Duties and Responsibilities
Job Description
Job Title:
Sustainability and Energy Manager
Main duties and responsibilities
School/Dept/Institute Centre/Faculty:
Professional Services / Estates and Facilities / Operations
• Carry out scheduled energy audits in line with Queen Mary’s commitment to comply with all relevant regulations and continue to improve its environmental performance. • Manage all environmental and energy regulatory obligations, maintain a complete and accurate legal registers, this will include coordinating, quality checking and maintaining evidence for the environmental elements of all statutory such as the HESA (Higher Education Statics Agency) submissions and DECs (Display Energy Certificates). • Manage energy efficiency awareness campaigns across all Queen Mary’s campuses as well as actively engage with Queen Mary’s Environmental Sustainability Champions. • Use environmental sustainability data including, but not limited to: water, electricity, gas, waste, carbon to analyse the performance of buildings and identify opportunities for improvement. • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current and emerging environmental and energy regulations and standards. Maintain Queen Mary’s legal / compliance register. • Analyse complex datasets and validate energy and utility invoices to ensure that these are accurate. • Active involvement in the delivery of Queen Mary’s ESAP and its environmental sustainability objectives. • Deputise for the Head of Environment & Sustainability and undertake any other duties, which are commendurate with the role. The above list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and the jobholder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the level of the role, as reasonably requested by their line manager. This job description accurately reflects the duties and responsibilities of the role at the time the job description was written. These duties and responsibilities may change over time without significantly impacting on the character of the role, the overall level of responsibility, or its grade. Depending on strategic or operational needs, the jobholder may in the future be required to work for another existing or new organisational unit and/or at a different site within Queen Mary. This may be on a temporary or indefinite basis and may involve a change in line management and / or regularly working at more than one site.
Reports to:
Head of Sustainability
Hours per week:
Full-time (35 hrs)
Appointment period: Current Location: Work activity type:
Indefinite Mile End
Admin/Operational/Technical and Support
The QMUL Sustainability team forms part of the Estates and Facilities Directorate, which in turn is part of QMUL Professional Services covering all non-academic functions of the organisation.
The current priorities of the Sustainability team are to:
• Minimise the institution’s adverse environmental impacts, most notably energy consumption and carbon emissions, and where possible, enhance the local environment whilst still meeting the university’s growth strategy. • Work with local communities to develop new ways Queen Mary can act as a socially aware and sustainable neighbour. • Promoting sustainability to our staff and students, working with them to encourage more socially aware and sustainable behaviour. • Contribute positively to the university’s financial resilience through a more energy efficient, lower carbon and more environmentally sustainable campus. • Coordinate the delivery Queen Mary’s commitment to attain and maintain ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management System (EMS) certification. • Coordinate the delivery of Queen Mary’s Environmental Sustainability Action Plan (ESAP) and its environmental sustainability objectives.
Job purpose
The Sustainability and Energy Manager will be responsible for operational monitoring of Queen Mary’s energy performance. The post holder will be responsible for managing energy regulatory obligations, maintain a complete and accurate legal registers, this will include coordinating, quality checking and maintaining evidence for the environmental elements of all statutory reporting requirements such as the HESA (Higher Education Statics Agency) submisisons. The Sustainability and Energy Manager will also be responsible for promoting Queen Mary’s energy and carbon efficiency priorities and acting as the energy and carbon reduction champion, by coordinating energy effciency and carbon reduction initiatives across Queen Mary.
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