Senior/principal Utilities Consultant - Manchester, United Kingdom - Hydrock

Hydrock

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have a newly created Senior or Principal Utilities Consultant role in our rapidly growing Smart Energy and Sustainability team (SES), based in our central Manchester office.

In an ever-advancing, volatile and high-growth sector, you will find that our opportunistic, agile and decisive culture will fully enable you to focus most of your time, energy and expertise on really making a difference.

You'll be welcomed and integrated warmly into our collaborative and ever-expanding team across the UK and will contribute to developing and delivering exciting, cutting-edge and complex projects.

We have a true enthusiasm for what we do. If you do too, we'd love to hear from you.

Sounds good? This is Smart Energy & Sustainability
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So, what are we about?_**This is the elevator pitch.

We're helping clients to unlock cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy and maximise the potential economic and environmental value of their projects, whilst delivering on wider environmental and sustainability principles.

Alternatively, here's the YouTube pitch.

From local authorities to universities, and from masterplan developers to asset managers and investors, we are proud to be shaping the approach that organisations are taking to decarbonisation and a net-zero future.

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Our work includes:
_**- Utilities strategies.

Netzero carbon studies at project and master planning levels
Climate change studies
ESG strategy
Life-Cycle Carbon and Cost Analyses (LCCA)
Renewable energy development and consultancy
Carbon management verification

Our team is a unique blend of engineers and consultants and this means we can deliver a wide range of project inputs for our clients from the earliest inception stages and onwards.

Most importantly, you'll find us a lively, good-spirited team, excited about what we're doing and enjoying each other's company, and we'll be sure to give you a warm welcome too.

So, what will you be responsible for?

Expanding upon our existing team of utilities, sustainability and smart energy engineers, you will become an integral part of the delivery team.

The primary role will be to support development proposals by providing an effective external services strategy.
This will involve
investigating if and how the various utility networks will be affected by new connections; providing guidance on risk items, cost, design etc; and working alongside the wider design team to provide a holistic energy strategy.

As part of the team, you will provide technical consultancy at the following work stages:

Concept Design
Master planning
Planning
Postplanning and construction stages

To succeed in this role, you'll need:

Significant post-graduate consultancy experience.
Knowledge and delivery of NRSWA C1 C4 / RIBA 04.

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A technical understanding of the following:_**- Gas, electric, potable water and telecoms networks, including associated infrastructure (substations, governors, pumping stations etc).

The opportunities and constraints around utility infrastructure.
Network capacity.
Energy demands and supply requirements for a variety of build types.
Mains diversions.
Disconnections.
Easements/Wayleaves/Servitudes.
Network design.

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Additional attributes:
_**- Strong communication skills (verbal and written).

Accomplished report writing.
Enjoy working in a fun, lively office with a great team spirit.
Background in energy, renewables or related disciplines.
Knowledge of planning, environmental impact assessments or wider sustainability legislation.
Experience and working knowledge of the energy market, capacity and grid balancing, demand side response, connection agreements, market business models etc.
Understanding of Wastewater.
Understanding of EV Charging.
Understanding of heat decarbonisation.
Experience in fee proposals/bid writing.
BIM/CAD/Revit experience.

Career Development:

We will support your professional development, aligned to your aspirations, interests and emergent markets, technologies or professional qualifications/memberships.

Ultimately, you're someone who wants to become a key technical advisor (Subject Matter Expert) with a high level of visibility both inside Hydrock and externally within the industry.

A credible, networked, thought leader at key industry events and conferences.

You will also have the desire to grow and manage a team focused on strategic sustainability services, intrinsic to our strategic plans.

What's great about Hydrock 'in a nutshell'?
We are a British-owned integrated multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy of over 900 staff in 21 offices across the UK.

Our driving motivation is to be a 'Force for Good', as it is our aim to improve the quality of people's lives from our employees to our clients, through to the communities we work in and our planet as a whole through the work we do.

From the buildings that surround you, the roads and bridges you cros