Network Resilience Manager

About us

Job Purpose

What you'll do

• Shape and deliver resilience strategy, policies and frameworks across network operations
• Work closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation, industry partners and government bodies to drive the resilience agenda
• Identify network risks and implement effective mitigation and control strategies
• Lead the review of system events, ensuring lessons learned translate into meaningful improvements
• Oversee and enhance processes such as Energy Not Supplied (ENS) and business continuity planning
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, including ISO22301, and maintain robust continuity arrangements
• Provide assurance for system restoration capability, ensuring people, processes and systems are prepared
• Lead crisis management and resilience planning across operational teams
• Ensure resilience strategies account for external factors such as extreme weather and climate-related risks
• Drive continuous improvement in network performance, reliability and resilience outcomes
• Line manage responsibility - Team of 7/9

About you

You’re an experienced leader with a background in critical infrastructure or operational environments, where safety, reliability and real-time decision making are essential.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience leading and developing teams (as a first-line manager or similar)
• Strong understanding of how large-scale physical networks or control room environments operate
• Experience from sectors such as:
  • • Electricity transmission or distribution
    • Power generation
    • Gas transmission or similar critical infrastructure
• Confidence working in high-pressure, safety-critical environments
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• The ability to translate strategy into practical, operational outcomes
• A proactive, improvement-focused mindset

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £67,000 – £77,000 – dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 30% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 9th June. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

DE & I statement:

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value, and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, offering flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop, and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives, and business need. We are committed to building a workforce that can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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