Energy And Sustainability Specialist in UK

Job Description

Job Title: Energy and Sustainability Manager

Type: Full Time / Permanent

Location: Home with UK wide travel to our nurseries

Salary: £50k-£60k car allowance and bonus opportunity

Clean UK driving Licence and access to a car is essential

Would suit a person looking for next step in career. 1-2 years’ experience needed.

Purpose of the Role:

The post holder will be responsible to the Head of Facilities for managing and monitoring Bright Horizons UK Energy/Utility consumption and for proactively leading the management of energy saving schemes and will be the lead specialist for Energy Management and lead specialist for related Sustainability matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Embrace, endorse and ensure that the “Keeping Everybody Safe” safety culture is embedded in all tasks and is our number one priority within any Facilities, Project, or Operational undertakings.
• To ensure the effective management of energy resources to meet BHFS objectives and targets.
• To identify, develop and implement creative and complex new energy related opportunities. Carry out all energy related tasks to ensure service provision and compliance.
• To motivate and train people in energy management.
• Support and influence the corporate energy strategy, while maintaining oversight of legal, statutory, and technical issues which affect BHFS premises.
• Assist Nursery Managers 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 BH objectives and best practice.
• Identify opportunities to reduce carbon emissions within BHFS settings and properties and deliver on these opportunities through managing installations & behavioural changes.
• To be able to normalise and verify savings post implementation.
• A subject matter expert advising and providing updates within their discipline, whilst having a broader understanding on how the sustainability agenda impacts upon property, facilities, and the wider business.
• Support wider energy management objectives, for example through working with Procurement and BHFS Energy Broker
• Carry out financial analysis, returns on investment strategies and provide full feasibility studies of costed initiatives / projects to reduce energy usage and carbon emissions.

Responsible For :

• Maintain a thorough understanding of corporate energy strategy, legal, statutory, and technical issues which affect the Carbon and Energy consumption.
• Measure, monitor and report on energy consumption and carbon emissions.
• Develop and advise on energy strategy/solutions, developing these into working projects, which meet objectives and best practice.
• Identify opportunities to reduce carbon emissions within property portfolios.
• Deliver on these opportunities through managing installations & behavioural changes and to be able to normalise and verify savings post implementation.
• Assist client nurseries to meet their increasingly challenging compliance requirements.
• Support procurement with energy sourcing and look beyond our own consumption in terms of how our supply base can support BH to provide more sustainable and environmental solutions.
• Provide full feasibility studies of costed initiatives / projects to reduce energy usage.
• Project management and implementation of initiatives.
• Work with and support the Senior Project Managers, ensuring that projects are as energy efficient as is financially possible.
• Work closely with Regional Facilities Managers and Contractor Partners to deliver cost effective energy and sustainability initiatives.
• Provide monitoring and verification through the full cycle of the project to achieve cost and energy efficient solutions.
• Ensure BHFS benefit from emerging opportunities, innovation, and technology.
• Support BHFS wider sustainability and corporate social responsibility objectives.
• Keep abreast of Energy Market developments and changes, ensuring that BHFS comply with all Energy related Legislation.
• Train and support Nursery Managers on all Sustainability and energy saving measures.
• Extensive working knowledge of BMS and control theory and knowledge of the principal 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.

Essential Experience:

• Fully computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. including utilisation of energy monitoring software to prep(are reports and target high usage.
• Ideally, you'll have experience delivering energy solutions within Buildings and should have excellent general knowledge of Energy and Carbon legislation/compliance .
• Keeping up to date with changes in Energy and Carbon regulations and best practice.
• Supporting behavioural change programmes relating to reducing energy usage and carbon emissions.

Qualifications

• Candidates can come from various backgrounds such as Energy Consultancy, or Energy Management but should have a Degree/HNC in either an Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Building Services), or Energy Specific Subject Matter (Energy Engineering, Renewable Energy).

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Professional qualification and relevant membership of CIBSE/Energy Institution and/or evidence of working towards full membership.
• Maintaining professional qualification and undertaking the required amount of continue professional development.
• Experience of working in the education/childcare sector.
• Experience of working in occupied settings
• Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience working in an Energy & Sustainability specialist role.

Bright Horizons are committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS