Energy & Sustainability Manager

CBW Staffing Solutions; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Performance bonus (20%)

25 days leave + bank holidays

Pension scheme

Training, development & progression

Job summary

CBW Staffing Solutions Ltd is recruiting an Energy & Sustainability Manager for the Midlands to drive energy strategy, carbon reduction, and sustainability initiatives across a commercial portfolio. You will advise on green building standards, energy-use analysis, and implementation of improvement plans.

The role requires coordinating with technical teams, managing energy budgets, and delivering energy projects from feasibility through to execution.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent knowledge in sustainability, environmental, engineering, or building services.
• Technical knowledge of building energy management systems and feasibility studies.
• Specialist knowledge of energy management, carbon reduction and decarbonisation technologies.

Responsibilities

• Set strategy, policy and KPIs for energy reduction across the portfolio.
• Lead energy management processes and internal/external reporting on energy use.
• Coordinate with technical staff on energy surveys and feasibility studies.
• Support engineering and project teams to implement energy reduction projects.
• Optimise HVAC and electrical plant while maintaining service provision.
• Participate in Bid/Tender responses and presentations.
• Introduce new technologies to support sustainability targets.
• Manage energy budgets and address deviations against forecasts.
• Deliver discrete projects using sound project management techniques.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, codes of practice and policies related to energy and sustainability.

Education

Degree in sustainability, environmental, engineering, or building services

Job description

Energy & Sustainability Manager - Midlands - Global Facilities Management Organisation

CBW Staffing Solutions are recruiting for an Energy & Sustainability Manager to support operations and project teams in delivering a first class service in energy management and carbon reduction across their commercial portfolio in the Midlands.

As an Energy & Sustainability Manager, you will be responsible for delivering sustainability strategy advice and you will be expected to have a clear understanding in green building standards and certifications, as the clients will depend on your knowledge and findings to cover energy-use, carbon footprint, health and wellness features and improvement plans.

Package

• Competitive salary between £60,000 - £65,000 per annum (depending on experience)
• Car allowance of £5,100 per annum
• Performance related bonus of 20% of annual salary
• Core hours are Monday - Friday (40 hours per week)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Generous workplace pension scheme
• Training, development & progression opportunities

Responsibilities

• Setting strategy, policy and KPI's, identifying, justifying and implementing energy reduction projects and tools
• Implementing energy management processes, internal and external reporting on energy consumption and initiatives
• Co-ordinating with technical staff and undertaking energy surveys, feasibility studies and implementing energy reduction projects, and supporting the engineering and project teams to implement energy reduction projects
• Optimisation of HVAC and electrical plant and equipment whilst maintaining a statutory required service provision
• Proactive attendance and participation at Bid/Tender returns and presentations
• Introduction of new technologies to support sustainability targets
• Manage energy budgets, deal with any energy specific bill recharges, and proactively lead on the correction of deviations against annual forecasts for consumption and billing
• Use sound project management principles to deliver discrete projects, and good general organisational techniques to manage business-as-usual workload priorities
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, technical guidance, and organisational policies specific to energy, buildings, sustainability, and wider environmental issues
• Undertake measurement and verification of energy savings linked to any spend-to-save schemes and/or energy performance contracts, to prove that savings are genuine and as expected, and haven’t been skewed by weather conditions

Requirements

• Appropriate degree or equivalent knowledge and experience, ideally in a general sustainability, environmental, engineering, or building services discipline
• Technical knowledge of building energy management systems, with a demonstrable ability to prepare feasibility studies
• Proven experience with Carbon Reduction Legislation as-well as Energy Saving Opportunity Schemes (ESOS), energy usage and potential energy savings
• Awareness of ISO(phone number removed) quality management standards
• Specialist knowledge and experience of energy management, energy markets, technologies in the decarbonisation sector and target setting
• Experience of contract managing suppliers, e.g. utilities, construction, or facilities management contractors, and/or of coordinating direct labour force for energy efficiency and/or deep retrofit projects