Senior Carbon and Energy Manager

Job responsibilities

• Review, implement, maintain and regularly update a decarbonisation and energy efficiency strategy in line with the Trusts 2030 Net Zero Carbon goal, supporting partner organisation and system strategies.
• Hold corporate responsibility for the formulation and implementation of carbon reduction and energy policies which will affect Trust and System business processes and will interface with other organisations.
• Work in collaboration with Trust departments including Estate Management, Capital Planning and Sustainability to identify and quantify a programme or works to reduce the Trusts energy consumption, costs and carbon footprint.
• Undertake regular research into carbon and energy products, solutions and innovations, presenting findings and developing robust business cases to secure funding approval for individual projects/programmes.

• Support the delivery of wider carbon reduction activities in line with the ICS Green Plan and Climate Change Adaptation Plans.

• Develop an energy and utilities procurement and risk management strategy in conjunction with third party intermediaries.
• Develop a value focused metering strategy and implement smart data collection and analytics process to support the energy and carbon reduction strategy working towards ISO50001or equivalent.
• Work in collaboration with the Estate, PFI teams and external BMS partners to optimise efficiency of energy consumption by advising on best use of building management systems (BMS).
• Ensure the Trust is legally compliant with all energy and carbon related legislative obligations including the Environmental Permitting Regulations, EU Emissions Trading Scheme, Heat Network Regulations, Display Energy Certificates and Energy Performance Certificates.
• Prepare, review and present statistical reports for carbon and energy performance reporting in conjunction with internal, external and PFI stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the Finance Department to develop accurate energy/utility expenditure forecasts to enable annual budgetary planning taking into consideration price, consumption and clinical / operational demand metrics.
• Develop and manage a data management process to collate energy data, invoicing and external validation support.
• Compile and maintain the NHS Estates ERIC returns related to energy and utilities.
• Provide expert specialist and professional energy management and carbon reduction advice to The Trust and external agencies such as NHSEI.
• Predict and justify energy and carbon saving through calculation using utility meter or submeter data.
• Be responsible for developing relationships, identifying opportunities, exploring funding opportunities and making funding applications to realise energy savings and presenting these in a whole life strategic approach to energy investment e.g. Carbon Energy Fund, Salix or other private funding vehicles.
• Become a core member of the Trust Energy and Carbon committee and lead on the development of the meeting governance and reporting structures and systems which allows progress updates and reporting to this committee.
• Collaborate with PFI partners and the Estate team to develop a proactive approach to day to day energy and carbon management. Work with BMS technicians and energy managers to realise value through our assets.
• Ensure Trust representation and engagement at the periodic Energy Committee organised by the Hospital Company (PFI management company of the Brunel Building).
• Strengthen links with NHS colleagues, nationally with NHSE and other organisations, locally with other hospital trusts and within the Integrated Care System to explore and implement ICS wide opportunities to optimise spend and energy/carbon savings.
• Represent the Trust at local / national forums to share best practice and keep abreast of technological advancement and innovation.
• Be responsible for all aspects of energy procurement, management and reduction.
• Be the key Trust person for all energy information and reporting on all related Statutory, financial, commercial, strategic delivery and procurement activities.
• Arrange regular energy efficiency audits across the estate and identify improvement opportunities on a rolling programme.
• Work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to deliver a significant reduction in carbon and energy consumption using a strategic, technological and personal engagement approach to enact behavioural change.

Please refer to the job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake. This includes the qualifications, training, experience and qualities required of the post holder.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent qualification in an appropriate field of energy, engineering, sustainability, or environmental management
• Minimum of 5+ years' postgraduate experience to master's level or equivalent in an energy and sustainability or environmental related role within an estate development or consultancy environment. Specialist knowledge of energy management and sustainable engineering
• Significant evidence of ongoing professional development including membership of key relevant organisations such as the Energy Institute, CIBSE, ICRS
• Project management qualification or equivalent training/experience. Use of recognised project management tools such as PRINCE 2 Practitioner.

Experience

Essential

• Significant demonstrable experience and specialist knowledge of managing and successfully implementing highly complex projects within defined timescales, ideally involving energy and carbon management. This should be backed up by detailed theoretical understanding.
• Significant experience in working with BMS technicians to realise energy and carbon savings with contractual availability frameworks.
• Significant experience working with electrical, water and heat meters, specifically around monitoring outputs via remote connections and manual reads.
• Significant demonstrable experience in working effectively in a multi-professional environment and leading multi-disciplinary groups with staff at all levels with incidental contact with patients.
• Experience of processes required to maintain and repair/replace meters.
• Experience in predicting and justifying energy and carbon saving through calculation using utility meter or submeter data.
• Proven experience of working effectively across organisational boundaries (internal and external stakeholders) to ensure compliance with organisational polices, statutory obligations (EU ETS etc.), technical standards, sustainability management systems (ISO14001, ISO15001) and PFI contractual provisions.
• Experience of understanding and applying energy related guidance, good industry practice, NHS technical documents, British Standards, regulations, legislation and codes to support project development including researching and understanding best in class carbon and energy innovations.

Knowledge

Essential

• Highly developed specialist knowledge of procedures and practices within the carbon and energy saving discipline with solutions implemented in complex environments. This must be underpinned by advanced theoretical knowledge and a proven track record in delivering significant energy and carbon reduction projects.
• Skills in developing long term energy and carbon strategies and policies which will impact across the Trust, its partner organisations and the integrated care system to meet strategic goals.
• Knowledge and ability to statistically analyse energy performance data to ensure accurate consumption predictions for forecasts and budgets, justifying business cases and proactively monitoring data to minimise energy costs to the Trust.
• Strong skills in judgement, problem-solving and decision-making: ability to analyse highly complex technical data, interpret and diagnose problems and identify solutions where there are diverse possible courses of action. This requires a clear understanding of legislation, health and safety and environmental policy.
• Ability to self-start, plan and prioritise own workload and use own initiative, guided by principles and broad occupational policies or regulations
• Excellent developed persuasive, negotiating and influencing skills and able to use motivational skills to achieve objectives often to groups who are highly resistant to change or where there are barriers to understanding due to the complexity of the subject matter
• Ability to provide, receive, present and discuss highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation as well as with other specialists.
• Responsible for organising and reconfiguring highly complex activities to meet long term and medium term strategic goals employing excellent project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to develop and maintain good and robust working relationships with a wide range of people from within and outside the Trust.
• Change management and problem solving skills with an ability to propose service or policy changes outside of one's direct area of responsibility in the interests of the service.

Desirable

• An understanding of tendering energy contracts and commodities risk management

Skills

Essential

• Ability to undertake a positive leadership role and inspire confidence and co-operation
• Politically and commercially astute
• Positive outlook and an ability to turn resistance into positive action
• Ability to work and deliver under pressure, working to tight deadlines, constantly changing and sometimes conflicting priorities.
• A passion and understanding of the sustainability challenges globally, nationally and locally and has a positive outlook to enact change under challenging circumstances e.g. financially constrained

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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