Operations Controller

Job Type: Full time, Flexible pattern of shifts

Location: Cambridge CB2 area, within walking distance of Cambridge station and the city centre. Bike and car parking available.

Salary: £30,000 pa (including a shift allowance) and increases significantly as your experience grows.

Contract: Permanent

Working in a friendly team as an Operations Controller you will manage European gas portfolios. This is an office-based role, and the work is mainly screen-based using in-house developed software and communicating with our customers using telephone and email. The work does involve a large level of personal responsibility, making high-value operational decisions on behalf of our clients, but we will provide all the training you need and fully support you along the way.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will depend on which client you are working on behalf of at the time, and what their specific needs are. This might include:

• Liaising with entries to and exits from the various networks (such as production fields, storage sites and power stations)
• Managing rights to use the network points
• Coordinating cross border transits
• Facilitating deliveries between companies in line with their trades

All processes will be accompanied by detailed documentation and guidance on exactly how to carry them out.

Hours and Location: Flexible pattern of shifts, including some weekend and overnight work with a generous allowance of days off; facilitating a great work life balance. The GMSL office is based in Cambridge, in the Hills Road, CB2 area, within walking distance of Cambridge station and the city centre. We have bike and car parking available.

About you: This is an entry level role so no prior experience is required, and full training will be provided. We are looking for candidates who are:

• Conscientious and proactive
• Able to work accurately under pressure, to follow procedures and pay attention to detail
• Comfortable working with numbers and proficient in using Microsoft Office software
• Happy to communicate with people, both within your team and with customers
• Able to work effectively both as part of a small team but also to take initiative on your own
• Preferably educated to degree level, but this is not required.

About GMSL: We are a small, friendly, but highly influential organisation within the European energy industry. Working on behalf of some of the leading energy companies in the world, we play a key role in monitoring and controlling gas and electricity flows throughout Europe and the UK. There are around 120 people from a wide variety of backgrounds in our Cambridge office, which is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Your colleagues will be from a wide variety of backgrounds – we encourage diversity, openness and gender equality. There is no need to have any prior experience in the energy industry when joining us; we are the experts in our role and will provide you with all the training that you need to be successful.

Benefits:

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Private health care cover with Vitality
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with Optima Health
• Loyal Service Award
• Cycle to work scheme
• Fresh fruit and great coffee
• Corporate membership at Cambridge University Botanical Gardens

GMSL has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK; proof of right to work in the UK will be requested prior to employment. This role is not eligible for sponsorship of a skilled worker visa. We are not currently accepting recruitment agency applications; we’ll be in touch if we need you to help us. Thanks for your understanding.