Portfolio Energy Manager

Role Overview

• Take ownership of energy performance across allocated sites, monitoring consumption against baselines and targets
• Carry out regular energy performance analysis and benchmarking using available metering data
• Support the rollout of the Apprise meter reading app, ensuring main incoming electricity, gas and water meters are set up and site teams trained
• Carry out energy monitoring, targeting and validation in line with best practice
• Establish and maintain benchmark loads across your portfolio
• Conduct Level 1 & 2 energy audits across allocated sites, identifying and documenting energy saving opportunities
• Build strong working relationships with site teams, FM managers and clients to support a collaborative approach to energy management
• Carry out out-of-hours site visits where required to identify energy saving initiatives
• Review lease agreements and descriptions of operation to understand plant run time requirements and building constraints
• Assess vacant space, occupancy patterns and footfall to inform energy strategies
• Review BMS time schedules and set points against descriptions of operation, recommending and implementing improvements
• Identify opportunities for additional time schedules to reflect current occupancy patterns, including hybrid working profiles
• Dial in remotely to BMS systems where access is available to monitor efficient plant operation and investigate faults
• Establish and maintain a register of BMS details, remote access credentials and DesOps across your portfolio
• Review O&M documentation and commissioning data to assess building performance gaps
• Take ownership of data analytics platform setup and configuration across allocated sites
• Build and maintain a library of rules, alarms and automated alerts to identify anomalies, out-of-hours consumption, plant inefficiencies and demand spikes
• Actively monitor and action platform alerts, investigating root causes and working with site teams and BMS contractors to resolve issues
• Review and act on platform-generated recommendations, tracking outcomes and reporting savings delivered
• Familiarise yourself with any data analytics tools already in use at client sites and integrate these into your monitoring approach
• Support the evaluation and configuration of new smart building platforms as the portfolio evolves
• Conduct IoT device reviews across sites, identifying opportunities to enhance data capture and monitoring capability
• Establish the extent of smart metering and AMR installations across allocated sites, identifying gaps and opportunities
• Ensure all main incoming electricity, gas and water meters are producing reliable data and feeding correctly into Apprise
• Identify and progress opportunities for sub-metering installations to improve data granularity
• Survey smart meter provision in accordance with CIBSE TM39 and provide recommendations
• Project manage meter installations by recognised sub-contractors, overseeing commissioning and data capture
• Contribute to monthly energy reports for clients, providing clear commentary on performance, anomalies and recommendations
• Present energy saving initiatives and platform-identified opportunities to clients and account managers
• Respond to client energy queries and ESG data requests in a timely and professional manner
• Support the production of portfolio-wide energy comparators and performance summaries
• Maintain awareness of relevant energy legislation and compliance obligations including ESOS, SECR and MEES
• Support NABERS UK, BREEAM In-Use and other certification processes where required across the portfolio
• Contribute to the development of client energy intensity targets and reduction strategies
• Identify procurement and commercial opportunities to reduce client energy costs

Requirements

• Proven experience in energy management within commercial buildings, ideally across a multi-site portfolio
• Hands-on experience working with BMS systems, including reviewing time schedules, set points and control sequences
• Practical experience conducting energy audits and producing clear, actionable recommendations
• Experience working with data analytics or energy monitoring platforms day to day, not just as an occasional user
• Demonstrable experience setting up rules, alarms and automated alerts within monitoring platforms
• Experience engaging and building relationships with site teams, FM managers and clients
• Experience producing energy reports and presenting findings to non-technical stakeholders
• Practical experience with HVAC systems and an understanding of how they affect energy performance
• Relevant degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in building services, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline
• Strong numeracy and data literacy, demonstrated through academic or professional background
• CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant (Operations) qualification or working towards it (desirable)
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as CIBSE and IET, or working towards it (desirable)
• BREEAM In-Use Assessor accreditation (desirable)
• NABERS UK Assessor accreditation (desirable)
• Understanding of ESOS, SECR and MEES compliance frameworks (desirable)

Tech Stack

• IoT

Benefits

• Season Ticket Loan (after 6 months’ service)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Rewards Gateway platform
• Auto Enrolment Pension
• Private Medical Insurance – Inc Dental, Optical and audio
• Death in Service (Salary x 2)