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Job overview
The Energy Manager is responsible for developing and delivering the Trust's strategic approach to Energy Management including, but not limited to; environmental legal compliance, energy efficiency, sustainable design and construction, carbon reduction strategy, auditing monitoring and evaluation and promoting corporate sustainability campaigns and staff engagement programmes. They will proactively manage and monitor energy consumption throughout the Trust's estates and ensure that the Trust fulfils its statutory and best practice obligations in relation to energy management. They will work with energy suppliers to identify opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and reduce energy consumption and costs. They will work with staff across the Trust to identify and implement energy saving technology and processes across all areas and sites.
Main duties of the job
The Energy Manager is responsible for leading the energy transformation and decarbonisation agenda, driving operational excellence through continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration across the Trust estate. Responsible for building a best-in-class energy management approach, providing technical guidance and delivery of the Trust's Green Plan including future new hospital development programmes and nurturing professional relationships with internal and external customers and EFM stakeholders. Able to develop and deliver modernisation in the Trust's approach to energy management and its building management system (BMS) strategy, as well as a robust decarbonisation programme that fully supports delivery of the Trust's Green Plan targets and objectives.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.
This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Responsible for leading the Trust's energy and decarbonisation strategy and policy. Monitoring and managing the Trust's energy and utilities portfolio. Including managing efficient energy usage across the Trust and the transition to generation of onsite renewable energy and heat in line with the requirements of the Green Plan and HHFT Strategy.
* Development of long-term sustainable efficiency saving strategy linked to a programme of energy reduction initiatives to cut energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions. Establish detailed energy reduction action plans and renewable energy generation plans with long, medium, and short-term goals. Incorporating options at all levels including no-cost, low, medium, and high cost with consideration of payback periods and long-term benefits.
* Develop and implement behavioural change initiatives to improve awareness and reduce energy usage.
* To act as corporate lead in relation to energy procurement and management, working with procurement teams to achieve best value for money in the purchase of utilities and renewal of energy supply contracts.
* Identify and manage the implementation of energy efficiency projects to improve the energy efficiency of Trust buildings and deliver on-going cost savings.
* Deliver energy efficiency and carbon reduction in line with the NHS England Estates 'Net Zero' Carbon Delivery Plan. To meet the commitments laid out in the NHS's decarbonisation strategy (as set out in the 'Delivering a Net Zero National Health Service' report) and in line with HHFT's net-zero carbon reduction targets.
* To keep abreast of energy and utilities legislation, industry developments and good practice and then use that knowledge to devise and implement initiatives which deliver service improvements.
* Prepare detailed reports for Senior Management, relating to energy management and performance, costs, and carbon reduction. Establish and implement robust and verifiable measures to enable consistent reporting, internally and externally, on the Trust's overall energy use, energy saving, energy generation and carbon reduction performance.
* Utilise the existing systems and platforms (such as Building Energy Management Systems, and web portals) to identify areas for improving energy utilisation, produce related reports and presentations.
* Collate energy information from varying sources, for example, invoices, sub meters and AMR (automatic meter readings). Manage meter readings, monitor, analyse and report on energy use.
* Ensure that Display Energy Certificates are current and procured in a cost-effective manner and recommendation reports utilised for implementation of efficiency saving measures.
* To liaise with the Capital and Projects Teams to ensure that due account of building insulation, energy efficiency and renewable energy generation are appropriately incorporated within the planning of capital schemes for both new buildings and refurbishments.
* Undertake energy audits of buildings, wards & departments to establish levels of energy usage and to establish performance indicators for building comparison purposes. Identify areas of good and poor practice and in conjunction with Senior Managers provide required behavioural, equipment and building fabric changes.
* Maintain clear records of energy and carbon reduction initiatives implemented and costs and benefits of each initiative. Carry out periodic audits of installed energy-efficiency, carbon reduction schemes and renewable energy generation systems to assess their performance and identify improvements to be made on future schemes.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Degree in technical subject or equivalent knowledge
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
* Experience securing funding for energy management projects
Desirable criteria
* Experience with BMS systems
* Project management qualification
* Membership of relevant professional body
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Project Management experience
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
* HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
* Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
* All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
* In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
* This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
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Documents to download
* Energy Manager JD (PDF, 920.5KB)
* Energy Manager Personal Specification (PDF, 920.5KB)
* HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
* Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)
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