Senior Energy Officer (Projects) - Portsmouth

Senior Energy Officer (Projects) - Portsmouth, PO12AL, United KingdomJob Category: Energy ServicesRegion / Division: UK RegionLocation: Civic Offices, PortsmouthWorking Hours: 37

This is a fantastic opportunity in our Energy & Sustainability Services Team for a Senior Energy Officer to act in a senior capacity and lead a team of energy officers and other technical staff to develop and deliver energy and sustainability projects for Portsmouth City Council.

Your new role

Portsmouth City Councils Energy & Sustainability Services Team is one of the largest and most successful local authority teams in the country, having won a series of rewards and recognition in recent times. The team consists of 15 professionals who between them manage all aspects of energy services for the authority and a number of external clients. Functions include: utilities procurement and management; compliance, audit, and certification; capital investment pipelines; consultancy services; and domestic energy efficiency and fuel poverty mitigation.

Some examples of recent projects are the delivery of significant upgrades to a large district heating network scheme, over 10MW of commercial rooftop PV, battery storage installations, water saving measures, automated meter reading roll-out, and several large-scale domestic retrofit programmes. Projects are funded through a mixture of grant funding, commercial agreements, and council investment.

The team works closely with the Council's in-house surveyors, architects, and engineering teams, both feeding into their projects and leveraging their specialist expertise into energy and decarbonisation projects.

The postholder, and the team they manage, are responsible for identifying and developing projects relating to energy efficiency and decarbonisation for Portsmouth City Council. This includes project identification, feasibility, financial appraisal, procurement, and project delivery support across HRA and General Fund assets. The postholder is responsible for the designing & delivery of projects in conjunction with the Head of Service and managing staff and budgetary resources to achieve the programme and objectives of the service.

Please see the full job profile attached at the bottom of the page for more details of what the role will involve!

Who is the person?

The ideal candidate is someone who will be able to demonstrate:

Thattheyhavetherelevantenergy,buildingservicesorenvironmental-baseddegree or MSc including the disciplines of decarbonisation strategies, energy management, sustainable design, building services, renewables and power systems or significant experience in a similar role.Appropriate membership of professional bodies such as EI or IEMAtogether with extensive knowledgeof theenergysector,both commercial anddomestic.Experience of identifying, developing,and delivering complex projects related to energy and sustainability, managing budgets, and:

• Significantexperienceinasimilarenergy,sustainabilityordecarbonisation focused role.
• Appropriatemembershipofarelevantprofessionalbody.
• Identification,development,anddeliveryofenergyrelatedcapitalprojects.
• Knowledgeof,andtheabilitytoprovide,adviseandleadothersregardingenergy projects
• Abilitytoleadateamofenergyprofessionalsandtechnicalstafftoachievethe demands of the service
• Abilitytodevelopstafftrainingandcompetency;in particular,theabilitytolead graduates through to full energy officer status
• Workwiththeheadofenergy&sustainabilityservicesandothermanagersto develop projects and programmes of work.
• Haveknowledgeof,andexperienceofworkingwith,keyenergytechnologies related to energy efficiency or renewable generation.
• Haveexperienceofmanagingwithcontractorsandconsultantstodevelopand deliver works and services related to energy.
• Experienceofenergyaudit, modelling,anddatacollectiontodevelopfeasibilities and investable business models.
• Communicationwithclientsandotherstakeholderstoallayconcernsandmanage expectations.Acting as an escalation for the rest of the team where issues are encountered.
• Abilitytoinspirechangeinthemselvesandtheirteaminreactiontochangesof legislation,fundingopportunities,orbyidentifyingopportunitiesorweaknessesfor analysis of measures.
• Knowledgeoftheprevailinglegislationandregulationsrelatedtoenergyservices.
• Developingprocurementstrategiesforthedeliveryofcapitalenergyprojectsand services
• Experienceofcommunicatingwithinternalandexternalstakeholderatalllevels of the organisation and undertaking presentations and leading meetings as appropriate.
• Performance management - setting and achieving targets, monitoring progress, recognising good performance and dealing with poor performance

About Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals.Learn more about our values and behaviours.

Additional Information

Interviews will be held in person at the Civic Offices, Portsmouth between 15thJune and 26thJune 2026, and will last approximately 1.5 hours.

Our recruitment process

Full information about our recruitment process can be found on our support for applicants' page:

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our career's portal homepage: or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616 800.