Critical infrastructure operator managing Britain's gas transport network
National Gas operates nearly 5,000 miles of pipeline infrastructure serving 23 million homes and 500,000+ businesses across the UK. The tech stack reveals a mature industrial-control environment: SCADA, Modbus, DNP3, IEC standards, and GIS-based asset management layered on enterprise infrastructure (SharePoint, ServiceNow, AWS, Azure). Active hiring skews toward engineering and operations roles, with active projects focused on capital delivery, cyber assurance upgrades, and infrastructure modernization — indicating concurrent pressure to maintain legacy systems while meeting security and net-zero compliance mandates.
National Gas is the operator of Britain's gas transmission network, responsible for transporting gas through a network spanning nearly 5,000 miles of pipes to power stations, industrial users, and residential consumers. The organization manages critical infrastructure at scale, balancing operational continuity with evolving regulatory and environmental requirements. Projects span capital asset delivery, cyber resilience upgrades, and strategic infrastructure modernization including hydrogen and carbon-dioxide transport capability. Hiring is concentrated in engineering and operations roles, with secondary focus on security and construction specialties, reflecting the capital-intensive and compliance-driven nature of the business.
National Gas operates and maintains the gas transmission network across Britain, transporting gas through nearly 5,000 miles of pipes to serve 23 million homes, 500,000+ businesses, and major industrial facilities including power stations.
The stack includes industrial-control protocols (SCADA, Modbus, DNP3, IEC 61131, OPC), asset-management tools (GIS, Bentley, Autodesk Construction Cloud), enterprise platforms (ServiceNow, AWS, Azure), and security standards (IEC 62443, ISO 27001, NIST).
Yes. Engineering roles represent the largest hiring category with 21 active positions across multiple seniority levels (junior through principal), followed by operations (17), construction (10), and security (4) roles.
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