Job description

Trainee Support Engineer
Permanent, 42hour contract
Realistic potential earnings up to £37,900, with our colleagues typically averaging £31,000 whilst training, up to £37,900 once qualified depending on overtime, call-out requirements and performance bonuses. It’s even possible to earn more!
PLUS overtime, standby payments, monthly incentive bonus AND London Weighting
Base salary: £23,870 to £25,279 depending on experience.
NOTE: This is a fantastic opportunity for qualified gas engineers who want to maximise their earning potential. Your potential earnings will depend on individual overtime and call-out requirements, as well as performance bonuses. In addition, we will be increasing our salaries in July 2023 to keep pace with inflation, guaranteeing a minimum 7.5% rise. If you’re motivated by high earning potential and want to join a dynamic business, we encourage you to apply!
As a trainee repair Support Engineer, you will be offered a varied and extremely rewarding work environment where you'll have plenty of opportunities to earn a fantastic salary and develop yourself all this plus using your skills to help us shape the future 'green' in the gas industry. We are focused on developing talent and investing in our people.
There is a wealth of opportunities for you to continuously develop yourself and your career if you want it and you will be supported with training. You'll get your van, state of the art tablet and Smart phone from day one.

In brief as a support engineer with us you can look forward to the following:

• Guaranteed basic monthly pay
• Supplied, fully costed van (work use only)
• Full PPE supplied allowing you to work safely in customers’ homes
• Local team & Managerial support with regular updates & Safety briefings
• Additional standard benefits, such as pension, healthcare & Employee benefits.
• Ongoing training and development to help develop your future.

To carry out this role you must have a full valid drivers licence and be able to be clean shaven every day for health and safety.

What’s In It For You
Here at Cadent, we are committed to supporting our employees to get the best out of themselves. For this role in particular we can offer:

• Funding and support towards your professional accreditation

• Ample opportunity for progression within the business

• Mentoring and guidance opportunities

Benefits
We offer a host of benefits to suit your lifestyle and support your well-being. These include:

• Annual bonus

• Pension Scheme double matched up to a total of 18% of salary (i.e., employee contributions of up to 6%, double matched by a Cadent contribution of up to 12%)

• 25 days holiday, plus statutory days, and an option to buy more

• Fantastic career development prospects with funded learning options, including support with exams, and internal and external learning and development

• Strong focus on supporting you as an individual including:

o hybrid working
o flexible working
o strong commitments to ED&I
o generous family provision policies

• Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, insurance, and healthcare packages, plus much more

• My Offers membership card – offering discounts and savings from hundreds of retailers

• 2 paid volunteering days per year

• Free gym access at the Ansty office, as well as a ‘Gympass’ scheme providing free or heavily subsidised local gym memberships

We want our employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working options with you if the role can accommodate it. Let us know about your flexibility requirements, whether that be reduced hours, remote working, flexible start/finish times, or compressed hours, and we will be more than happy to explore what’s possible for the role.

About the Role
Working as part of a team and assisting the Team Leader, you’ll be responsible for attending gas escapes and carrying out appropriate repairs. You’ll need to have exceptional customer service skills, be extremely enthusiastic and have the ability to promote safe working practice, whilst driving efficiency and maintaining compliant ways of working.
Your day to day duties will include:

• Assisting the Team Leader

• Attending gas leaks

• Groundwork

• Excavations and reinstatements

• Utilising appropriate signing, lighting and guarding

• Ensuring cable avoidance

• Delivering equipment and tools where required

• Patrol and plant protection

• Working on deep excavations up to 2.5m

• Working on a standby rota system

About Us
At Cadent we’re excited to be part of the future of UK energy! We’ve got a clear roadmap that will 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.

Diversity and Inclusion
Don’t meet every single requirement listed?
Understanding, learning, and celebrating what makes us different, as well as what we have in common, is good for us as individuals and enables us to work better together as one team. Cadent is committed to being an equitable and diverse employer that fosters an inclusive culture for all our employees, therefore, all our employment decisions are assessed based on qualifications, merit, and business need. So, 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.
As a recognised Disability Confident Employer, we are proud to champion inclusion in the workplace and ensure to provide an environment that is accessible to all and supports individuals throughout their journey with Cadent. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process.
We place great importance on equity, diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our employee communities Women in Cadent, Pride at Work (LGBTQ+), Embrace (ethnicity and religion), Thrive! (disability) and the Cadent Military Community can’t wait to welcome you!

Circle Back Initiative
As an active and proud member of The Circle Back Initiative, we aim to ensure that all candidates receive a response to their application, regardless of the outcome.
We will be receiving applications until the specified date above, though Cadent retains the right to close this vacancy early without prior notification, so it is advisable to complete your application at your earliest convenience.

Be part of something big. Help shape the future of gas for generations to come.

Salary: £23,870.00-£25,279.00 per year