About the Role
Use your gas expertise in a role with real influence, professional credibility, and public safety impact. This role involves working with large businesses to provide inspection oversight, technical guidance, and risk-based assessments to maintain high gas safety standards.
Responsibilities
- Manage the risk-based inspection regime against identified Large Businesses.
- Undertake Managing Gas Safety Assessments and coordinate planned field inspections.
- Ensure Large Businesses work in compliance with recognised industry standards.
- Act as the day-to-day manager and central point of contact for large businesses and GSMR relating to technical/operational matters.
- Support Field Operational Teams to ensure monitoring requirements are met and feedback is delivered constructively.
- Support enforcement bodies (e.g. HSE and local authorities) where needed.
- Support the escalation of complaints against service.
- Support the application of proportionate sanctions in a timely manner.
- Maximise opportunities and minimise risk to service.
- Ensure personal safety and the safety of others by adhering to Health and Safety Policy and risk assessments.
- Support Stakeholder activities as and when required.
- Support other departments as and when required.
- Ensure all administration tasks are completed within prescribed timescales.
- Comply with Capita company policies.
Requirements
- Experienced gas professional ready to apply technical expertise in a broader, more influential position.
- Confident operating as a subject matter expert.
- Comfortable engaging with large businesses.
- Able to make evidence-based decisions in complex technical and operational environments.
- Strong organisation, resilience, professional judgement, and a commitment to high safety and compliance standards.
- Must hold ACS certificates of competence: CCN1, CENWAT1, CKR1, HTR1.
- Ideally hold additional ACS certificates in LPG, Non-Domestic & Catering, LAU1 and DAH1.
- In-depth knowledge of Enforcement Bodies affected by the Registration Scheme.
- Ability to use tools and undertake appropriate tests and checks during inspection work.
- Physically fit to work on all types of gas meters, pipework, and appliances at various levels.
- Relevant experience and/or qualification in a management discipline.
- Relevant Auditor qualification.
- In-depth knowledge of Gas Industry Sector affected by the Registration Scheme.
- Appropriate underpinning gas industry experience, knowledge and technical skills.
- Full, clean drivers license.
- Ability to liaise with businesses and corporate contacts, build and develop relationships.
- Excellent written and verbal communicator.
- Able to manage people and situations to achieve business objectives.
- Ability to effectively solve problems and manage risk.
- Key understanding of KPIs & PIs relating to the contract.
- Presentation and facilitation skills.
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Computer literate, with experience of using Microsoft Office packages (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook).
- Ideally, some experience or qualification in project/contract management.
Skills
- Gas expertise
- Technical guidance
- Risk-based assessment
- Stakeholder management
- Gas safety governance
- Managing Gas Safety Assessments
- Inspection coordination
- Compliance monitoring
- Problem-solving
- Risk management
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Microsoft Office Suite
Location
- Essex
- Colchester, United Kingdom
Work Type
- Field-based
- Full time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Experienced gas professional
- Senior engineer
- Inspector
- Auditor
- Technical specialist
- Manager
Education Level
- ACS-qualified
- Relevant qualifications in a management discipline
- Relevant Auditor qualification
- Experience or qualification in project/contract management
Salary/Compensations
- £52,000 per year
- £6,000 per year London living allowance
Benefits
- Company car
- 23 days’ holiday, rising to 27
- Opportunity to buy extra leave
- Auto-enrolment into company pension
- Life assurance
- Cycle2work scheme
- Enhanced family leave (15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave)
- Two weeks’ paternity pay
- Voluntary benefits (discounts across retail, socialising, health and wellbeing, travel and technology)
- Access to Employee Network Groups
- Career development opportunities across Capita
About the Company
- Gas Safe Register is the official gas registration body for the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.
- Capita delivers the Gas Safe Register service under a concession arrangement with the Health and Safety Executive and related authorities.
- The service plays an important role in maintaining gas safety standards and helping consumers have confidence that gas work is carried out safely and legally.
- At Capita, your career can take you wherever your ambition leads.
- You'll become part of a diverse network of talented, forward-thinking professionals working across a wide range of disciplines and sectors.
- We’re committed to your growth — offering endless opportunities to expand your skills, explore new paths, and advance your career.
- Join us and discover a career with purpose.
Equal Opportunity
- Capita is committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone.
- We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer.
- We want to hear from you if you’d like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process.
- As part of our commitment to building an inclusive and diverse workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from people who are from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds.
