The purpose of this role is:
- To ensure the effective management of energy resources to meet client's objectives and targets.
- To identify, develop and implement new energy related opportunities
- Carry out all energy related tasks to ensure service provision and compliance
- To motivate and train people in energy management
- Primary Objectives and Tasks:
- Maintain a thorough understanding of corporate energy strategy, legal, statutory and technical issues which affect the client's premises
- Assist clients to measure, monitor and report on energy consumption and carbon emissions
- Develop and advise on energy strategy/solutions, developing these into working projects, which meet client objectives and best practice
- Identify opportunities to reduce carbon emissions within clients' property portfolios
- Calculate potential savings in terms of kWh, CO2 and cost
- Deliver on these opportunities through managing installations & behavioural changes
- To be able to normalise and verify savings post implementation
- Assist clients to meet their increasingly challenging compliance requirements
- Support wider energy management objectives, for example through energy procurement
- Provide full feasibility studies of costed initiatives / projects to reduce energy usage.
- Project management and implementation of initiatives.
- Work with and support the Head of Projects, ensuring that projects are as energy efficient as is financially possible.
- Provide monitoring and verification through the full cycle of the project to achieve cost and energy efficient solutions.
- Ensure clients benefit from emerging opportunities, innovation and technology
- Support clients' wider sustainability and corporate social responsibility objectives
- Keep abreast of Energy Market developments and changes, ensuring that the client comply with all Energy related Legislation
- Train Energy Engineers and manage their activity, ensuring their expedient use
- Core Competencies:
- Extensive working knowledge of BMS and control theory.
- Extensive knowledge of the principle techniques and technologies which support the efficient use of energy.
- Competency in current benchmark techniques and statistical analysis
- Understand the principles behind HVAC, refrigeration and Lighting operation and system design / integration
- Capable of preparing fully costed energy efficiency proposals and reports
- Ability to carry out full energy surveys and feasibility studies of energy technologies
Skills Specification
Qualifications
- Degree ideally in energy and sustainability, engineering or building services
- Specific energy efficiency / low carbon qualifications are desirable
- Relevant professional membership e.g. CIBSE, Energy Institute
Project Management
- Project management skills, with ability to manage multiple complex work-streams and clients, ability to manage budgets
- Delivers work efficiently and to time
Experience
- Experience in energy efficiency and wider sustainable energy is required
- Experience of energy management, including energy procurement and compliance would be beneficial
- Extensive knowledge of the principle techniques and technologies which support the efficient use of energy
Technical Skills
- Ability to interpret energy data and use as a basis for reduction strategies
- Knowledge of Low and zero carbon technologies
Communication
- Exceptional report writing skills with ability to communicate technical issues effectively
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Demonstrable ability to instil confidence in clients
Strategic Skills
- Ability to research, analyse and form conclusions on complex issues
- Presents compelling arguments to support clients' decision making
- Knowledge of customer operations, business drivers, financials and specialist sources of information, legislative requirements where necessary
Personal Skills
- Exceptional team-working skills