Project and Compliance Officer

Beta; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pay reviews

Leave entitlement

Pension match

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Staff transport

Car parking

Job summary

Phoenix Energy is seeking a project-focused professional to support governance and compliance for ongoing programmes in Belfast. The role is office-based with no remote option, and you will join a team dedicated to delivering excellent service to customers and stakeholders.

You will monitor legislative changes, assist in administering the governance framework, and work with colleagues and contractors to ensure delivery aligns with strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Educated to A Level standard or equivalent.
• A minimum of 2 years relevant professional experience within compliance and/or Project Delivery/Management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate active project workstreams across the Phoenix Group, ensuring objectives progress against scope, timelines and budget constraints.
• Proactively monitor changes to legislation relevant to Phoenix Energy’s operations across governance, engineering, asset management, health & safety and environment.
• Support the Governance Framework administration, ensuring obligations are recorded, evidenced, and reviewed regularly.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, contractors and partner agencies to contribute to Phoenix Energy’s objectives.

Skills

Project management

Compliance experience

Education

A Level or equivalent

Job description

Are you currently looking to change your current job and have experience in project management? If you are passionate about compliance, then we want to hear from you!

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a friendly team in an industry leading utility company. You will be joining a team of people who are united in achieving our corporate objectives and who are willing to go the extra mile to deliver excellent service to our customers.

Please note this is an office based role. We cannot offer remote or hybrid working.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all ages and backgrounds.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Support: Work alongside the Project & ESG Manager to coordinate active project workstreams across the Phoenix Group, ensuring objectives progress against agreed scope, timelines, and budget constraints.
• Legislative Horizon Scanning: Proactively monitor changes to legislation that are deemed relevant to Phoenix's operations firmwide, including areas such as governance, engineering, technical, asset management, health & safety and environmental
• Governance Framework Administration: Support the implementation, administration, and continual maintenance of Phoenix's Governance Framework, ensuring all obligations are effectively recorded, evidenced, monitored, and reviewed on a regular basis.
• Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with all work colleagues, contractors and partnering agencies to ensure an integrated contribution to Phoenix Energy's corporate objectives.

Essential Experience

• Educated to A Level standard or equivalent
• A minimum of 2 years relevant professional experience within the areas of compliance and/or Project Delivery/Management.

What's in it for you?

• On target annual bonus (6-9%)
• subject to regular pay reviews
• you will receive 22 days annual leave plus 11 bank holidays (this increases with length of service).
• enrollment into the Company pension scheme on commencement and upon meeting qualifying criteria the Company will match your pension contributions up to 6%.
• life assurance whist employed by the Company.
• private medical insurance upon meeting qualifying criteria.
• free staff transport from city centre
• free staff car parking

Does this sound like you?

• Respects diversity and behaves in an inclusive manner.
• Has a can-do attitude.
• Can evolve and adapt quickly.
• Wants to deliver positive change to the customer and communities that we serve.
• Recognises that we can achieve more through teamwork.

If this sounds like you then we definitely want to hear from you!

A little more about us

We were established in 1996 to bring natural gas to the Greater Belfast area of Northern Ireland, where there was previously no natural gas distribution network.

Since 1996 local, national and international partnerships have delivered an investment of over £500 million into the Northern Ireland economy and the wider natural gas industry now provides employment to over 2,500 people.

We continue to invest in infrastructure that currently has in excess of 256,000 domestic and business customers connected, and continues to grow at around 8,000 new customers each year.