Job summary
- Main area
- Energy Management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 319-8039445SC
- Employer
- Northumbria Healthcare - NHFM (Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management)
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Manufacturing & Innovation Hub, Seaton Delaval
- Town
- Seaton Delaval
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Energy & Low Carbon Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services for all of Northumbria Healthcare Trust’s sites.
Come and work for us and we can offer you:
- Competitive rates of pay
- Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
- Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions (https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Career development opportunities
- Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more
- A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics
We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.
Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.
Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.
Whilst NHFM are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
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Job overview
An experienced, qualified energy & carbon professional is required to deliver the Trust’s corporate and statutory responsibilities for all aspects of energy & carbon monitoring, management and decarbonisation.
A Trust wide senior operational role delivering energy & carbon reduction initiatives which contribute to the Net Zero Northumbria programme of work, and to the reputation of the Trust & partner sites as a leading organisation in the sustainability field.
Main duties of the job
Providing specialist technical advice on energy and carbon management across the Trust and the wider regional partner sites.
Lead on the delivery of projects that contribute to the NHS net‐zero target of the NHS estate
Liaising with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders on energy efficiency and carbon management.
Monitoring, analysing and reporting on the Trust carbon footprint & decarbonisation of the estate and partner sites.
Support the Head of Sustainability & Net Zero to deliver strategic leadership at a corporate level, developing and advancing the net zero culture throughout the Trust & partner sites
Working for our organisation
NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital - The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.
Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for main duties, team hierarchy, knowledge skills and experience details and and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A Degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Management/ Science or equivalent level of experience.
- Master’s Degree (or equivalent specialist knowledge) in environmental, engineering, sustainability or energy discipline or equivalent.
- Membership of a relevant professional body such as the Institute of Sustainability & Environmental Professionals (ISEP) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate management qualification
- Auditing qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of managing or leading a team.
- Experience of implementing change in an organisation.
- Experience of managing and monitoring financial budgets & information.
- Experience in carbon management.
- Experience in project management.
- Knowledge of sustainability, energy management and environmental management including strategic awareness, business case preparation and policy & strategy writing.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of hospital engineering systems, improvement in efficient operation and design of new systems.
- Knowledge of NHS procedures and structures.
- Knowledge of low carbon design.
- In depth knowledge and significant current experience within the NHS.
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Winter
- Job title
- Head of Sustainability & Net Zero
- Email address
- [email protected]
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