Energy Manager

Randstad Construction and Property; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks an Energy Manager for their Central London office. This pivotal role involves managing energy strategy and carbon reduction across corporate offices. The ideal candidate will have comprehensive sustainability knowledge and experience in energy management systems. Responsibilities include establishing energy strategies, optimising HVAC operations, and ensuring compliance with legislation. A collaborative professional with strong communication skills is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge in sustainability and environmental disciplines.
• Advanced knowledge of building energy management systems.
• Proven expertise in carbon reduction legislation.

Responsibilities

• Establish energy management strategy and KPIs.
• Govern energy management processes and reporting.
• Drive HVAC and electrical system optimisation.

Skills

Sustainability knowledge

Energy management systems

Communication skills

Project management

Job description

Energy Manager – Central London

Salary: £70,000

Location: Victoria

The Role

This pivotal role requires the successful candidate to support both operational maintenance and capital projects in the delivery of a best‑in‑class service for energy management and carbon reduction. The portfolio encompasses a significant number of corporate offices, spanning both highly critical and standard engineering environments, all committed to aggressive energy consumption reduction and sustainable operation targets. As the dedicated Energy Manager, you will be responsible for delivering high‑level sustainability strategy advice. You must possess a demonstrable and thorough understanding of green building standards and certifications (e.g., BREEAM, LEED, WELL), as your technical knowledge and strategic findings will be critical to guiding client decisions related to energy consumption, carbon footprint management, and health and wellness improvements.

Strategic Duties & Responsibilities

• Strategy & Policy: Establish overarching energy management strategy, policy, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), along with identifying, justifying, and implementing advanced energy reduction projects and tools.
• Process Implementation: Govern energy management processes, coordinating internal and external reporting on consumption metrics and sustainability initiatives across the portfolio.
• Technical Coordination: Coordinate effectively with technical staff to undertake detailed energy surveys, feasibility studies, and direct project teams in the implementation of verified energy reduction schemes.
• System Optimisation: Drive the optimisation of HVAC and electrical plant and equipment performance, ensuring enhanced efficiency while strictly maintaining statutory service provision.
• Business Development: Proactively attend and participate in bid/tender returns and presentations, contributing specialist expertise to secure new commercial opportunities.
• Innovation: Introduce and champion the adoption of new technologies to support the achievement of contracted sustainability targets.
• Financial Control: Manage energy budgets, oversee specific energy bill recharges, and proactively lead the correction of deviations against annual consumption and billing forecasts.
• Project Governance: Utilise sound project management principles to deliver discrete technical projects, maintaining robust organisational techniques to manage business‑as‑usual workload priorities.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure absolute compliance with relevant UK legislation, regulations, codes of practice, technical guidance, and organisational policies specific to energy, buildings, and environmental issues.
• Measurement & Verification (M&V): Undertake rigorous M&V of energy savings linked to spend‑to‑save schemes or Energy Performance Contracts, ensuring savings are genuine, verifiable, and not skewed by environmental variables.

Candidate Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in general sustainability, environmental, engineering, or building services disciplines.
• Advanced technical knowledge of building energy management systems and a demonstrable ability to prepare comprehensive feasibility studies.
• Proven expertise in carbon reduction legislation and energy saving opportunity schemes (ESOS), coupled with a deep understanding of energy usage and savings potential.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and ISO 50001 quality and energy management standards.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of energy markets, technologies within the decarbonisation sector, and effective target setting.
• Exceptional teamwork, strategic planning, detailed organisation, effective execution, strong communication, commercial acumen, risk management, project leadership, adaptability, and drive for excellence.

We are looking for a high‑calibre professional ready to take command of our Central London energy strategy.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.