Senior Specialist - Metering Assurance and Compliance

Low Carbon Contracts Company; Leeds, Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy assurance provider is seeking a Senior Specialist for Metering Assurance and Compliance. This role focuses on ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations for metering systems, essential for renewable energy projects. The ideal candidate will have experience in the energy sector, validating technical documents, and excellent stakeholder engagement skills. This position offers a permanent contract with a competitive salary and employee benefits including bonuses, flexible working patterns, and substantial annual leave.

Benefits

Annual performance-based bonus, up to 10%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 8% pension contribution

Employee referral scheme

Family friendly policies

Employee assistance program

Gym discounts and cashback offers

Qualifications

• Direct experience in validating metering documentation for compliance.
• Strong understanding of Elexon's Codes of Practice and BSC processes.
• Proven experience in validating technical schematics, commissioning documentation, and compliance evidence.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Elexon Balancing and Settlement Code and relevant Codes of Practice.
• Review and validate metering schematics and compliance documentation.
• Collaborate on internal metering ways of working.

Skills

Validating metering documentation for compliance

Understanding of Elexon’s Codes of Practice

Validating technical schematics

Experience in utilities/energy industry

Excellent communication skills

STEM degree or equivalent qualification

Education

STEM degree or relevant technical qualification

Job description

Senior Specialist - Metering Assurance and Compliance

Application Deadline: 11 January 2026

Department: Assurance & Risk

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Birmingham/Leeds

Description

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 / week

Salary: circa £64k depending on experience

Location: Leeds city centre or Birmingham city centre

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Lead Operational Assurance Manager - Metering

Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary: The Operational Assurance Team plays a critical role in delivering assurance across schemes managed by LCCC. Our work is essential to achieving contractual milestones and ensuring full compliance with industry standards, regulatory obligations, and best practice, while maintaining the accuracy and integrity of metered data.

As a Senior Specialist, you will act as the expert for electricity metering compliance under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. You’ll provide experienced technical contribution to key work streams, ensuring metering arrangements meet industry and regulatory standards and are fully evidenced. This role ensures the integrity of metering systems and data for renewable energy projects, supporting the UK’s transition to a low-carbon future.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Elexon Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) and relevant Codes of Practice (CoP) (e.g. CoP 1, CoP 2, CoP 4, CoP11).
• Review and validate metering schematics, calibration documentation, commissioning documentation and compliance evidence, escalating issues where required.
• Collaborate and contribute to internal metering ways of working.
• Contribute to technical guidances, shaping and improving internal metering ways of working, driving consistency and best practice across the team.
• Engage confidently with both internal and external stakeholders on metering discussion, working through and resolving complex metering issues.
• Support the growth of the wider Operational Assurance Metering team.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

• Direct experience in validating metering documentation for compliance
• Comprehensive and strong understanding of Elexon’s Codes of Practice and BSC processes.
• Proven experience in validating technical schematics / single line diagrams, commissioning and compliance documentation, data flows (e.g. D0268), BSC documentation
• Considerable experience in utilities/energy industry, ideally electricity generation metering and/or network/transmission based
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• STEM degree, equivalent relevant technical qualification or relevant equivalent experience

Desirable:

• Familiarity with CfD scheme or other government energy subsidy schemes

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
• Employee resource groups