Energy and Water Officer

About the job.  We’re looking for an Energy and Water Officer to join our Energy & Sustainability team at National Highways. The Energy & Sustainability Team are responsible for National Highways Corporate Carbon KPI, with Energy being a key driver to reduce to achieve this target.   With responsibility for day-to-day energy management for National Highways, you’ll provide support to energy efficiency projects through technical advice, ensure bill validation process is followed ensuring payment is made on time and is correct the role will be. Alongside this, the role also submits National Highways unmetered asset inventories to the DNO’s, working with operations asset management teams to ensure they are accurate. As reducing energy consumption is essential, your role will be a key player for National Highways in achieving its corporate carbon targets as set out in the Net Zero Plan   * Responsible for management, monitoring, and resolution of complex energy and water billing queries ensuring correct bills are validated and paid in line with prompt payment initiative and ensuring all accounts are transferred to consolidated accounts.  * Support the Energy and Water Manager in embedding energy management principles into wider National Highways project processes, including providing technical advice thereby improving financial and carbon forecasting.  * Accountable for the submission of £40m unmetered (streetlighting & operational technology) electricity inventories to Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), working with operations directorate to ensure submissions are accurate, achieving significant cost and carbon savings on interventions, and in line with the National Terms of Connection.  * Day to day management of energy and water data across the estate, enacting a query resolution process and delivering a data improvement plan.  * Oversee the day to day management of systems used by the team, including energy management systems and streetlighting asset management system, implementing improvements to processes.  About you.  * Chartered Energy Manager or a degree in a relevant science, engineering, or environmental subject, or experience within the energy and water management industry.  * Knowledge and understanding of policies and regulations on energy as well as UK Energy and Water supply industry knowledge.  * Experience of energy management, including bill payment and validation.  * Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage large datasets, along with experience of researching, analysing, interpreting, and presenting energy management information.  * Excellent stakeholder and communication skills with the ability to articulate complex information to non-experts, and the confidence to challenge stakeholders where appropriate.  About us.  Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.  Business Services plays a crucial role in supporting the efficient operation and growth of the strategic road network. We provide a wide range of essential services across the organisation, ensuring that all functions run smoothly and effectively. We work behind the scenes to support the delivery of high-quality infrastructure and services, ensuring that National Highways meets its commitments to safety, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.  Our key areas of focus include procurement, finance, human resources, IT, and strategic planning. We ensure the company operates efficiently, delivers projects on time and within budget, and meets the needs of stakeholders. By offering expert advice, managing resources, and driving operational excellence, we support National Highways in achieving its mission of maintaining and improving the road network across the country.  External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.  Why you should join us At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.  So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation. A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.  Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.   Our benefits package * Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus * Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10% * Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays) * Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working * Life assurance of 4 times annual salary * Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines * A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel * Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience   And we are * Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities * Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme * Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:        * Right to work check * 3 year employment history references * DBS criminal record check * Social media and adverse journalism check * Driving licence check (if applicable) * Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable) * Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)   And finally  We reserve the right to close before the advertisement expires.