Senior Engineer

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Reference number

466528

Salary

£49,452 \- £62,699
London: £52,397 \- £62,699

Cardiff / Glasgow: £49,452 \- £58,519

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A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Other
Level 2b### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

Delivery \& Schemes, Audit \& Compliance### Type of role

Engineering### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Part\-time### Number of jobs available

1
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Successful candidates may be based in any of our office locations – Cardiff, Glasgow, or London. We especially welcome applicants from Cardiff and Glasgow.About the job
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Job summary

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. Our purpose is to protect energy consumers, especially vulnerable people, by ensuring they are treated fairly and benefit from a cleaner, greener environment.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join our Delivery and Schemes directorate within Audit \& Compliance. This is your chance to play a key role in supporting the delivery of renewable electricity schemes.

You’ll provide expert engineering and technical support across Ofgem, contributing to renewable electricity schemes through accreditation, compliance and audit processes. Your work will support robust, evidence\-based decision\-making and ensure schemes are delivered in line with their rules and obligations.

In this role, you will provide high\-quality and timely engineering advice on participant applications, amendments to accreditation, and compliance investigations. You will contribute engineering expertise to the development and reform of renewable electricity schemes and associated policy.

You’ll work with internal teams to translate technical engineering concepts into clear, practical advice for non\-technical audiences, supporting decision\-making across operations, compliance and policy. You will also design and deliver technical training to large and diverse audiences, building understanding of engineering requirements relevant to scheme delivery.

Maintaining professional development will be important in this role, including staying up to date with changes to technical standards and advancements in renewable electricity technology impacting scheme delivery.

You’ll engage with external stakeholders, including government departments, industry bodies and scheme participants, and represent Ofgem at meetings, conferences and events, clearly communicating technical positions.

This role offers the opportunity to apply your engineering expertise to support the effective delivery of renewable electricity schemes and contribute to positive outcomes for consumers.

Join us and help shape the future of energy in the UK.

Job description

You will be someone who:

• Is educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline or has equivalent industry experience.


• Has experience applying engineering expertise in an advisory or analytical capacity, particularly where complex electricity\-related issues need to be interpreted and explained to others.


• Is able to translate technical engineering concepts into clear, practical advice for non\-technical audiences, supporting decision\-making across operations, compliance or policy.


• Has strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build understanding and confidence in engineering decisions across a wide range of stakeholders.


• Enjoys using engineering knowledge to support others and influence decisions.


• Has an interest in the energy sector and is motivated by achieving positive outcomes for consumers, supporting Ofgem’s role in delivering a fair, sustainable and secure net zero energy system.


• Contributes to a positive and inclusive working environment, valuing diversity of thought, experience and background while supporting colleagues to deliver high\-quality outcomes.

Ofgem delivers renewable energy schemes and social programmes on behalf of government – this is done through the Delivery and Schemes Directorate (D\&S). These schemes are varied – covering renewable heat, renewable electricity, energy efficiency and fuel poverty – collectively, they are worth £12bn a year. And crucially, these schemes are critical to hitting our Net Zero goals and providing support for households.

Through our efforts, we ensure that both consumers and participants receive the necessary support without imposing undue costs on consumers and taxpayers. A crucial element of this is guaranteeing that payments made under government schemes are accessible to participating generators and installations that meet and continue to adhere to the rules and obligations of these schemes.

The successful candidate will be deployed to support work in our Renewable Electricity Participant Compliance team (REPC) and Renewable Electricity Operations team.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing high quality and timely engineering advice on Participant applications for (and amendments to) accreditation and compliance investigations under the Renewable Electricity schemes.


• Delivering training across D\&S to large and diverse non\-technical audiences, focused on engineering requirements relevant to renewable electricity scheme delivery (operations and compliance).


• Maintaining professional development, staying abreast of changes to technical standards and advancements in renewable electricity technology impacting scheme delivery.

• Provide technical expertise to support accreditation, audit, and compliance processes and decisions, ensuring outcomes are robust, evidence\-based, and defensible.


• Contribute engineering expertise to the development and reform of renewable electricity schemes and associated policy.


• Design and deliver technical training to large and diverse non\-technical audiences, building understanding of engineering requirements across D\&S.


• Represent Ofgem at external meetings, conferences and events, clearly communicating Ofgem’s position on relevant technical issues.

Internal

• Workstream and Portfolio Managers


• Audit \& Compliance Team Managers


• Operations Team Managers


• Professional Development Leads


• HR


• Legal and policy teams

• Other Government Departments including but not limited to DESNZ, GIAA and NAO


• Scheme participants


• Industry bodies including, but not limited to, Energy UK, Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), certification bodies

Person specification

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly within your personal statement, how you meet each of the Essential and Desirable criteria below (not more than 1250 words).

Essential Criteria:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline (electrical, environmental, renewable or similar) or equivalent industry experience


• Relevant experience in electricity generation or wider power systems (e.g. commissioning, transmission, distribution or renewable energy) with the ability to apply this knowledge to renewable electricity schemes


• Expertise in both quantitative and qualitative analysis


• Proven track record of delivering complex engineering projects to challenging timescales


• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills including the ability to explain technical issues to non\-technical audiences

• Chartered Engineer (holds the qualifications to progress towards gaining registration)


• Experience of Renewable Energy generation and battery storage


• Knowledge of government’s renewable electricity schemes including the Renewables Obligation

Qualifications

Educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline (electrical, environmental, renewable or similar) or equivalent industry experience### Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving


• Communicating and Influencing


• Making Effective Decisions


• Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary of £49,452, OFGEM contributes £14,326 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but this is kept under review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050\. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.Things you need to know
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