Bring your organisation skills to a role with real purpose.
Love making sense of data and keeping a busy team one step ahead? Join our North West SHES, Compliance & Technical Support team as a Safety and Compliance Administrator. Bring your technical, administrative and information-management skills to a role where you’ll connect people, systems and data—and help keep Safety, Health, Environment, Wellbeing and compliance activities moving across the Zone.
- Make every detail count: maintain zonal databases, trackers, spreadsheets, portals and records so information is accurate, current and appropriately controlled.
- Keep compliance connected: coordinate information on training, fire, legionella, fixed-wire testing, fleet, access, new starters, health assessments, audits and actions.
- Bring plans to life: coordinate inspections, servicing and other activities with contractors and providers, obtain documentation and update relevant systems, reports and presentations.
- Turn complex data into clear insight: create management reports, KPIs, dashboards, presentations and communications that highlight performance, trends and overdue actions.
- Keep people prepared: manage health assessments and MyHub training/authorisation records, including bookings, updates, monitoring, reporting and follow-up.
- Help the team stay assurance-ready: support audits, investigations and assurance activities by collating evidence, preparing documentation and tracking actions to completion.
A hybrid role based across the North West, combining home working with regular travel to operations sites as required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
We’re looking for an administrator with excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, maintain attention to detail, and deliver high-quality work both independently and as part of a team. Key requirements:
- Strong administrative, organisational and digital skills. Experience managing databases, trackers, portals and information-management systems.
- Demonstrable advanced Microsoft Office/Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint.
- Ability to analyse data and produce accurate management reports, KPIs and professional presentations.
- Able and willing to travel occasionally throughout the North West.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Level 3 or higher qualification in Business Administration, Business Management or a related discipline.
- Advanced Excel, Power BI or Microsoft 365 training/qualification.
- Relevant training or experience in information management, audit/ISO systems or data protection.
Pay and Benefits
- Starting Salary £34,856 - £38,956 pa + Paid overtime + Bonus (2026 - 4%)
- 37 hours - Monday to Friday, 26 days annual leave + 8 statutory holidays.
- Contributory pension scheme – Employee up to 6% Company up to 12% Max total up to 18%.
If you enjoy working with people, bringing order to information and keeping a team on track, put your eye for detail to work in this role.
Safety, Health, Environment and Resilience
Safety, Health, Environment and Resilience
On the ground, keeping energy flowing
National Grid operates in both the UK and US, with a broad portfolio of energy businesses dedicated to providing safe, reliable, and sustainable power.
From electricity and gas transmission to advancing clean energy and modernising grids, our work covers every aspect of the energy system.
Our energy flows through absolutely everything we do
Life here at National Grid is more than just our purpose or our values, it’s everything we put into everything we do. It’s our commitment to diversity and inclusion; how we help our employees learn and grow; and how we partner with and support the communities where we live and work. It’s all this, and so much more.
We leverage our collective strengths to do meaningful BIG work so that we can be at the heart of a fair and affordable energy future.
Your salary is reviewed each year against the market for your role, skills, knowledge and experience.
Incentive
Annual performance plan or bonus (depending on your role) rewards your contribution to our success each year.
Retirement
Generous pension plan with company contributions up to 12%.
Private medical insurance for self and family.
Safety and Compliance Administrator employer: National Grid
At National Grid, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. With competitive salaries, generous bonuses, and a robust pension scheme, we ensure our employees are well rewarded for their contributions. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion, along with flexible working arrangements, empowers our team members to thrive both personally and professionally in the heart of the UK's energy sector.
