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Based at Ansty, with travel to Leicester Site (3 days a week in the office)

As a Senior Control Engineer in our Energy Control Centre (ECC), you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe, compliant and efficient operation of our gas transportation network. This isn’t just about monitoring flows or reacting to events – it’s about shaping operational strategy, coordinating access to the network, and providing expert engineering leadership in a fast-moving, high-responsibility environment.

Working at the heart of the ECC, you’ll apply your technical knowledge, operational experience and calm decision-making to keep energy flowing for over 11 million customers. You’ll influence stakeholders across the business, guide operational teams, and ensure our plans, responses and processes are robust, safe and future-ready.

This is a highly visible and influential role where your engineering judgement will directly shape how Cadent manages its network today – and how we evolve it for tomorrow.

• Be jointly responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the gas transportation network.
• Develop and implement operating strategies that optimise network performance while meeting regulatory, commercial and customer obligations.
• Build strong relationships across the business and with external partners, ensuring issues are prioritised, risks are mitigated and customers remain connected.
• Lead the response to unplanned events, faults and operational changes, providing expert analysis and confident engineering direction.
• Drive enhancements to ECC processes, governance and tools, embedding best practice and supporting a culture of operational excellence.

You’re an experienced operational engineer with strong technical grounding, confident decision-making and the ability to lead in a dynamic Control Centre environment.

Technical & Professional

• STEM A-levels or degree
• Professional registration with IGEM or IMechE
• Strong understanding of gas transportation, fluid dynamics and regulated utility operations
• Knowledge of Energy Control Centre functions and Control Centre environments

Operational Experience

• Background in distribution network operations
• Practical experience in fast-paced engineering or operational settings
• Ability to analyse complex issues and understand wider business and industry impacts
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Experience guiding teams and supporting continuous improvement

Decision Making

• Confident problem-solver with sound engineering judgement
• Able to manage conflicting priorities with accuracy and urgency

We will look to plan interviews in week commencing the 2nd February at our head office in Ansty, Coventry.

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.

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.

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!

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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