Net Zero Project Manager

Wales & West Utilities Limited; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan (Aviva) 5% employee + WWU

Life Insurance 14x salary

Flexible benefits including gym,Dental

Health & wellbeing programmes

Annual salary review

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts and cashback

Job summary

Wales & West Utilities Limited is seeking a Net Zero Project Manager on a 24-month contract to drive the Net Zero strategy across WWU, delivering decarbonisation projects and supporting the Portfolio Manager and Hydrogen Transformation Manager.

The role involves developing projects from concept to delivery, attending external forums, coordinating with stakeholders, producing timely updates, and managing technical aspects of various projects.

Qualifications

• Either Mechanical or Energy engineering, or Commercial experience is essential.
• Ability to think strategically, support analysis and work across future scenarios.
• Experience liaising with multiple stakeholders and representing an organisation externally.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver industrial decarbonisation work packages within projects and various areas of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.
• Engage and manage key partners within existing industrial clusters to deliver WWU’s strategic aims.
• Support the Net Zero Portfolio Manager – Industrial Clusters to influence and progress network infrastructure development.
• Attend workshops and represent WWU in external forums and with key organisations.

Skills

Mechanical or Energy engineering

Commercial experience

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

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Who are we?

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Net Zero Project Manager on a 24-month contract to support in the delivery of the Net Zero strategy within WWU. The role will progress and lead emerging industrial decarbonisation projects, providing support to the Portfolio Manager and in turn the Hydrogen Transformation Manager.

This role will require project development from conceptual stages through to delivery, building on existing work. It will also require attendance at external forums, close liaison with multiple stakeholders, the production of timely updates, internal and external communication, and project management/support of technical aspects of various projects.

You’ll be relied on to:

• Manage and deliver industrial decarbonisation work packages within projects and various areas of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.
• Engage and manage key partners within existing industrial clusters such as the North East Wales Industrial Decarbonisation (NEWID) Cluster to deliver WWU’s strategic aims.
• Support the Net Zero Portfolio Manager – Industrial Clusters to influence and progress the development of network infrastructure for WWU’s industrial customers across North Wales.
• Attend workshops and represent WWU in external forums and with key organisations such as DESNZ, and Net Zero Industry Wales.

You can read a full job description here .

You’ll need to have:

• Either Mechanical or Energy engineering, or Commercial experience is essential
• Ability to think strategically, support analysis and work across a number of future scenarios
• Experience of liaising with multiple stakeholders and representing an organisation externally

We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role!

As we are a safety critical organisation, all offers of employment are subject to pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.

The following is also desirable:

• Experience of working with government departments and/or with North Wales local authorities

What you’ll get in return:

• Starting salary of £53,983 rising to £61,703
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
• Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
• 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
• “Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
• Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
• Enhanced pay for parental leave
• Retail discounts and cashback scheme
• Friends & Family Discount for Three Mobile and Broadband
• Colleague recognition including Annual Celebrating Excellence Awards
• Annual salary review
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company Sick Pay
• In-house Occupational Health Team
• Employee Assistance Programme

The way we do things

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business – from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

Interested?

If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you!

You can also ask us about flexible working practices that may be available or tell us if you have any special requirements during the application process.