Energy & Decarbonisation Programme Lead; Public Sector

Energy & Decarbonisation Programme Lead (Public Sector)

United Kingdom Fixed Term Full Time

We are a team of enthusiastic and collaborative planners, designers, environmental consultants, engineers and health & safety professionals. Our client base includes public and private sectors. We have grown significantly over the last few years and now employ 200 individuals across the UK. Teamwork and a people-first culture are at the heart of everything we do and we wish to engage an enthusiastic professional to join our team.

Client & Market Development (Business Growth)

• Proactively identify and develop new opportunities across the public sector decarbonisation market
• Build relationships with estates, sustainability, and capital programme leaders
• Support and lead bid development, framework call-offs, and proposal submissions
• Contribute to development of new service lines, sectors, and technology offers
• Maintain strong understanding of the UK policy, funding, and framework landscape

Programme & Project Leadership

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of decarbonisation and energy efficiency programmes
• Manage multidisciplinary teams, budgets, and delivery risk
• Provide senior client liaison and governance reporting
• Translate strategies and audits into structured, deliverable programmes
• Oversee project lifecycle stages: strategy → feasibility → business case → procurement → construction → performance monitoring

Technical & Commercial Advisory

• Provide advisory services on:
  Low‑carbon heat (heat pumps, heat networks, electrification), Whole‑building retrofit (fabric first, MEP optimisation), On‑site renewables and storage, and Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) models
• Lead development of funding business cases
• Support financial modelling and investment appraisal
• Advise on risk allocation, delivery models, and commercial structuring

Procurement & Contract Management

• Develop scopes for retrofit, low‑carbon heat, and infrastructure works
• Support use of public sector frameworks including: CCS, RE:
  
  FIT, SCAPE, Pagabo, NHS SBS
• Ensure compliance with public procurement regulations

Stakeholder & Governance Management

• Coordinate technical, commercial, estates, finance, and leadership stakeholders
• Present complex information to non-technical audiences
• Support decision-making at Board and committee level
• Manage delivery assurance, reporting, and performance verification

• Significant experience delivering energy or decarbonisation programmes in the public sector or built environment
• Experience converting technical analysis into deliverable, investable programmes
• Strong understanding of: UK Net Zero policy & public sector drivers, Funding mechanisms and capital governance processes, Public procurement and framework-based delivery
• Strong data interpretation and asset planning capability
• Excellent client-facing communication and relationship skills
• Demonstrated involvement in business development, bids, or opportunity origination
• Experience with Energy Performance Contracting or RE:
  
  FIT-style delivery
• Background in engineering, building services, energy management, or infrastructure
• Knowledge of heat networks, retrofit delivery at scale, or estate‑wide decarbonisation

• A full clean driving licence is desirable
• Legal right to live and work in the UK is required
• Competitive salary and attractive benefits package is offered, including, hybrid working, salary sacrifice schemes (EV, Cycle to Work, Holiday Purchase), cashback health plan, volunteer day

Location United Kingdom Team Energy Engineering Contract Type Fixed Term Working Pattern Full Time

Send a CV and covering letter summarising what you can bring to the role and your salary expectation.

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