Investigation Specialist

Investigation Specialist - Warwick (Hybrid) - £46,000 to £55,000

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. 

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

About the role:

In this critical role, you'll be responsible for ensuring the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of all safety and health investigations, playing a key part in our ambition to be Safe Every Day and supporting our journey towards a proactive safety culture.

Reporting to the Safety, Health & Wellbeing Manager, you will take ownership of the Tier 1 Incident Reporting and Investigation Standard, ensuring that processes, templates, and guidance remain aligned with the latest legislative requirements and industry best practices. You'll lead and support incident investigations across the business, ensuring they are thorough, evidence-based, and consistently identify true root causes. Your work will help drive meaningful improvements by developing appropriate remedial actions and ensuring that lessons learned are effectively shared across the organisation.

Beyond investigations, you'll play a key advisory role, supporting regulatory reporting requirements and working closely with internal teams and external bodies. You'll also conduct benchmarking exercises, helping to ensure that National Gas Transmission remains at the forefront of safety and investigative excellence.

This role is perfect for someone with a strong investigative mindset, excellent analytical skills, and a passion for improving safety standards. If you thrive in a role where your expertise can drive real change, we’d love to hear from you.

As part of our hybrid working approach, this role offers a mix of office working in Warwick and home working. You'll need to be able to travel into the Warwick office approx. 2-3 times a week.

What we're looking for:

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant health and safety discipline
• Demonstrate a high level of safety experience and clear legislative understanding
• Clear understanding of root cause analysis and remedial action development
• Clear understanding of behavioural safety and fair/just cultures
• Professional membership with a recognised body (ideally GradIOSH)
• Stakeholder management and engagement skills
• Full UK car driving licence

What we can offer you:

Annual bonus of up to 6% based on personal and company performance
26 days’ holiday plus statutory holidays - option available to buy extra holiday days 
Generous double-match pension scheme - for every £1 you put in, we'll add £2 (max company contribution 12%)
Flexible benefit scheme, including private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans and more
Financial protection with 10x salary death in service and financial support if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury 
Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave
Career progression, professional training and development - including access to LinkedIn Learning
Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24/7
Financial support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions

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. 

National Gas is 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  

At National Gas, we are disability confident and we are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, 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.    

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