Engagement lead

E.ON; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 72.000 - 88.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

26 days leave

Generous pension

Life cover

Bonus opportunities

Flexible benefits (tax/NI savings)

Descripción de la vacante

E.ON is seeking an Engagement Lead within the Energy Infrastructure team. The role focuses on developing strategic relationships with Freeport partners, local authorities, project developers, and infrastructure organisations to identify and shape viable energy opportunities.

The Engagement Lead will connect E.ON’s capabilities with emerging development needs, drive cross-sector collaboration, and support progression of opportunities into commercially viable projects that advance E.ON's strategic

Formación

• Significant experience leading senior stakeholder engagement within infrastructure, energy, regeneration or large-scale development environments.
• Proven ability to build and maintain executive-level relationships across public and private sector organisations.
• Experience translating strategic conversations into commercially actionable opportunities.
• Demonstrated capability influencing complex, multi-party governance environments.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure development cycles and early-stage opportunity shaping.
• High quality written and verbal communication skills, including representation in formal governance settings.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and operate effectively within evolving programme structures.
• Understanding of regulatory, policy and funding environments relevant to large infrastructure programmes.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and execute the external stakeholder engagement strategy across Freeports and Gateway infrastructure, including engagement and development of relationships with project originators.
• Build and maintain senior-level relationships with Freeport leadership, tax site operators, local authorities, developers, and strategic infrastructure partners.
• Translate stakeholder priorities and development plans into actionable energy opportunity pipelines aligned with E.ON’s capabilities.
• Represent E.ON in external forums, steering groups and governance meetings.
• Identify emerging development opportunities and risks across the Freeport geography and elevate appropriately.
• Shape early-stage opportunity framing to support bid development and commercial structuring activities.
• Ensure consistent external messaging and positioning aligned with E.ON’s strategic objectives.
• Provide insight and intelligence to internal teams to inform bid strategy, commercial modelling and programme prioritisation.
• Support resolution of strategic barriers that could impact programme progress.
• Contribute to overall programme governance through regular reporting of stakeholder activity, risks and opportunity pipeline status.

Conocimientos

Stakeholder engagement

Executive relationships

Strategic translation

Governance navigation

Infrastructure development

Regulatory awareness

Descripción del empleo

We are looking for an Engagement Lead to join our Energy Infrastructure team

Engagement lead

Here’s what you’ll be doing

Salary - £80,000 plus excellent employee benefits
Location- Citigen (Hybrid working)

Freeports and gateway infrastructure represent significant long-term opportunities for economic growth, investment and regeneration, bringing together ports, industrial clusters, logistics networks and development sites. Unlocking these opportunities requires coordinated engagement across public and private sector partners to align infrastructure priorities, enable investment and support sustainable economic growth.

The Engagement Lead is responsible for developing strategic relationships with key stakeholders, including Freeport partners, local authorities, project developers and infrastructure organisations, to identify, shape and progress viable energy and infrastructure opportunities. Through targeted relationship development and cross-sector collaboration, the role connects E.ON's capabilities with emerging development needs, builds alignment around shared priorities and supports the progression of opportunities into commercially viable projects that deliver gateway infrastructure and advance E.ON's strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the external stakeholder engagement strategy across Freeports and Gateway infrastructure, including engagement and development of relationships with project originators.
• Build and maintain senior-level relationships with Freeport leadership, tax site operators, local authorities, developers, and strategic infrastructure partners.
• Translate stakeholder priorities and development plans into actionable energy opportunity pipelines aligned with E.ON’s capabilities.
• Represent E.ON in external forums, steering groups and governance meetings.
• Identify emerging development opportunities and risks across the Freeport geography and elevate appropriately.
• Shape early-stage opportunity framing to support bid development and commercial structuring activities.
• Ensure consistent external messaging and positioning aligned with E.ON’s strategic objectives.
• Provide insight and intelligence to internal teams to inform bid strategy, commercial modelling and programme prioritisation.
• Support resolution of strategic barriers that could impact programme progress.
• Contribute to overall programme governance through regular reporting of stakeholder activity, risks and opportunity pipeline status.

What we need from you

• Significant experience leading senior stakeholder engagement within infrastructure, energy, regeneration or large-scale development environments.
• Proven ability to build and maintain executive-level relationships across public and private sector organisations.
• Experience translating strategic conversations into commercially actionable opportunities.
• Demonstrated capability influencing complex, multi-party governance environments.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure development cycles and early-stage opportunity shaping.
• High quality written and verbal communication skills, including representation in formal governance settings.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and operate effectively within evolving programme structures.
• Understanding of regulatory, policy and funding environments relevant to large infrastructure programmes.

Here’s what you need to know

• Award-Winning Workplace - We’re proud to be named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2026 and the Best Place to Work for 16–34-year-olds.

• Outstanding Benefits - Enjoy 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax/NI savings.

• Flexible & Family-Friendly - Our industry-leading hybrid and family-friendly policies earned us double recognition at the Personnel Today Awards 2024. We’re open to discussing how flexibility can work for you.

• Inclusive & Diverse - We’re the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers. We’re also proud winners of Best Employer for Women and Human Company of the Year—recognising our inclusive, people-first culture.

• Support at Every Stage of Life - We’re Fertility Friendly and Menopause Friendly accredited, with inclusive support for everyone.

• Accessible & Supportive - Do you consider yourself as having a disability? As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria move forward to the next stage of our recruitment process, and will make any adjustments needed during the process.

• Invested in Your Growth - From inclusive talent networks to top-tier development programmes, we’ll support your growth every step of the way.

At a glance

Reference no.: 245831 Closing date: 06/11/2026 Salary: £80,000

Get in touch

If you would like more information on this role, please get in touch with Elisabeth Elliott

About us

E.ON is a privately owned international energy company. Our 75,000 colleagues in 15 countries work daily towards the improvement of technical innovations and user-friendly customer solutions for the new energy world. We are the first large energy company to focus more heavily upon the energy of the future through our three business areas of energy networks, renewable energies and customer solutions.

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