ESOS & Flexibility Services Specialist

Yorkshire Water; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel expenses for site visits

Annual performance bonus

Pension scheme up to 12% company match

Wellness day

Life assurance cover 4x pensionable

Health and wellbeing packages

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is recruiting an ESOS and Flexibility Services Specialist to join the Energy Team within the Commercial Services division. The role focuses on ESOS compliance, energy efficiency, and developing flexibility service opportunities for revenue generation.

It requires knowledge of energy regulatory processes and site energy audits across multiple sites. The position is permanent, 37 hours a week, with a hybrid working model (office, site, and home).

Qualifications

• Significant experience in water, wastewater, or similar processing industries or industrial consultancy.
• Experience in energy and utilities.
• Science or Engineering degree preferred; professional membership (IET/EI) preferred.
• ESOS Lead assessor experience preferred but not essential.
• Experience with energy regulatory processes and working with energy suppliers/meter operators.

Responsibilities

• Maintain ESOS compliance including assessments, energy audits and evidence packs.
• Produce action plans and annual progress updates with third-party support when needed.
• Conduct site surveys and develop ESOS energy reports for approval by the Lead Assessor.
• Interface between Energy Team and Energy Optimisation Team to support the Energy Strategy.
• Utilise data for business-case development and to quantify energy efficiency benefits.
• Identify and deliver flexibility service opportunities in grid services and capacity management.

Skills

Energy efficiency

Stakeholder liaison

Project management

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Science or Engineering degree

IET/EI membership (preferred)

Tools

MS Excel

SCADA

OSI PI

Job description

ESOS and Flexibility Services Specialist

Salary & Benefits :

We offer a salary from £41,133 - £49,729 per annum, depending on experience

• Travel expenses for operational site visits
• Annual performance related bonus
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the ESOS & Flexibility Services Specialist progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package - choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Bradford/ Leeds - Hybrid Working (a mix of office, site and home working)

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday between the working window of 8:00am-6:00pm.

We have an exciting opportunity for an ESOS & Flexibility Services Specialist to join the Energy Team within the wider Commercial Services team at Yorkshire Water.

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it's so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.

The Energy team play a key role in the company's energy needs and costs. Yorkshire Water operates 4,200 sites across Yorkshire at approx. £110m per annum energy costs, they are a significant proportion of the company's Opex. Therefore, being able to improve the energy efficiency of our site operations is an important aspect of our new energy strategy. Yorkshire Water also generates a significant proportion of site consumption from renewable assets and plans to double this by 2030.

Where you fit in -

You will be responsible for Yorkshire Water's ESOS Compliance (Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme) and developing opportunities in the area of Flexibility Services. You will use your understanding of energy efficiency practise and water industry engineering knowledge, to work with site operational colleagues to perform site assessments and produce all reports necessary for ESOS compliance.

This role offers the opportunity to develop the area of Flexibility Services identified by our energy strategy. With our ongoing investment in renewable generation and existing sites featuring multiple sources of generation and export, the business is looking to leverage our assets and develop revenue streams from government incentives and third party collaborations.

Some of the key responsibilities include the following -

• Maintain ESOS compliance for Yorkshire Water including ESOS Assessments, required energy audits and evidence packs
• Produce action plan and annual progress updates using third party support where necessary
• Undertake site surveys and develop ESOS standard energy reports for approval by Yorkshire Water Lead Assessor
• Be the interface between the Energy Team and the Energy Optimisation Team that has the remit to deliver the Energy Efficiency Optimisation (EEO) programme element of the Energy Strategy
• Utilise and manipulate data to provide support for business case development and to determine performance benefits of deployed energy efficiency works
• Identify and deliver flexibility service opportunities identified by the Energy Strategy in the areas of grid services and capacity management

What skills and qualifications you will need:

• Significant experience working in the water, waste water or similar processing industries, or in an industrial consultancy role.
• Work experience within the energy and utilities industry
• Science or Engineering degree (preferred), Membership of relevant institute (IET, EI) (preferred)
• ESOS Lead assessor preferred though not essential
• Experience of energy regulatory processes and working with energy suppliers, meter operators, DNO's
• Experience of renewable operations and industry charging mechanisms
• Excellent IT skills, proficient in all MS Office Applications, especially Excel
• Desirable experience in control systems e.g. SCADA and OSI PI
• Project management experience and experience of using project management tools
• Strong organisational skills, the ability to manage and organise heavy workloads, prioritising relevant business needs. Good attention to detail.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to understand and liaise with others, this could be colleagues, managers and external contractors
• Able to be resilient under pressure and is self-reliant with a personal drive for continuous development, demonstrating a strong customer service ethos

The role will involve travel to different sites across Yorkshire, therefore you will need a UK driving licence with no more than 6 points.

We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 1-2 days in the office per week, plus site visits. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours.

We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.