Project Manager (Metering)

Sustainable Energy First; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An energy sustainability consultancy is seeking a Project Manager (Metering) to manage metering and data services for client portfolios. The role involves overseeing project execution, building relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring contract compliance. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills, with a proven background in project and contract management. The position offers a salary of £25,000-£30,000 plus benefits including hybrid working, extra holidays, and a gym contribution.

Benefits

Salary: £25,000‑£30,000 per annum

25 days + bank holidays + your birthday off, increasing to 30 days on length of service

Hybrid working

Flexible working

Gym contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Challenging work and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Ability to manage complex metering projects.
• Good stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage metering and data services for customer portfolios.
• Oversee planning, coordination, and execution of metering projects.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and clients.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Excel skills

Contract management

Project coordination

Data accuracy

Job description

Role Overview

As a Project Manager (Metering) at Sustainable Energy First, you will be responsible for managing metering and data services for customers' portfolios. This role involves reviewing, negotiating, and finalizing metering contracts with customers and service providers, ensuring that terms are clear, fair, and align with organisational goals and regulatory standards. You will maintain a detailed contract database to ensure all contractual obligations are met and records are up to date. Additionally, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of metering projects, as well as manage contract renewals, terminations, and amendments as required. In this role, you will build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, industry partners, and internal teams.

Stakeholder Management

• Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, industry partners, and internal teams.
• Experience in effectively managing a high volume of stakeholder and customer queries, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with customers, external partners, and internal teams.
• Ability to act as the key liaison between all parties, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration.
• Experience in leading regular performance review meetings with clients and external partners, facilitating collaborative problem‑solving.

Report Delivery

• Demonstrated ability to ensure timely delivery of high‑quality metering reports to customers.
• Proficiency in delivering accurate reporting with added value and insight.

Project Coordination

• Ability to align contract terms with project execution, ensuring smooth transitions and successful project outcomes.
• Experience in coordinating end‑to‑end delivery of metering projects.
• Skilled at managing complex project lifecycles, resolving operational challenges and driving continuous improvement in metering processes, data accuracy and customer outcomes.
• Proven ability to manage complex metering projects from inception to completion.

Requirements

• Experience in a similar role.
• Good organisational skills, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.
• Good Excel skills.
• High level of accuracy in contract documentation and compliance monitoring.
• Ability to align contract terms with project execution and ensuring smooth transitions.
• Coordinate end‑to‑end delivery of metering projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, industry partners, and internal teams.
• Good stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• A good knowledge and understanding of industry regulation and changes.
• Familiarity with smart metering operations, data flows, and market roles.
• Inspiring and empowering our people to create a positive difference for themselves, our clients and the planet.

Sustainable Energy First is an energy and sustainability consultancy, founded to solve energy management problems in very large, complex commercial estates. This remains the core of our business, driven by a commitment to sustainability and the goal of reducing our clients' carbon footprint.

Benefits

• Salary: £25,000‑£30,000 per annum.
• Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays + your birthday off, increasing to 30 days on length of service.
• Hybrid working – you must be able to commute to our Lytham office 2 days a week. Please note: we are moving to Fulwood this Autumn.
• Flexible working – including the ability to bank up to 5 extra days off per year.
• Gym contribution.
• Long service awards.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Enhanced paternity/non‑pregnant colleague and maternity/pregnant colleague leave.
• Simply Health scheme.
• Challenging work and development opportunities.
• Inclusion and Belonging – we believe that diversity is more than a commitment, it's at the heart of who we thrive.