The Role

The Senior Energy Performance Manager plays a central role in delivery of the energy and carbon performance improvements needed to achive our net zero carbon ambition. Leading a team of three regional energy managers, the Senior Energy Performance Manager works closely with the wider Sustainability team and key stakeholders across the business including Field Operations, Estates, Procurement, Project Delivery, Asset Management and Finance to deliver energy efficiency capital projects and improve front-line energy management practices.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Lead on the continual improvement and refinement of our property-level asset transition plans, and the overarching portfolio wide net zero carbon transition plan that they inform, in line with our net zero carbon ambition and SBTi validated targets.

• Develop, maintain and implement plans for the successful delivery of c. £100m of capital projects by 2030, as set out in the asset transition plans and as required to deliver our net zero carbon targets, working closely with key stakeholders including Field Operations, Estates, Procurement, Project Delivery, Asset Management and Finance.

• Lead on the development and implementation of a robust approach to monitoring and verification of energy and carbon savings achieved through capital projects and other initiatives to inform evolution of our plans, internal and external reporting, and disclosure of performance vs our targets.

• Identify and trial emerging technologies and solutions to assess potential to support delivery of our net zero carbon ambition, and feed into future iterations of the net zero carbon transition plan.

• Lead on development and implementation of robust Energy Management processes potentially based on ISO50001 to facilitate ownership of, and improvements in, operational energy management across the Field Operations business.

• Track current and emerging regulations and best practice in energy management, ensuring compliance as required for example with ESOS and EPC MEES.

• Support the day to day management of utilities including our plans for long term decarbonisation of energy supply.

• Lead, mange, inspire and support the ongoing development of a team of three Energy Managers, and support the wider sustainability team as required in the pursuit of our overall social and environmental sustainability aims and targets.

What We`re Looking for in You

• Passionate about sustainability and keen to make a real difference, with a strong background in energy efficiency, energy management, and climate change.

• Proactive and able to act on initiative without close supervision to achieve required outcomes.

• Flexible and able to deal with change, uncertainty and competing priorities. Able to manage numerous ongoing projects, risks and issues day to day while also keeping focus on long term strategic goals.

• Good leadership, management, and organisational ability: able to engage, inspire, and support both team members and colleagues across different functions and in different sites across the country to achieve energy efficiency improvements.

• Able to communicate concepts and plans to a range of audiences in a way that make them relevant and understood, and which effectively influences and engages to achieve required outcome.

• Proven energy management and project delivery ability and the technical, commercial/budgetary and management experience needed to deliver energy efficiency capital projects across a large multisite organisation.

• Appropriate understanding of building design/fabric, low/zero carbon technologies, metering, mechanical electrical and plumbing (MEP) services, energy efficiency assessments, surveys, data analysis and modelling.

• Ideally Bristol based or able to travel to Bristol head office at least 2 days per week to meet with team, and able to travel nationally as required, typically at least 1 day per week (mostly city centre locations accessible by rail) for site visits, meetings etc..

What You`ll Get in Return

• An annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday
• Pension - based on how much you save, we`ll contribute 1% more
• Flexible working opportunities
• Shared Parental Leave - 18 weeks full pay
• Other benefits include, ShareSave, Bike to Work, Charity Match, amazing discounts and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

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