Senior Regulation Specialist

ESB; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Generous Pension

Parental leave entitlements

Credit Union

Staff well-being programmes

Job summary

ESB in London/Scotland is seeking a Senior Specialist to provide regulatory insight and guidance across renewables, generation planning, and market frameworks in GB, ROI, and NI.

You will lead analyses, engage with regulators and industry forums, and help shape centralised design and market developments, reporting to the Regulation Manager.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in energy markets, renewables development, or regulatory affairs.
• Strong understanding of market design, regulatory frameworks, and commercial impacts.
• Ability to operate independently and influence within complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience in lobbying, policy shaping, and industry representation.
• Third-level qualification (economics/engineering/technical/legal/commercial are preferable), or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory analysis and engagement across GB, RoI, and NI, covering NESO, DESNZ, Ofgem, LCCC, Crown Estate, MARA, DECC, CRU, EirGrid, WEI, and others.
• Monitor and influence policy developments including REMA, OFTO frameworks, and centralised planning initiatives (e.g., SSEP, CSNP, CP2030).
• Represent ESB in industry forums and working groups, advocating for commercially sound and technically viable regulatory outcomes across GB, RoI and NI.
• Provide strategic input into centralised network planning processes underpinning generation investment decisions (transition to plan led i.e. SSEP, offshore leasing models and multi-energy transmission network planning).

Skills

Energy markets

Regulatory affairs

Stakeholder management

Policy analysis

Lobbying / policy shaping

Education

Degree in economics/engineering/technical/legal/commercial

Job description

Position Description

This role is central to supporting ESB’s strategic ambitions in renewable energy growth across Great Britain (GB), Ireland (RoI), and Northern Ireland (NI). The Senior Specialist will provide regulatory insight and strategic guidance across renewables, the transition to a plan led system for generation and network planning, ensuring alignment with ESB’s vision and the evolving policy and market landscape.

This role is central to supporting ESB’s strategic ambitions in renewable energy growth across Great Britain (GB), Ireland (RoI), and Northern Ireland (NI). The Senior Specialist will provide regulatory insight and strategic guidance across renewables, the transition to a plan led system for generation and network planning, ensuring alignment with ESB’s vision and the evolving policy and market landscape. The Senior Specialist will work as part of a highly motivated and collaborative regulatory team working across GB and Ireland, and they will be reporting to a Regulation Manager. This role may also include some management responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory Strategy & Engagement

• Lead regulatory analysis and engagement across GB, RoI, and NI, covering NESO, DESNZ, Ofgem, LCCC, Crown Estate, MARA, DECC, CRU, EirGrid, WEI, and others.
• Monitor and influence policy developments including REMA, OFTO frameworks, and centralised planning initiatives (e.g., SSEP, CSNP, CP2030).
• Represent ESB in industry forums and working groups, advocating for commercially sound and technically viable regulatory outcomes across GB, RoI and NI.

Network Planning & Centralised Design

• Provide strategic input into centralised network planning processes that underpin generation investment decisions (transition to plan led i.e. SSEP, offshore leasing models and multi-energy transmission network planning).
• Assess the impact of evolving network charging regimes (e.g., OFTO, UoS) and zonal configurations on ESB’s asset portfolio.
• Translate GB regulatory and planning learnings into the SEM context, supporting cross-jurisdictional alignment, where appropriate.

Commercial & Market Insight

• Analyse the commercial consequences of market rule changes, including T&Cs within the GB Contracts for Difference, ROI RESS/ORESS and emerging NI RESS scheme, PPA structures (e.g., Inchcape), and auction design (e.g., AR8).
• Support in shaping and provide insight into non-price factors influencing auction outcomes and long-term revenue certainty.

Stakeholder & JV Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with regulatory stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted advisor within ESB, providing clear, solution-oriented recommendations to senior leadership.

Experience And Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in energy markets, renewables development, or regulatory affairs.
• Strong understanding of market design, regulatory frameworks, and commercial impacts.
• Proven ability to operate independently and influence within complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience in lobbying, policy shaping, and industry representation.
• Third-level qualification (economics/engineering/technical/legal/commercial are preferable), or equivalent qualification. Equivalentwork experience reflecting deep analysis and interpretation, scenario /risk management and effective team engagement may also be suitable.

Desirable

• Strategic thinker with a proactive, solution-focused mindset.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Deep understanding of the political and competitive landscape across GB and SEM.
• Ability to translate technical and regulatory complexity into actionable insights.

Location

London / Scotland

Reporting To

Stacy Feldmann, Regulation Manager

Why Work with Us?

• Opportunity to lead Ireland’s transition tonet zero carbon future
• Progressive, hybrid working model
• Career developmentthrough mentoring andtraining
• Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities
• Sports and Social Clubs
• Networking opportunities
• Credit Union
• Generous Pension
• Access to staff well-being programmes
• Generous parental leave entitlements
• Strong values-based and inclusive culture
• Strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Great team environment working to our Core Values: Courageous, Caring, Driven and Trusted

Salary

£61,450 - £76,813 per annum

Closing Date

12th October 2026

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