Job Title: Energy Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £51, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
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 target.
1. Managing site‑wide utility management software and monitoring consumption data.
2. Developing business cases and strategies for carbon reduction and energy efficiency.
3. Leading metering strategy and utility bill verification exercises.
4. Creating and communicating the site‑wide carbon baseline and modelling future consumption.
5. 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
6. Strong understanding of energy legislation and government policy.
7. Experience in finance and business case development.
8. Proven stakeholder management skills.
9. Background in legal compliance and utility management.
Qualifications for the Energy Manager
10. Full Member of the Energy Institute (MEI).
11. Chartered Energy Manager or working towards chartership.
12. 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