Trainer/Assessor in Hitchin

Deliver training and assessment that builds safe, competent operational teams. As our Trainer Assessor, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring Cadent’s operational colleagues and contractors have the skills, knowledge and competence required to work safely and effectively. This role is about far more than classroom delivery — it’s about providing high‑quality technical training, robust assessment and professional judgement that underpins safe network operations.

Working within the HRPS Learning Delivery team, you’ll deliver and assess a wide range of technical and operational training across Cadent’s networks and Skills Development Centres. You’ll support the full employee learning cycle, ensuring mandatory skills and competency requirements are met while maintaining high standards of assurance, consistency and compliance.

This role requires the successful applicant to have a working background in PC&S (pressure control and storage) and be able to clearly convey all technical requirements and safety processes involved. You will need to evidence qualification and training to validate your competence to undertake PC&S delivery.

Why you’ll love this role:

• Technical Training Delivery – Deliver practical, technical and operational training courses to Cadent colleagues and contractors.
• Assessment & Assurance – Undertake workplace and centre‑based assessments, making robust judgements on competence.
• Coaching & Feedback – Provide clear feedback, mentoring and development support to candidates.
• Learning Environment Support – Maintain safe, effective training environments including facilities, tools and equipment.
• Quality & Compliance – Ensure training and assessment activity meets relevant policies, standards and statutory requirements.
• Digital & Modern Learning – Use digital platforms and blended learning approaches to enhance delivery and flexibility.
• Continuous Improvement – Contribute to training product development, updates and innovative learning solutions.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical Expertise – Specialist operational knowledge in one or more areas (e.g. Emergency, Repair, Connections, PC&S, E&I, Pipelines, PT&E).
• Training & Assessment Experience – Experience delivering training, conducting assessments and building assessment portfolios.
• Assessment Qualifications – D32/33 or A1 (NVQ Level 4) and/or a recognised teaching qualification (Level 3).
• Strong Communication Skills – Confident presenter with excellent written and verbal communication ability.
• Judgement & Decision‑Making – Confidence making competency decisions and managing assessment outcomes.
• Safety‑First Mindset – Strong understanding of relevant policies, procedures, codes of practice and statutory requirements.
• Organisation & Flexibility – Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple training and assessment demands.

Additional Requirements:

• Full UK driving licence

Apply now to play a key role in developing safe, capable and confident operational teams across Cadent.

Interviews will be week commencing 1st June and will be held over Microsoft Teams.

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.

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.