Role details
Salary - Competitive Salary
Work Type - Hybrid
Job Location - North West, United Kingdom
Role Type - Permanent
Employment Type - Full Time
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week
United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.
We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.
We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.
We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution.
Benefits
- A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
- A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
- Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
- A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
- MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
- Best Doctors
- Salary Finance
- Wealth at Work courses
- Deals and discounts
- EVolve Car Scheme
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Mental health first aiders
- ShareBuy
- MORE Choices flexible benefits
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
Job Purpose
At United Utilities our Energy & Carbon Services Team play a critical role in delivering smarter, more sustainable energy solutions that reduce cost and environmental impact across our operations.
We’re looking for a Senior Net Zero Engineer to be at the forefront of this mission- championing energy and carbon efficiency across our sites. In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with County Engineering Managers and operational teams to identify, shape and support the delivery of efficiency opportunities in energy, chemicals and energy usage.
As a trusted expert and internal ambassador for sustainable performance, you’ll help deliver measurable reductions in energy use and carbon emissions-while playing a key part in our journey to become a low carbon business.
Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance energy, carbon and water efficiency standards across operational sites.
- Lead site workshops, briefings and performance assessments to drive behavioural and operational change.
- Identify and manage efficiency opportunities, quantifying benefits and supporting low/no-cost improvements,
- Analyse performance data and identify areas of wastage, working with teams to drive improvement.
- Support sub-metering strategies and train staff on using energy tools and systems
- Develop business cases and secure funding for invest-to-save projects, overseeing implementation and benefits realisation.
- Trial, document and roll out successful interventions across multiple sites.
- Embed best practice in collaboration with operational, maintenance and engineering teams.
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) for operational Energy & Carbon reduction within Water/Wastewater/Bioresource processes
- Enable compliance with energy & carbon related regulations (e.g. ESOS, Industrial Emissions Directive)
- Mentoring and technical development lead for energy & carbon services
Technical Skills & Experience
- Chartered professional engineer, or can present a tangible plan to obtain chartership within the first 12 to 24months of tenure (e.g. engineering degree qualified or suitable experience to gain chartership status)
- Experienced in energy & carbon auditing best practices (e.g. ESOS compliance)
- Ability to influence and communicate across all levels of the organisation
- Comprehensive understanding of the operation and optimisation of key energy consuming assets within the water industry (e.g. Activated sludge process, pumping systems, heat and steam systems)
- Experienced in root cause analysis
- Strong data analysis skills, including the ability to construct detailed energy balance assessments.
- Good presentation skills and comfortable leading workshops and disseminating results across all levels
- Experienced in development of business cases for funding
- Overseeing implementation of capital works, e.g. invest to save projects
- Working in multi-disciplined teams, e.g. operational engineering teams.
We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.
