Regional Energy & Carbon Manager

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Vacancy: Regional Energy & Carbon Manager

Location: London/ Flexible within Eastern Region (Please note, this role is also being advertised as York)

Salary: 46,701 to 53,589 per annum (plus an Inner London Allowance of 3,270 per annum)

Role Type: Permanent, Full time

Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others.

We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.

Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!

At Network Rail you will also have a clear development path with access to training and additional qualifications.

In joining Network Rail, you're not only joining an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain's best employers.

Network Rail Benefits In addition to the above, you can enjoy a fantastic range of employee benefits, such as:

1. 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
2. 75% discount on rail leisure travel for you and your family
3. 75% subsidised Season Ticket for work travel (includes Underground)
4. A range of pension options
5. Annual Performance Related Pay package
6. Flexible and agile working arrangements
7. Healthcare package
8. Discounts on shopping
9. Discounted Gym memberships and much more.

Brief Description
In the Regional Energy & Carbon Manager lead the management of the Regions energy and utilities portfolio. This includes the management and delivery of the energy renewal projects across the Region.

About the role (External)

Key Accountabilities

1. Develop, lead and manage the implementation of the Regions Energy Strategy to achieve a reduction in energy usage, lowering costs and CO2 in accordance with NR targets.
2. Manage NR contracts and relationships with major utility suppliers and undertake internal and external stakeholder engagement to co-ordinate and contribute to negotiation of new contracts.
3. Responsible for the implementation of energy related processes within the team, to enable strict standards and governance around energy management services. Implement initiatives to improve and maintain good energy management behaviors.
4. Produce reports for senior management that monitor KPIs and utility metrics. Oversee the billing and validation of the Region's utilities (water, gas and electricity) meters and their associated bills which are generated across the route NR estate.
5. Responsible for the timely resolution of utility metering and billing queries, responding to customer enquiries and complaints and running a query log. Lead, develop and motivate route colleagues and build a coherent operational service delivery team.
6. Manage processes and procedures effectively that enable all relevant records to be up to date, all energy bills to be validated, authorised, paid and recovered within laid down timescales.
7. Develop and implement new administrative systems such as record management, to enable structured continuous improvement;
8. Lead energy and carbon projects so they are delivered on time and to agreed quality in accordance with corporate processes, standards and guidance in a manner that minimises disruption to business performance;
9. Act as the Region's lead for utilities. Represent the Region in national policy, procedure and strategy development.
10. Lead and manage in-year cost recoveries from third parties.

Essential

1. Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience
2. Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of the utilities category with recognised utilities improvement skills and expertise
3. Proven experience of contract negotiation
4. Detailed knowledge of good practice data analysis and reporting / presentation processes and techniques
5. Comprehensive knowledge of operational utilities practices
6. Successful experience of delivering energy reduction / generation programmes
7. Successful experience of implementing good Project Management discipline
8. Demonstrable excellent information management skills with ability to direct and undertake data manipulation and detailed analysis of operational energy use
9. Demonstrable ability to work with suppliers to improve their billing and query management processes to enable smoother management of contracts
10. Able to demonstrate excellent report writing and presentation skills
11. Good understanding of risk assessment/loss control tools and techniques.
12. Understanding of commercial energy and utilities arrangements

Desirable

1. Membership of a suitable professional body
2. Experience of introducing new processes and techniques to effect structured continuous improvement
3. Knowledge of railway assurance processes
4. Knowledge of management of utilities within a railway environment