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Carbon Reduction and Sustainability Officer

University of Surrey - Utilities and Sustainability

Location: Guildford
Salary: £31,000 to £35,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 21st October 2024
Closes: 4th November 2024
Job Ref: 051024

Interested in taking practical action to help address some of the major sustainability challenges we face today?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Carbon Reduction and Sustainability Officer to help the University of Surrey improve its sustainability across a range of topics, from carbon and climate change to biodiversity and circular economy activity.

This role offers a great step to develop your career in sustainability, working with, and learning from, a team of experienced professionals.

Role & Responsibilities

Working for the Energy Manager, you’ll be tasked with identifying carbon reduction projects, auditing buildings to find energy saving opportunities, writing business cases and helping to implement measures to help meet the University’s Net Zero Carbon goals. You will work closely with The Senior Controls Engineer (within the sustainability team).

The role will be an active one, walking the various campuses, accessing a variety of different spaces to enable full investigation of energy saving projects.

You will also be key in helping to deliver energy and sustainability projects and programs, such as the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) across the University, the water conservation program and behaviour change campaigns for energy.

Other responsibilities include:

  • Reviewing and analysing data, to help identify where energy is being wasted.
  • Undertaking energy audits of buildings to identify carbon reduction projects, evaluating the carbon and financial return of these projects.
  • Developing business cases for carbon reduction projects with the help of the Energy Manager and Head of Sustainability.
  • Helping the Energy Manager and Head of Sustainability to implement carbon reduction projects.
  • Gathering sustainability data, liaising with teams from across the University, and using the data to support annual reporting cycles and monitoring and targeting. 
  • With the support of the Energy Manager, learning to using the Building Management System in conjunction with the measuring and targeting (sub-metering platform) to identify and tackle energy waste. 
  • Helping the wider sustainability team implement sustainability projects across a broad range of topics from water and waste to procurement and behaviour change. 
  • Supporting the Head of Sustainability with the delivery of a Scope 3 carbon reduction plan and climate adaptation initiatives.

What’s in it for you?

There is a real opportunity to make a difference, not only in improving facilities for a world leading academic institution but in addressing climate change and wider sustainability issues.

Our buildings reflect the wide range of science, engineering, health and arts provision, contributing to both regional and national communities and economies.

Surrey is an amazing place to work, and we are carefully crafting a dynamic, flexible, and fun place to work and thrive.

Our campus is a beautiful, leafy environment with carefully designed gardens, vibrant green playing fields, and a picturesque lake. With the buzz of student life & superb working facilities, the University is a global community of ideas & people, dedicated to life-changing education and research in an inspiring, innovative, and diverse environment.

Alongside our gorgeous campus setting, collegiate on-site atmosphere and plentiful development opportunities we also offer:

  • 35 days holiday (20 days annual leave + 7 University Closure Days + Bank Holidays)
  • Additional day of leave per year of service for 5 years
  • Highly competitive pension
  • Relevant training & development
  • Flexible and hybrid working
  • On-site discounted nursery/childcare
  • Electric vehicle leasing scheme
  • Discounted Surrey Sports Park membership

Further Information

For more information or to be considered for the role, please apply via the University Website.

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