As our Design & Assurance Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of major infrastructure projects across Cadent’s Capital Delivery portfolio. This isn’t just about reviewing designs – it’s about providing leadership, assurance and technical expertise that help deliver safe, compliant and high‑quality projects from concept through to construction.
Working within our Capital Delivery Safety & Engineering team, you’ll lead the management of design assurance activities across the full project lifecycle. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders, design consultants, contractors and project teams to ensure engineering solutions are robust, compliant and aligned with project objectives.
This is a fantastic opportunity to combine technical leadership, project delivery and engineering assurance while helping shape the future of Cadent’s above 7 bar assets, pipeline projects, customer diversions, integrity programmes and security upgrades.
Qualifications:
Apply now to lead design assurance across major infrastructure projects and help deliver safe, efficient and future‑ready energy infrastructure for our customers.
Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.
Disclaimer: While the closing date is set as mentioned, we reserve the right to close the application process earlier if necessary, depending on the unique circumstances of each role.
At Cadent, we’re thrilled to be part of the future of UK energy!
We have a clear roadmap to drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.
We’re making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together, we’re shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers, whom we put at the heart of everything we do.
What’s In It for You
Here at Cadent, we recognise that our people are truly unsung heroes. Quietly confident, delivering every day - that’s why we’re committed to supporting our people to get the best out of themselves. For this role, we offer:
We support a healthy work-life balance and are open to flexible working options.
Diversity and Inclusion
Don’t meet every requirement? No problem! If you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification mentioned, we would still love for you to submit your application – you may just be the right person for this role or other opportunities at Cadent.
We value diversity and are committed to being an equitable employer. Our employee communities – Women in Cadent, Pride at Work (LGBTQ+), Embrace (ethnicity and religion), Thrive! (disability), the Cadent Military Community, the Grief Awareness Community, and the Men's Engagement Network (M.E.N) – can’t wait to welcome you!
As a proud Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process and we will ensure that support is provided.
What’s next?
To be considered for this role, please submit your application with an up-to-date CV and our Talent Acquisition team will get in touch soon. To learn more about Cadent, visit our website at Home | Cadent (cadentgas.com)
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