Senior Specialist - Metering Assurance and Compliance
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Location: Leeds city centre or Birmingham city centre
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Lead Operational Assurance Manager - Metering
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
Role Summary
The Operational Assurance Team plays a critical role in delivering assurance across schemes managed by LCCC. Our work is essential to achieving contractual milestones and ensuring full compliance with industry standards, regulatory obligations, and best practice, while maintaining the accuracy and integrity of metered data.
As a Senior Specialist, you will act as the expert for electricity metering compliance under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. You’ll provide experienced technical contribution to key work streams, ensuring metering arrangements meet industry and regulatory standards and are fully evidenced. This role ensures the integrity of metering systems and data for renewable energy projects, supporting the UK’s transition to a low‑carbon future.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensure compliance with Elexon Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) and relevant Codes of Practice (CoP) (e.g. CoP 1, CoP 2, CoP 4, CoP11).
* Review and validate metering schematics, calibration documentation, commissioning documentation and compliance evidence, escalating issues where required.
* Collaborate and contribute to internal metering ways of working.
* Contribute to technical guidances, shaping and improving internal metering ways of working, driving consistency and best practice across the team.
* Engage confidently with both internal and external stakeholders on metering discussion, working through and resolving complex metering issues.
* Support the growth of the wider Operational Assurance Metering team.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Direct experience in validating metering documentation for compliance
* Comprehensive and strong understanding of Elexon’s Codes of Practice and BSC processes.
* Proven experience in validating technical schematics / single line diagrams, commissioning and compliance documentation, data flows (e.g. D0268), BSC documentation
* Considerable experience in utilities/energy industry, ideally electricity generation metering and/or network/transmission based
* Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Familiarity with CfD scheme or other government energy subsidy schemes
Employee Benefits
* Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
* 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
* Up to 8% pension contribution
* Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
* Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
* Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
* Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on‑call GP service
* Three paid volunteering days a year
* Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
* Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
* Employee resource groups
About Low Carbon Contracts Company
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050.
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Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Quality Assurance
Industries
* Services for Renewable Energy
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