The Fleet Decarbonisation Lead, reporting to the Operational Fleet & Environmental Manager will play a key part of our industrial fleet decarbonisation journey, which Northern Powergrid have committed to as part of their Environmental Action Plan. The scope of the project is to increase ultra-low/zero emission vehicles on the fleet to 40% by the end of 2028 contributing to a 30% reduction in fleet fuel. This equates to 295 vehicles and supporting the implementation of charging infrastructure at offices/depots, substations and home locations.
The Fleet Decarbonisation Lead will be responsible for planning, delivery progress, managing expenditure against budget, foreseeing risks, resolving issues, managing internal and external stakeholders and business communications. This post will be based in either Shiremoor, Northallerton, Stockton or Castleford.
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 pa (with 10% performance bonus) 2 year FTC
Key Responsibilities
* Delivery of the project to the agreed time, cost & quality requirements.
* Developing project scopes and objectives involving all relevant stakeholders.
* Develop a detailed project plan to track progress ensuring critical path reporting is maintained.
* Project Management of the principal subcontracts, ensure adherence to time, cost and quality deliverables.
* Work closely with the Finance and Commercial teams to understand target cost/output/contractual obligations/monthly forecasting and expenditure.
* Ensure charging infrastructure projects are delivered in line with agreed budgets and timescales and aligned with new vehicles arriving onto the fleet.
* Ensuring any new policies and procedures relating to the use of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure are in place.
* Manage relationship with executive and internal and external stakeholders.
* Manage change management during the two-year period which will include communication with stakeholders.
* Establish risk management and resolve issues arising.
* Undertake regular audits of site activities including private and NPg property.
Leadership
1. Leadership skills - Takes ownership, and is able to set and maintain standards, effectively delivering through others in a matrix management structure.
2. Sound judgement & decision making - Is proactive, works on own initiative and anticipates requirements.
3. Excellent planning, organisation and time management skills - Displays a sense of urgency, is able to work at pace, prioritise and deliver outputs with minimal supervision.
4. Excellent team and people management skills, including the ability to provide constructive challenge in a face-to-face environment and to senior colleagues and to work with and influence key stakeholders.
5. High standard of professionalism - Able to conduct themselves and present information in a manner suitable for an Executive/senior management audience. Can be trusted to handle highly sensitive information.
6. Work effectively under time pressure - Able to manage, coordinate and drive at pace the production of key deliverables, often under time-constrained conditions.
7. Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team to find innovative solutions to complex problems.
8. Strong communication and skills (verbal, report writing and presentational), with the ability to clearly present complex concepts in an understandable manner.
9. Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
10. Highly IT literate, well versed in PowerPoint, Excel and Word - Fluent in Microsoft Office, able to compile documents that seamlessly combine numbers and words.
11. Have an eye for detail, performing quality checks and validation of all outgoing deliverables to ensure they are of the highest standard. Work in conjunction with the management team to draft, develop and constructively challenge the outputs of the projects under management.
Qualifications and Attributes
Essential Qualifications
* Qualified to degree level (or equivalent) preferably in a numeric or business discipline.
* Project Management practitioner qualification in Prince2 or Agile.
* Maths and English (A*- C) at GCSE.
Desirable Qualifications
* Business analysis certification/qualification.
* Accredited Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques, at Green Belt Level or above.
* Experience of rolling out electric vehicles across a fleet.
* Experience of operating in a utility or similar organisation with a dispersed field operation.
* Proven track record of successful project/programme management preferably through operating on company-wide/cross company projects
* Strong analytical ability.
* Experience in creating documentation such as business case documentation or business requirements summaries.
* Sound presentation skills and confident at presenting at all levels.
* Full driving licence and willingness to travel.
* Knowledge and experience as a practitioner of business change processes, tools and techniques.
* Electrical experience, gained in the renewable energy or EV sector.
* Advanced use of MS Office applications including Excel, Word, Project and Powerpoint.
* Excellent planning and time management skills. Experience in implementing and embedding new processes.
* Experience in determining the explicit and implicit needs and requirements of various stakeholders.
* Experience of producing business reports to strict deadlines.
In order to comply with our electricity distribution license, we have to ensure our colleagues are fit and proper to visit and enter our customers premises. Consequently, as this role may involve visiting and entering our customers premises, please be aware that the successful candidate will be subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please confirm in our application if you are content for this check to be completed.
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