About us
We have been at the heart of the UK energy market for 25 years and are today playing a critical role in decarbonising the UK energy system. As a major energy services and smart metering company with technology, data and sustainability at the core of our ethos and business model, SMS is committed to delivering the future of smart energy.
We are proud of being both an equal opportunity employer and an accredited real living wage employer! We look out for our customers and our focus is ‘putting our people first’.
Our people enable us to do all of this by living our 5 core values: Safety, Customer excellence, Sustainability, Innovation and Pride.
The Role
The Senior Energy Consultant evaluates, plans and leads carbon reduction projects. This requires the technical and financial evaluation of projects, as well as engagement internally and externally to ensure design, installation and operation meet project objectives. This role is critical to the success of SMS’s investment in carbon reduction assets, including generation, energy storage, heating and energy efficiency projects.
The Senior Energy Consultant contributes to the success of SMS’s projects by:
- Evaluating carbon reduction opportunities to ensure projects which are technically and financially feasible are identified and can progress.
- Providing business case evidence to internal and external stakeholders (including clients and investors) which provides a clear evaluation of opportunities.
- Guiding project development to meet technical and financial objectives.
The Senior Energy Consultant will work in New Energy Systems, collaborating directly with consultants, engineers, analysts and sales consultants within the department. The role also requires acting as the primary point of contact for stakeholders in other departments and outside the business; key stakeholders will include technical specialists, financial specialists, senior and operational client contacts, and technology installers and suppliers. The Senior Energy Consultant must be able to travel throughout the UK and may need to travel abroad.
The Senior Energy Consultant role provides an opportunity to make a major contribution to carbon reduction by leading cross-disciplinary teams to deliver projects for SMS.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead cross-disciplinary project teams.
- Plan, instruct and review energy modelling, technical concept development and commercial evaluation.
- Establish client energy, carbon and related objectives.
- Produce high quality, client focused reports and presentations to justify carbon reduction projects and ensure stakeholder buy-in.
- Provide strategic advice relating to energy, carbon and utilities management.
- Manage the proposal, definition and delivery of projects by other members of the New Energy Systems team.
- Oversee direct reports to monitor and manage consultant utilisation, understanding, service delivery and work satisfaction.
- Engage with 3rd party agents in the energy services marketplace to source energy technology and services.
- Build SMS’s capability to develop carbon reduction projects.
Skills & Experience
- Experience of energy consultancy, energy management or engineering.
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication with technical specialists and senior stakeholders.
- Experience of generating cost-benefit analyses for energy projects.
- Ability to make a timely and effective appraisal of carbon reduction projects and decide on a course of action that balances theory with pragmatism.
- Ability to organize and prioritise work to meet deadlines and manage the expectations of project stakeholders.
- Ability to evaluate the risks related to project delivery and overcome barriers to deliver projects on time and to agreed requirements.
- Understanding of mechanical and electrical energy systems and solutions appropriate to carbon reduction.
- Intermediate Excel skills
Educational Qualifications/Memberships
- Degree (or equivalent) in a science, technology, maths or management discipline.
- Chartership of a relevant professional body or equivalent qualification or experience.
Personal Attributes
- Time management.
- Communication skills.
- Positive response to feedback.
- Online research.
- Clear written language skills.
- People management.
- Problem-solving ability.
- Analytical skills and numeracy.
- The ability to manage multiple teams.
- The ability to build and maintain customer and other stakeholder relationships.
- Resilient and responsive to change.
- Strong situational judgement and risk management skills.
- Contributes to team development through sharing expertise.
In return
We support Mental, Physical and Financial wellbeing, and we're proud of our benefits package to reward great talent which includes :
- 25 personal holiday days per year with additional allocation of 8 public holidays (includes options to buy and sell)
- After 5 years’ service, you will be rewarded with an additional 5 days annual leave increasing your total to 30 personal days and 8 public holidays.
Smart Health
Keeping our employees mentally and physically healthy is one of the things that matters most to us.
- Employee Assistance Programme (free access to counselling & support) with easy access via My Healthy Advantage app.
- Access to SmartHealth app - includes a free 24/7 online GP and a range of wellbeing services.
- Cycle Scheme - lower your carbon footprint whilst staying healthy.
Smart Savings
- Eligibility to join our Share Incentive Plan following 6 months employment
- Life Insurance cover where your next of kin will receive 4 times your annual salary
- Refer a friend bonus (£500)
- Corporate season ticket travel
- Length of service cash incentive
- Automatic enrolment into the Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme following 3 months employment.
The future looks bright
Your development is important to us - we support and encourage development including internal and external accredited courses, study support and E-Learning and internal promotion.