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Technical Administrator

Employer
Cadent
Location
Hinckley, Leicestershire
Salary
Up to £12.19 per hour
Closing date
17 Jan 2022

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Job Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a leading utilities supplier as an Asset Update Technical Administrator, our client is currently seeking an Asset Update Technical Administrator based in Hinckley, LE10 0NA. This a full-time temporary contract for 12 months (with a possibility of extension), paying £12.19 per hour. Working 37.5 hours per week.

Our client has a clear roadmap that will both drive their performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving their net zero target by 2050. They are making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. They are shaping/creating a cleaner, greener future for their 11 million customers, they put their heart into everything they do.

Job Purpose

You'll be working within a highly technical unique team, helping to remediate the Client's asset records and supporting the continual improvement of Asset Data Integrity. Using data analytic outputs to help shape the future and further develop their asset data into a strategic asset itself.

You'll be a key player in helping to ensure their asset data and the processes and systems supporting it are fit for purpose. You will be trained to use ESRI mapping software.

Key Accountabilities:

Strategy

Support delivery of Asset Data Strategy through agreed programmes of work to improve asset data whilst always ensuring work is aligned to the Data Foundation programme.

Defining the Standards

Work with Asset Data Analysts to help embed standard asset data attributes on behalf of the Client which articulate the key data points required to satisfy the Asset Management Strategy and regulatory / legislative requirements.

Measuring & Improving Performance

  • Facilitate and undertake data cleansing and data improvement activities where required
  • Support the delivery of data quality improvement actions following data maturity assessments, internal and external audits
  • Work with Asset Data Analysts to identify trends and patterns in asset data to improve asset data quality and completeness and where any new asset or incorrectly categorised / misaligned assets are entered into core systems, the relevant policy requirements to maintain and operate that asset are in place.

Stakeholder

  • Develop, maintain and strengthen working relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external) through collaborative working to achieve common goals
  • Contribute to stakeholder workshops to establish data requirements
  • Develop Knowledge of network assets - their purpose, function, failure modes and functional hierarchy within core systems
  • Effective communication skills both verbal and written to ensure successful relationships are established and maintained
  • Works well within a team environment to tight deadlines and flexibility to suit changing demands.

Experience Required

  • Experience of Asset Data management
  • Experienced in the use of Microsoft Office applications - (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint)
  • Good numerical skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Demonstrates logical thinking
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Self-motivated, focused and organised.

Company

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We are Cadent

Proud to be the nation’s largest owner and operator of gas distribution networks, our 6,000 colleagues, working across four gas networks, keep the energy flowing to around 11 million homes and businesses. That’s half of the UK, we keep safe and warm. 24/7. 365 days a year. And have done for the past 200 years.
 
And now, we’re looking forward to an exciting future. A future in which we'll exceed targets and produce award-winning innovations across robotics, safety, and bio-gas. One that we’ll play a big part in shaping as we continue to provide emergency response and repair services, conduct asset replacement work and move to the frontier of our industry. A future where we'll keep the nation cooking on gas.
 
Join us and experience a rewarding career with real purpose and realistic progression that will make you feel genuinely proud about what you do.

How we work

The national gas distribution network isn't just a commercial resource, it’s a national asset that we safeguard for future generations. And, as we own four of the eight regional gas distribution networks in the UK, our duty is to look after and maintain them, keeping the energy constantly flowing through 130,000km of pipeline to around 11 million customers every single day.

These are big numbers. And this is a huge responsibility. Added to which, we also manage the national gas emergency number. So, every single person at Cadent should feel really proud of the fact that they’re helping to smoothly and safely power everyday life in Britain.

They should feel proud to play their part in sourcing secure, affordable and sustainable gas for the future too, as we look ahead to RIIO-2. We’re improving our service to our customers by delivering the right solutions at the right cost, and working to achieve frontier performance by developing a high-performing culture across the business. Yes, targets will be stretching. But, we’re confident that a good plan well-executed will get us to where we need to be.

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