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£26,208 per year, plus excellent Company Benefits

Why choose us?

Choosing to work for SMS means choosing to make a difference. We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better, helping achieve a greener, sustainable, and more affordable energy system for everyone. Through our range of innovative energy solutions, we are delivering the future of smart energy – working closely with private and public sector partners we are playing a critical role in transforming and decarbonising the UK economy by 2050.

What's in it for you?

• 25 personal holiday days per year (with additional 8 public holidays) increasing to 30 personal days after 5 years of service (includes options to buy and sell)
• Hybrid working options (for some positions).
• Enhanced Maternity leave. Paternity and Adoption leave.
• 24/7 free and confidential employee assistance service.
• Simply Health plan offers a wide variety of benefits from cashback on everyday healthcare treatments like optical, dental and physio treatments. Discounted gym memberships and free 24/7 online GP.
• Life Insurance (4 x annual salary)
• Pension matching scheme (up to 5% of salary)
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering internal and external accredited courses, secondments and study support.

What's the role?

As SMS we are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Validations Assistant to join our team on a 6 month Fixed Term Contract. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring all scheduled jobs are thoroughly validated, accurate, and ready for successful completion. Your work will directly contribute to reducing job aborts and enhancing operational efficiency.

Working Hours:

• Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
• Based at our Newmarket Office

Please note: Interviews will be conducted in person.

Key responsibilities:

Phone Number and Contact Information Validation – SMS Domestic

• Review all scheduled jobs at D-5 to ensure phone numbers and contact details meet required formatting standards (11 digits).
• Cross-check contact details against internal systems and trusted external sources to confirm accuracy.
• Correct any erroneous or missing information in the system.

Access Notes Review

• Review all access notes within scheduled jobs to confirm clarity, accuracy, and relevance.
• Ensure information is consistent and provides engineers with clear onsite guidance.
• Identify and flag outdated, unclear, or unnecessary access notes for revision or removal.

Commercial Customer Verification (I&C)

• Contact all commercial customers with jobs scheduled at D-5 to confirm job details and ensure data accuracy (Emails and calls)
• Ensure all customer records are thoroughly updated with accurate contact information, service details, and any relevant special instructions.
• Verify that customer records include correct service details, instructions, and any special requirements.

Ask customers to confirm availability and address any previous abort issues to prevent recurrence.

• Abort Suppression
• Review all D-5 jobs that were previously aborted to assess current viability.
• Identify and flag jobs that cannot proceed due to missing information, customer unavailability, or outstanding blockers.
• Suppress or cancel jobs where required and ensure all actions are clearly documented for traceability.

Data Entry and System Updates

• Accurately update internal systems with all revised or validated information.
• Log all communications and verification activities for auditing and compliance.
• Review validated jobs from the previous day and update the validation log with completion status. For any jobs that are aborted, investigate and record the specific reason to support continuous improvement.

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Electricity Industry Experience (Essential)
• GSCE's (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics
• Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Strong communication skills, particularly in customer-facing phone interactions.
• Ability to identify and escalate potential issues proactively.
• Experience in administrative or scheduling systems preferred.
• Organised, methodical, and able to work to pre-dispatch timeframes.

#LI-Hybrid

QHSE Specialist – Chemical/Pharma Sector

If you’re someone who genuinely cares about quality, safety, and getting things right – this could be a great fit. I'm working with a small but highly specialised manufacturing business on the Cambridgeshire/Suffolk border who are on the lookout for a QHSE Specialist to join their team.

This is a varied and hands-on role, ideal for someone with a background in quality, health & safety, and environmental systems in a chemical or pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. You'll be working closely with the QHSE Manager to maintain and improve the systems that keep the team safe, compliant, and delivering top-quality products.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the running of the quality management system (ISO 9001:2015).
• Getting involved in internal audits , investigations , and change control .
• Helping maintain documentation, manage non-conformances and customer complaints.
• Supporting health & safety programmes – from risk assessments to contractor compliance.
• Assisting with the day-to-day running of the QC lab and working alongside technical colleagues.
• Preparing for and supporting external audits.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in QA and H&S within a fine chemical or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Good knowledge of ISO 9001 , and ideally exposure to 14001 and 45001 .
• Auditing experience and a sharp eye for compliance.
• Comfortable working in a small, collaborative team where you’ll wear a few hats.
• NEBOSH preferred (IOSH as very minimum)

***Due to the location of the site, a driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential***

What you can expect in return:

• Salary in the region of £40,000 - £45,000, dependent on experience
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Pension + life assurance + income protection
• Health cash plan
• Bonus scheme
• Employee assistance support
• Working hours – Monday – Friday, 7.30am – 4.30pm OR 8.30am – 5.30pm

Interested to learn more? Get in touch with your CV today!