Energy Strategy Manager

Are you a passionate about sustainable solutions? Do you have an aptitude for recognising opportunities for energy optimisation? Would you welcome the chance to help implement our energy strategy? Then this could be the role for you!

Tarmac are recruiting an Energy Strategy Manager to influence and develop our ability to reduce the energy consumed to ensure that the business has a long-term sustainable future. This exciting role will focus on the development and successful implementation of our energy strategy to reduce our energy consumption aligned with business goals including optimising energy use, enhancing sustainability, and driving cost efficiencies across the organisation. Whether you are based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Cambridge or London, this is a nationwide role so we can be flexible to suit you.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Role Responsibility

Reporting to the National Operations Director the role of Energy Strategy Manager will be responsible for identifying innovative solutions to either generate energy or to reduce our energy consumption and drive cost efficiencies within the organisation.

The role of Energy Strategy Manager will also be responsible for:

1. Help identify, prioritise and deliver opportunities to generate green energy in a sustainable and economical fashion including the potential benefits of solar and wind power.
2. Working with procurement function to identify optimum energy sources.
3. Understanding energy tariffs and develop and implementing the energy strategy.
4. Reporting energy performance to senior management.
5. Ensuring site targets are agreed, reviewed and aligned as part of budget process.
6. Researching and understanding proposed government and technological innovations and proposing funding strategies for long term energy optimisation.
7. Engaging and influencing key stakeholders including suppliers, government departments and external bodies to understand and drive innovative, cost effective solutions.
8. Developing tools and techniques to lower energy consumption.
9. Monitoring and tracking progress of current energy reduction programmes.
10. Investigating new and innovative solutions to reduce the company’s energy needs.
11. Supporting the development of case studies to demonstrate comparative energy sources.
12. Working with CRH teams on energy proposals and share best practice.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for the role of Energy Strategy Manager will demonstrate a passion for sustainability and driving positive change in energy practices. You will preferably have proven experience of successfully developing and implementing sustainability and energy optimisation solutions within a manufacturing environment.

Suitable candidates for the role of Energy Strategy Manager will also demonstrate:

1. Degree in Energy Management, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field (advantageous).
2. Strategic thinker with a proactive, innovative approach to energy management.
3. Familiarity with renewable energy technologies and trends and able to drive results through optimisation and continuous improvement.
4. Ability to effectively collaborate across departments and with external partners.
5. Simplifies processes for operations.
6. Ability to develop and execute the energy strategy aligned with business goals.
7. Confidence to identify emerging trends and technologies in energy management and sustainability.
8. Commitment to communicate energy strategy and initiatives to stakeholders, including senior management, employees, and external partners.
9. Proven ability to network with energy suppliers, regulatory bodies, and industry associations.
10. Understanding of process into government network and regulatory bodies – funding opportunities and support.
11. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

This role is pivotal in steering the organisation towards a more sustainable and efficient energy future while supporting overall business objectives.

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

Why Us

In addition to the role of Energy Strategy Manager we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits:

1. PMI (family cover).
2. Enhanced holiday entitlement.
3. Contributory pension scheme.
4. Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
5. Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice.
6. Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause.
7. Training and development opportunities.

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Salary: Excellent Salary + Company Car/Allowance + Bonus + Benefits.

Frequency: Annual.

Job Reference: tarmac/TP/157303/6196.

Contract Type: Permanent.

Closing Date: 30 November, 2024.

Job Category: Operations, Quarrying and Production.

Business Unit: National Performance & Building Products.