Emergency Response Specialist

Emergency Response Specialist

Salary: from £50,000 with market-leading benefits
Location: Warwick (hybrid working)
Closing date: 28th June

Role snapshot

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We transport gas throughout Great Britain, repair and maintain gas pipelines, and manage the meters that allow millions of homes and businesses to access the energy they need. We are the national gas network, providing secure energy to power Britain, achieve net zero, and maintain our industrial competitiveness.

Help shape how a critical national service prepares for and responds to disruption. As an Emergency Response & Resilience Specialist, you’ll play a key role in ensuring we’re ready to manage incidents, maintain operations and recover quickly - protecting energy supply across Great Britain.

Join us, and help be the energy behind the change.

About the role

You’ll take the lead in strengthening our operational resilience and emergency response capability. Working across teams and with external partners, you’ll ensure we’re prepared for a wide range of scenarios and continuously improving how we respond.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and maintaining business continuity frameworks aligned to organisational policy and recognised standards
• Ensuring business impact assessments, response plans and continuity documentation are accurate, up to date and fit for purpose
• Designing and delivering testing and exercise programmes to validate our resilience plans
• Building strong relationships with key resilience partners, including emergency services and government bodies
• Embedding best practice in emergency planning and response across the National Control Center (NCC)
• Identifying training needs and supporting capability development for colleagues involved in incident response

This is a varied role offering exposure to both strategic planning and real-time operational readiness in a critical infrastructure environment.

About you

You’ll bring a strong mix of resilience expertise, stakeholder management skills and the ability to think strategically while operating in a fast-paced environment.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience in business continuity, resilience or emergency planning within a complex or critical environment
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at all levels internally and externally
• Experience developing and maintaining continuity plans and documentation
• An understanding of the UK resilience framework and best practice approaches
• The ability to operate at both tactical and strategic levels
• Excellent communication skills, with confidence working across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to obtain and maintain Security Clearance
• Degree or equivalent experience is required

What we can offer you

• Salary from £50,000 (DOE) + up to 6% bonus
• 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays, with option to buy more
• Market-leading pension – we’ll double your contributions (up to 18% combined)
• Market-leading life assurance (10x salary) + income protection
• Flexible opt-in private healthcare, dental, tech & more
• Enhanced family leave policies
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Additional perks

• Hybrid working

• Volunteering and charitable giving programmes
• Onsite gym, classes & sports clubs
• Canteen, coffee shop & free parking

About us

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy.  Gas is an essential part of a secure energy supply in Britain, and will continue to play a vital role for decades to come.  More than ever, we need the security that gas brings to keep the lights on, businesses running, and to protect jobs. National Gas provides that security.

We are responsible for transporting gas to power stations, major industries, storage facilities, more than 500,000 businesses, and 23 million homes through nearly 5,000 miles of pipes across Britain.

National Gas is also proud to lead the way in transforming the energy network for a net zero future. Gas provides the energy security to support renewable electricity generation, and we are developing our infrastructure to transport hydrogen and carbon dioxide across the country. 

We are committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve.  We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring to our organisation, and strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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