Engagement lead

E.ON UK Ltd; Royal Borough of Greenwich; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Employee benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

E.ON UK Ltd is seeking an Engagement Lead to develop strategic relationships with Freeports, local authorities and infrastructure partners. You will translate high-level strategy into viable energy opportunities and support bid development in a hybrid working environment.

You will build executive-level relationships across public and private sectors, shape opportunity framing, and provide insights to bid strategy and programme governance for complex infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading senior stakeholder engagement within infrastructure or energy developments.
• Proven ability to build executive-level relationships across public and private sectors.
• 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, including governance settings.
• Ability to manage ambiguity within evolving programme structures.
• Understanding of regulatory, policy and funding environments for large infrastructure programmes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute external stakeholder engagement strategy across Freeports and gateway infrastructure.
• Build and maintain senior-level relationships with Freeport leadership, tax site operators, local authorities, developers, and strategic partners.
• Translate stakeholder priorities 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 and escalate appropriately.
• Shape early-stage opportunity framing to support bid development and commercial structuring.
• Ensure consistent external messaging aligned with E.ON's strategic objectives.
• Provide insight to internal teams to inform bid strategy, pricing models and programme prioritisation.
• Support resolution of strategic barriers impacting programme progress.
• Contribute to governance through reporting of stakeholder activity and opportunities.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Executive relationship management

Strategic translation

Governance influence

Infrastructure understanding

Job description

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 **escalate 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.