Job Description

Job Category: Energy Solutions
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Job Title: Energy Manager
Purpose of the Job
The Energy Manager is responsible for enabling the client's energy-reduction programmes through monitoring, targeting, and interventions on building services. The role has a strong focus on supporting the contract's dedicated Engineering Maintenance team to ensure client assets are maintained and operated as efficiently as possible.
Key Responsibilities
Building Performance Improvement

• Perform deep-dive audits on existing HVAC and electrical systems and identify opportunities or design gaps for optimisation through actionable recommendations.
• Deliver tactical implementation of BMS optimisation recommendations.
• Monitor data systems to identify ways of enhancing asset energy performance.
• Align with the BGIS Building Performance team to ensure connected technologies are used effectively.
• Support data-led migration of infrastructure, when applicable, and act as the super-user of the BGIS AMI platform where required.

Energy Monitoring

• Review data analytics to identify adverse trends and anomalies and produce progress reports.
• Monitor energy performance in line with NABERS principles under the governance of BGIS NABERS assessors.
• Manage energy-related queries and conduct on-site investigations, including BMS interventions in collaboration with the Engineering Team.
• Provide technical and operational oversight of utility and non-utility meter data collection to ensure accurate monitoring, including management of gaps and dropouts.

Engagement and Governance

• Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders.
• Act as the gatekeeper for maintaining building Design Operations (DESOPS), manage change control, and identify and rectify deviations from DESOPS.
• Support the implementation of client energy and carbon-efficiency recommendations.
• Liaise with Engineering and Building Performance teams to ensure best practice is maintained.
• Develop an Energy Champions forum, including training and engagement to promote stakeholder awareness of energy and utility usage.

Requirements and Skills

• Proven experience as an Energy Manager within Building Services.
• Strong analytical mindset with problem-solving skills, engineering controls expertise, and the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with BMS/automated controls, including Trend IQ Vision 4, Trend View 8, and Tridium Niagara.
• Familiarity with administration and management of modern database and information-system technologies.
• Experience using energy-monitoring software such as KIVEEV and Kode Labs.

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Experience working effectively with skilled operatives or contractors.
• Good understanding of energy-management systems and Net Zero Carbon principles.
• Experience safely working on a variety of installations, appliances, and equipment.
• Practical experience with HVAC systems.
• Excellent understanding of health and safety within the built environment.
• Practical knowledge of property-related Health & Safety legislation relating to electrical services (e.g., COSHH, PUWER, Electricity at Work Regulations).
• Ability to clearly describe and communicate situations requiring remedial actions by suppliers.
• Ability to produce reports and proposals.
• Strong fault-finding skills on building-services plant equipment and systems.
• Demonstrable post-training experience in the maintenance, repair, installation, and fitting of BMS/automated controls.

Desirable

• Understanding of BREEAM, EPC, NABERS, TM44, LEED, or WELL, with accreditation in at least one being preferable.
• Good understanding of modern smart systems and IoT technologies.

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