Job Description

Job Title: Energy Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: 51,941 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70504
Drive our journey to net zero and shape a sustainable future
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Energy Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Energy Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This is a role where your expertise will make a tangible difference to national defence and environmental sustainability, while advancing your career in a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation.
Day-to-day, you'll lead strategic initiatives to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions across one of the UK's most complex industrial sites. You'll develop and deliver utility management strategies, support compliance with UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and help us achieve our ambitious net zero by 2030 target.

• Managing site-wide utility management software and monitoring consumption data.
• Developing business cases and strategies for carbon reduction and energy efficiency.
• Leading metering strategy and utility bill verification exercises.
• Creating and communicating the site-wide carbon baseline and modelling future consumption.
• Ensuring compliance with UK ETS and providing input into key performance reporting.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements
Essential experience of the Energy Manager

• Strong understanding of energy legislation and government policy.
• Experience in finance and business case development.
• Proven stakeholder management skills.
• Background in legal compliance and utility management.

Qualifications for the Energy Manager

• Full Member of the Energy Institute (MEI).
• Chartered Energy Manager or working towards chartership.
• Equivalent Level 6 qualification in utility management.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at
What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 16/01/2026
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