JOB TITLE: Energy Engineer
LOCATION: Spirit, Belfast
REPORTING TO: Contract Manager
SALARY: Competitive
ABM is one of the world’s largest providers of integrated facility services. A driving force for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world, ABM provides essential services across a wide range of industries – from commercial office buildings to airports, hospitals, data centres, manufacturing plants and distribution centres, and more.
Key Responsibilities
Service Provision
· Ensure that a robust energy efficiency programme/ management system is delivered in line with ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems Standard throughout the duration of the contract
· Ensure Compliance with all relevant UK and European legislation. Key schemes include:
· UK Emissions Trading Scheme- Queen’s Island
· Climate Change Agreements- Queen’s Island and BAS
· Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting- all sites; and
· Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme- all sites
· Delivery of energy awareness workshops to all Spirit departments as required
· Attendance at Environmental Working Groups where energy performance is reviewed with the on-site departments and preparation of supporting information slides/ materials.
· Provision of various energy and water reports, such as:
· Monthly report detailing all aspects of energy management and compliance to include year to date consumption/ carbon and spend versus budget, identification and progress on energy efficiency projects and compliance
· Fortnightly risk notification/ cost projections
· Monthly accruals
· Supporting the AES/ BSc process
· Monthly Energy Governance Reports
· Operation, maintenance and development of the M&T and BMS systems, eSight and Trend.
· Robust data management, ensuring that all corporate and legal reporting requirements are met in a timely and accurate fashion.
· Chairing the weekly operational and monthly strategic energy management meetings and preparation of supporting materials
· Maintenance and development of a Register of Opportunities where energy projects are identified and reviewed.
· Submission of variations to compliance related permits and agreements (UK ETS, CCAs)
· Deal with any requests from local environmental agencies (NIEA) and Utility Regulator.
· Supporting the client with energy procurement and management of energy suppliers, including attendance at quarterly review meetings where directed.
· Attendance at seminars and consultation workshops on behalf of the client.
· Energy and Water budget management including PO raising/ uplifts, bill validation and invoice management
· Development and maintenance of energy standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all activities
Other
· Take a results-orientated approach to the role, ensure results are analysed/trended and understood; and that remedial actions are delivered.
· Support the growth of the business, where possible, by up-selling and cross-selling to customers and by passing on potential sales leads.
· Support any customer initiatives which could lead to longer term benefits to both the customer and ABM.
· Any other ad-hoc duties as reasonably requested by a member of the Management Team.
Personal Competency
Customer Focus
· Manage and maintain customer expectations, responding in a timely manner.
· Ability to balance customer and business needs, escalating to management as appropriate.
· Consistently seeks opportunities for improvement.
Leadership
· Gives others opportunities to practise new skills and capabilities, providing support where required.
· Addresses issues of performance and quality standards in a timely manner. Collaborates with diverse teams to foster productive teams.
Business Competency
Driving Results & Performance
· Generates enthusiasm and commitment in others to achieve desired results.
· Plans and monitors learning and development activities for self and others.
· Supports and trains others within own area of expertise.
Functional Expertise
· Adhere to process to enable the achievements of team goals and objectives.
· Ensures agreed standards and goals are met by the team.
· Actively seeks to understand reasons for obstacles and identify ways to overcome, preventing reoccurrence.
Social Competency
Teamwork & Collaboration
· Effectively delegates, monitors and motivates the team.
· Takes initiative to expand working relationships within and across teams.
· Creates a team environment through regular communication and involvement of staff in activities.
· Acknowledge the contribution of others an ensures that the recognition for achievements is shared.
Communicating Effectively
· Creates and environment where people are encourages to communicate openly.
· Adapts communication styles to effectively reach the target audience.
· Has the ability to effectively influence and negotiate, anticipating reactions to messages and responds appropriately.
· Communicates changes to others in a clear and precise way, seeing change as an opportunity to improve performance.
Skills and Experience
Essential Criteria:
· x Years post qualification engineering experience across different industrial sectors operating within a regulated environment.
Desired Qualifications:
· x and safety qualified to NEBOSH level.
Desired Experience:
· x and maintain strong and sustainable relationships with clients, suppliers and sub-contractors.
Desired Skills:
· Excellent communicator, able to convey information in a clear, simple and warm manner.
· Accomplished problem solver, ability to support proposal of contract reengineering.
· Able to adhere to strict deadlines.
Attitude / Motivation:
· Confident decision maker under pressure.
· Flexible, reliable, responsible, calm in a crisis.
· Positive and supporting of organisational change.
· Positive attitude to private outsourcing.
· Motivated by a desire to grow the business using effective systems.
· A willing team player.
· Ability to work on own initiative.
· Willing to continue professional development and to develop the role.
· Willing to undergo, and provide, training/coaching in line with organisational philosophy.