Digital Solutions Automation Lead

£55,000 - £65,500 + up to 6% Bonus

About Us

At National Gas, the work we do matters.

As Britain's national gas network, we help keep the lights on, businesses running, and homes warm by maintaining the critical infrastructure that transports gas across Great Britain. While providing the energy security Britain relies on today, we are also helping transform the network for a clean energy future.

Join us and help secure Britain's energy.

About the Role

As Digital Solutions & Automation Lead, you’ll drive the development and implementation of innovative digital solutions across major capital projects and asset management activities. Working closely with engineering, project delivery, GIS, project controls and IT teams, you’ll harness automation, data analytics and connected systems to enhance project performance, improve reporting and information management, and deliver greater operational efficiency. From creating insightful Power BI dashboards to streamlining workflows and integrating business-critical platforms, you’ll play a key role in transforming how projects are delivered and managed.

What You'll Do

• Deliver a prioritised pipeline of digital improvements that reduce manual effort, improve information quality and support New Molecules project delivery.
• Lead the development of reliable Power BI dashboards and automated management information covering cost, schedule, progress, risk and delivery performance.
• Improve digital project controls, including cost estimation, forecasting and reporting, by working with business teams and platforms such as Oracle and related systems.
• Design, develop or coordinate workflow automation and data integration using Microsoft Power Platform, SQL, Python or equivalent technologies.
• Define and implement proportionate digital requirements, information standards and processes across project and asset information systems.
• Improve interoperability between project controls, GIS, Autodesk Construction Cloud, document management and asset management environments, working with technical owners and suppliers.
• Translate stakeholder needs into agreed requirements, tested solutions, adoption plans and demonstrable benefits.
• Provide technical guidance, assure solution quality and support colleagues to adopt consistent, efficient digital ways of working.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and recommend improvements with a clear value and delivery case.

Why this role matters

The Digital Solutions & Automation Lead plays a critical role in driving smarter, more efficient project delivery by transforming data into actionable insight and automating key processes across the project lifecycle. By connecting systems, improving reporting, and enabling better decision-making through digital tools and analytics, the role helps reduce risk, enhance project performance, and deliver greater value from capital investments while supporting the transition to a more digitally enabled organisation.

About You

You’re a digitally minded and collaborative professional with a passion for using technology to solve complex business challenges. You have experience turning data into meaningful insights, improving processes through automation, and working across multidisciplinary teams to deliver practical, user-focused solutions. Comfortable engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, you thrive on driving continuous improvement, embracing innovation, and helping projects achieve better outcomes through smarter ways of working.

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience in digital technology, information systems, data analytics, engineering or a related discipline.
• Proven hands-on experience implementing digital solutions, data reporting and business process automation in complex project or operational environments.
• Strong Power BI development skills, including data modelling, Power Query and DAX, with evidence of dashboards delivered to business users.
• Practical experience of automation using Power Automate, Power Apps, SQL, Python or comparable technologies.
• Ability to gather requirements, analyse processes, connect data sources and take solutions through testing, deployment and adoption.
• Understanding of data quality, access controls, information management and integration across enterprise systems.
• Experience working with project controls, infrastructure, engineering, construction or similarly complex delivery teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, analytical problem-solving and communication skills, including explaining technical solutions to non-technical colleagues.
• Ability to lead initiatives, coordinate suppliers or technical specialists and manage competing priorities.
• Experience with Oracle, ERP, cost management or project controls systems and related cost estimation or forecasting processes.
• Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud, other common data environments, ArcGIS or QGIS.
• Knowledge of BIM, ISO 19650, digital engineering or asset information lifecycle management.
• Experience with APIs, data pipelines, cloud data platforms or integration of multiple enterprise data sources.
• Experience supporting capital infrastructure, energy transition programmes or mentoring colleagues.
  
  

What we Offer

• Market-leading double-match pension (up to 12% company contribution)
• Annual performance bonus of up to 6%
• Access to the Tusker salary sacrifice car scheme.
• 26 days holiday (plus statutory holidays)
• 10x salary life assurance and income protection
• Flexible benefits including healthcare, dental and technology options.

Inclusive Recruitment

We are building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve, championing diversity and creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is valued for their unique contribution.

We support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond.

National Gas is a Disability Confident employer and signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant.