Energy Manager

The Energy Manager will act as energy management lead for the Trust and a key stakeholder in our collaborative efforts to rapidly decarbonise our healthcare estate, in keeping with our science-aligned carbon budget and ambitious Climate Emergency Strategy, by 2030.

• Interview date: 25 April 2023
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
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Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19

To manage energy contracts, monitor energy consumption activities, investigate and promote opportunities to reduce energy demand and carbon emissions, report on progress and educate/engage/empower staff to implement energy & carbon saving

Newcastle Hospitals has a global reputation for sustainable healthcare leadership. In 2019 the Trust became the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency and commit to fast-tracking the decarbonisation of its services. Our award-winning Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) programme engages staff in climate action in every area – from recycling to low carbon care pathways and from renewable energy projects to anaesthetic gas capture and reuse. You’ll be joining our pioneering Sustainability Department and work closely with Estates colleagues to decarbonise our hospital heat and power and achieve our goal of a Net Zero Estate by 2030.

• To act as energy management lead for the Trust and a key stakeholder in our collaborative efforts to rapidly decarbonise our healthcare estate in line with our carbon budget and ambitious Climate Emergency Strategy by 2030.
• To manage energy contracts including Trust Energy Centre (Combined Heat & Power) contracts at our acute sites as well as supply contracts to all other Trust buildings and partners. This includes resolving day-to-day contract issues, bill validation, annual purchase orders, and contract management.
• To review the entire energy supply requirements and tender new contracts, when required, throughout the Trust and partners.
• To develop and promote procedures for energy & water management, utilisation, conservation and carbon reduction working with site-based Estates teams, clinical staff, and all energy users to explain, raise awareness and ensure correct procedures are followed.
• To audit all energy consumption activities, at each site, down to ward/department level, throughout the Trust and produce reports recommending actions for improvement, liaising with the departments to ensure implementation of improvements.
• To investigate and promote opportunities to reduce overall cost and environmental impact of our energy and water activities, including energy efficiency measures, monitoring and control systems, use of alternative and new low/zero carbon technologies, compliant with current legislation.
• To assist the Trust and partners to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice and Trust procedures and to provide technical expertise relating to energy, water and carbon management.
• Develop and promote procedures and training material for correct energy & water usage, conservation and elimination of waste, including working with site-based teams, clinical staff, hotel services and contractors to explain and ensure correct procedures are followed, and to provide training and support on these procedures.
• Publish energy management/conservation training material on the Estates web site or elsewhere for use by all throughout the Trust.
• Develop the Trust Energy and Sustainability policies and procedures to accord with legislation and to reflect new and developing guidelines/technologies.
• Provide utility consumption, cost and carbon footprint information for the completion of the Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC), NHS Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT) and Premises Assurance Model (PAM) as required.
• Regularly monitor and report energy & water consumption, costs and carbon footprint data to the Associate Director - Sustainability and advise on the resources required to better manage energy effectively, including Invest to Save project proposals.
• Lead on the preparation of associated budgets, forecasts and compile regular senior management/Board reports on energy/water/carbon management.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.