Emergency Planning & Resilience Manager

Company: SGN
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Location: Orpington
Job Description:

SGN South – Farringdon, Horley, Godstone, Epsom, Orpington, Aldershot | Personal Contract | Fulltime | Hybrid


Competitive pension scheme – Enhanced maternity/paternity pay – Life assurance – HolidayPlus – Cycle2work Scheme & more


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We’ve got big plans, and resilience features heavily in them. We’re looking for a confident, capable Emergency Planning & Resilience Manager to help us bring those plans to life.


You will form part of a small, dedicated team of Resilience professionals working to a Resilience framework and developing associated plans to ensure we can plan for, respond to, and recover from incidents and emergencies. You will drive preparedness efforts, ensuring we are “incident-ready” and able to respond swiftly and effectively to the situation at hand, ensuring the best outcomes for the communities we serve.



  • Act as a trusted advisor to Executives and Senior Leaders, during planning and response activities, ensuring a culture of continuous improvement

  • Work as part of a small team to ensure the availability of expert, specialist and authoritative advice on all aspects of emergency planning and incident response across our networks

  • Develop and deliver comprehensive training, testing and exercising programmes for colleagues at all levels to embed a resilience mindset; with specialist training for specific roles in incident response and all managers on-call.

  • Work collaboratively with internal colleagues including Gas Control, Cyber Security and Business Continuity to stress-test arrangements and implement any improvements identified

  • Ensure relationships and reputation amongst resilience partners, industry colleagues and stakeholders are nurtured and enhanced, highlighting opportunities for joint learning, testing and exercising

  • Spearhead and drive preparedness and continuous improvement by conducting regular reviews and horizon scanning, ensuring we identify and learn lessons from all of the above activities.

  • To undertake such other duties appropriate to the character of work as may reasonably be required, including working outside normal hours from time-to-time during incidents or emergencies and any on-call arrangements that may be implemented.


What You Will Need



  • We’re looking for a variety of skills and qualities that make you a great fit. If you don’t meet every requirement, don’t worry—we offer tailored learning and development to help you succeed.

  • Extensive experience in emergency planning, resilience or business continuity – ideally gained within a Category 1 or Category 2 responder agency OR Extensive Operational Gas experience

  • Any Resilience-related qualifications and certifications would be an advantage

  • Knowledge and experience of working under Civil Contingencies Act 2004, JESIP principles and other legislation (COMAH, MAHP etc)


We’re also looking for;



  • Experienced in engaging and influencing diverse stakeholders to drive outputs

  • A tenacious attitude, excellent communication and strong leadership skills

  • Demonstrable experience of training, testing and exercising (planning and delivery)

  • Ability to drive organisational learning and the embedding of improvements

  • SC Clearance or the ability to achieve this


Regular travel may be required across our SGN operating area, primarily to our Farringdon, London office


Why SGN?


SGN is a leader in pioneering research and development toward a net-zero energy system. Our cutting-edge technologies and innovative thinking are driving change in the gas industry, all while keeping people safe and warm.


About us | Benefits | Diversity and inclusion


If you require any accommodations or support during the application process, reach out to us. We’re here to help ensure an inclusive and accessible experience for everyone.


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Posted: November 2nd, 2026