Senior Energy Savings Scheme Officer

Position: Senior Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Officer
The role Shape the Future of Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation in Wales Natural Resources Wales is recruiting for two exciting vacancies within our Carbon Permitting Team, offering a unique opportunity to help shape and deliver climate change regulation across Wales. These national, high-profile roles support the delivery of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), helping regulated organisations meet their obligations while contributing to environmental protection and the transition to a low-carbon economy.

The successful ETS candidate will undertake a range of technical and regulatory responsibilities, including assessing permit applications, reviewing emissions data and compliance returns, delivering audits and inspections, and supporting compliance and enforcement activities where required. Both roles will also involve analysing complex technical information, contributing to management reporting and identifying opportunities to improve regulatory processes and scheme delivery. One of the vacancies will have a particular focus on leading NRW's delivery of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) across Wales.

This role will provide strategic oversight of the scheme, act as NRW's lead specialist for ESOS policy and regulation, and work closely with Welsh Government, the Environment Agency and other UK regulators to support consistent and effective scheme delivery. Both positions require strong technical, analytical and communication skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and provide clear, evidence-based advice.

You will engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including industry operators, consultants, government bodies and partner regulators, representing NRW with professionalism and technical credibility. These roles offer an excellent opportunity to influence regulatory delivery, support business decarbonisation, improve energy efficiency and make a meaningful contribution to Wales' net zero ambitions. If you thrive on collaboration, enjoy translating technical expertise into practical solutions, and want to make a lasting contribution to Wales' net zero ambitions, we'd love to hear from you.

Driving is essential to this rolein order to monitor on-site compliance. You must hold a full and current UK driving license. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Wayne Grimstead at Interviews will take place on week commencing 28th September 2026 through Microsoft Teams.

About us Our all-Wales Carbon Permitting Team of which ESOS is a part of sits at the heart of Natural Resources Wales' response to the climate emergency. Aligned to the Operations Directorate and managed by Industry Regulation South East, we play a pivotal role in regulating some of the UK's largest carbon emitters. Through our work on key schemes such as Emissions Trading Scheme and ESOS, we directly support the delivery of all four objectives within the NRW Corporate Plan 2030.

Our primary focus is reducing emissions and preventing pollution through robust, evidence-based regulation, helping to drive Wales towards a low-carbon future. This is an exciting time to join a highly skilled, supportive team working on complex, high-impact environmental challenges with national significance. What you will do Determination of a range of applications for UK Emission Trading Scheme permits ensuring that large energy users in sectors such as metals, chemicals and electricity production operate in such a way as to minimise their impact on climate change.

Ensure compliance to the UK Emission Trading Scheme permits and ESOS across Wales by a range of site compliance audits, report assessment and enforcement work as required. Preparation of annual reports of Greenhouse Gas emissions in Wales to Government and other interested parties. Providing advice and guidance on all climate change regulation to other team members, internal and external customers, identifying common customers between the climate change regulations and other environmental legislation, ensuring customers are fully informed of the wider legislative requirements.

Represent Natural Resources Wales on United Kingdom regulator forums, ensuring that the needs of Welsh industry is taken into consideration in the development of the United Kingdom wide approach to climate change legislation. Coaching and mentoring others on UK Emission Trading Scheme, and Energy Savings Opportunity work. Building strong working relationships with customers, partners and other stakeholders across the UK.

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