In the simplest terms, I’m part of a wider team that keeps the gas flowing to heat homes and water, and provide energy for cooking. Specifically, I’m responsible for the team that ensures our Gas Transmission business understands its environmental obligations – how we meet them and provide feedback on performance.
Our Viking Link project is leading the charge to show how hydrogen could become the heating fuel of the future.
I grew up on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, surrounded by sea and marshland, so I was always in tune with nature. I spent most of my childhood riding around on my bike with a friend who was obsessed with plants – he’s an ecologist now. I think this inspired my lifelong interest in sustainability. But it was while studying for my Masters in Maths and Physics that I began to understand our impact on the environment and the need to reduce harmful emissions.
Contract Authority and Global Procurement at National Grid identified the potential partners and the evaluation was undertaken by the team at National Grid Metering in line with procurement regulations to review those companies best placed to serve the requirements of the business and customers alike.
The majority of construction traffic for the cables stage of the Hinkley Connection project will now come in directly from the M5 via the site access on the A38. This will greatly reduce the number of HGVs travelling through local villages, including Lower Weare, Cross, Churchill and Sandford.
The National Grid Metering Siteworks team provide Gas Industry Registered (GIRS) design and project management to deliver new gas infrastructure across the UK. In order to work with leading customers such as British Gas Business and Centrica, the team are required to have the SafeContractor Accreditation.
Traditionally jobs have been split into blue collar (typically manual roles) and white collar (those professions often done at a desk), but increasingly there’s talk of green collar work too. Green collar jobs are all about improving the environment and they’re seen as central to economic recovery and growth in the coming years.
Please note due to adverse weather conditions the delivery of the transformer has been delayed until Wednesday 16 September (again weather dependent).
It’s important that National Grid stays connected with its customers, especially during these unprecedented times. National Grid Metering were keen to gather customers feedback on how they have dealt with communication in this challenging time.
Whilst attending the HP asset site, National Grid Metering discovered some metal loss across one of the seam welds on a section of pipe which halted the general maintenance work whilst a new design was drawn up and fabricated. The section of pipe was 39 metres long with no flanged joints to disconnect, certainly presented a challenge.