Energy Optimisation Engineer

Vital Energi; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Vital Energi is seeking an experienced BMS engineer to join the Energy Optimisation team within our Solutions department across the UK. You will contribute to the design, delivery and verification of BMS energy conservation initiatives and support broader low-carbon solutions.

The role involves hybrid working with travel to project sites in England, Scotland and Wales, and to our London, Blackburn or Glasgow offices. A passion for net-zero energy performance is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering BMS optimisation and upgrade projects.
• Ability to coordinate with BMS subcontractors and project teams.
• Experience with energy savings initiatives is advantageous but not required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out detailed surveys of BMS and HVAC equipment to identify energy conservation initiatives.
• Assess baseline performance of BMS control strategies via drawings, O&M docs, and observed conditions.
• Collect BMS logs or set up logging to model potential savings.
• Collaborate with BMS subcontractors to design and cost energy conservation initiatives for tenders and proposals.
• Create and review design data such as control philosophy, risk assessments, method statements, and impact assessments with clients.
• Ensure initiatives meet design specs within time and budget with delivery teams.
• Support commissioning, witness testing, and handover of energy savings initiatives.
• Support measurement and verification of guaranteed energy savings.

Skills

BMS design

HVAC control

Project delivery

BACnet/Modbus/M-Bus

IT integration

Job description

As a result of continued company growth, we are looking for an experienced BMS engineer to join the Energy Optimisation team within our Solutions department.

Our Solutions department are responsible for creating and implementing cost-effective, low-carbon energy solutions to our public and private sector customers across the UK. As a member of the Energy Optimisation team, you will contribute to the design, delivery, and verification of our BMS energy conservation initiatives. You will also provide BMS support to our wider low-carbon energy solutions and the project delivery teams.

Projects you will be involved in will include the optimisation of existing BMS control strategies, the partial and full upgrade of obsolete BMS controls and associated network infrastructure, and the integration, control, and monitoring of low carbon solutions such as Solar PV, heat pumps, and hydronic system optimisation.

Our established Energy Optimisation team have successfully delivered £16m+ BMS energy conservation initiatives and are currently delivering a further £23m+ critical to £500m+ in wider energy performance contracts. If you are an experienced BMS engineer with a passion and interest in supporting the drive to Net Zero, this is the ideal role for you!

The Role

As the BMS optimisation project engineer you will work closely with the team on all aspects of our BMS energy conservation initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carry out detailed surveys of BMS and controlled HVAC equipment to support the identification of BMS and HVAC energy conservation initiatives.
• Assess the baseline performance of BMS control strategies through the interrogation of strategy drawings, O&M documentation, and observed operating conditions.
• Identify and collect existing BMS logs, or setup new logging as applicable, to support the modelling of potential BMS and HVAC energy savings initiatives.
• Work closely with our BMS subcontractor supply chain to design and cost BMS energy conservation initiatives for EPC tenders, high-level assessment, and investment grade proposals.
• Work closely with BMS subcontractor supply chain to create, review, and seek client approval of BMS reviewable design data such as control’s philosophy, risk assessment, method statement, and impact assessment.
• Work closely with our project design and delivery teams to ensure BMS initiatives are delivered to the agreed design specifications within timeframe and budget.
• Support the commissioning, witness testing, and handover of delivered BMS energy savings initiatives.
• Support the measurement and verification of guaranteed energy savings.

This is a hybrid role that offers a balance of home-based working with travel to project sites in England, Scotland, and Wales, and travel to our London, Blackburn, and/or Glasgow offices. It is not a site-based role and there is no expectation for full-time work away from home.

The Person

The ideal candidate will be a hardworking and self-motivated individual with demonstrable experience delivering BMS optimisation and upgrade projects. They will have experience working with BMS subcontractors and wider project delivery teams to ensure projects are delivered to specification and within agreed budget and timeframes. Experience of energy savings initiatives would be advantageous but is not essential.

Skills/Experience

• Strong knowledge and practical experience in the design and operation of BMS and HVAC control strategies.
• Proven experience delivering BMS projects in collaboration with BMS subcontractors and wider project teams, ensuring alignment with project specifications, timelines, and budgets.
• Familiarity with integrating HVAC plant into BMS systems along with a working knowledge of common high-level communication protocols such as BACnet, Modbus, and M-Bus.
• Exposure to working with IT teams to support infrastructure upgrades and assist in the transition from proprietary BMS networks to modern Ethernet-based systems.

Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time‑limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK.

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

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