Compliance
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  • Job Function: Electric Maintenance and Construction
    About the Role:

Head of Sustainability and Assurance - Warwick (hybrid working)


National Grid - Asset Operations, is fully accountable for the performance and management of all assets and site locations on the Electricity Transmission Network (including asset management, asset health, operations, site occupier, maintenance, refurbishment and small capital replacement) and for facilitating and enabling the connection of larger scale new infrastructure and capital works.


As Head of Sustainability & Assurance, you will develop sector leading sustainability performance and exceptional operational compliance, in a mature complex operating environment.

This is a multifaceted role requiring both strategic thought leadership and enduring organisational impact.


What you'll be getting up to:

  • Role modelling expectation in close partnership with Group functions and NGET stakeholders.
  • Report to the Leadership Board on oversight of first line assurance matters, including orchestration of the annual audit/ assurance plan.
  • Lead energy and resource efficiency.
  • Ownership of the integrated management system.
  • Establish, review, and maintain a suite of policies and operating procedures that, when followed, will ensure that the organisation is fully compliant with legislation and corporate policies with a priority given to site management, safety, security and system resilience.
  • Ensure appropriate and timely advice is provided to internal and external Stakeholders on the audible noise, EMF, EMC and RFI impacts of our assets to public amenity, health and the environment, representing both National Grid and the ESI.
  • Inform the prioritisation of expenditure in respect of environmental risk in specialist areas.

About you:


You will be the expert of sustainability within the Leadership and provide the business with the direction required to achieve excellence within ESG standards.


What's in it for you?:


  • Up to
    £90,000 plus 20% Annual performance bonus & annual salary benchmarking
  • Full electric company car, or £6k car allowance
  • Doublematch pension (for every £1 you put in we put in £2, to a max company contribution of up to 12%)
  • 28 days holiday (plus 8 statutory days, plus the opportunity to buy 5 more annually)
Life Insurance: 10 x your basic salary

  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave relevant to your role.
  • Family care benefits including a backup care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).

About us:

National Grid plc is a multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London.

It has a market capitalisation of ~£36 billion and is one of the top 25 FTSE companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.

National Grid lies at the heart of a transforming energy system, spanning the UK and the US. Our businesses supply gas and electricity, safely, reliably and efficiently to millions of customers and communities.

But we also drive change through engineering innovation and by incubating new ideas with the power to revolutionise our industry.

At National Grid, we share the belief that we need to stand for something beyond profit.

We have a responsibility to demonstrate our contribution to society more broadly, whether that's helping the young people of today to become the energy problem-solvers of tomorrow, supporting our customers to use energy more efficiently, or tackling climate change by targeting net zero for our own emissions by 2050.

That's why our vision is to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future.


More Information:


The closing date for this position is Midday, Friday the 8th September - interviews are due to take place on Thursday 14th September.

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