Are you ready to take on the responsibility for utility performance for the whole of Heathrow — this is a leadership role overseeing the area that fuels the heartbeat of one of the world’s busiest airports. Heathrow is a mini city with an exciting and complex infrastructure.
As the custodian of one of the significant budgets at the airport, your role is crucial in delivering the plan for water and waste management, setting the course for reduced energy consumption and a greener future. Your strategic acumen will guide Heathrow’s journey towards a sustainable future, making this role a cornerstone in our commitment to environmental stewardship.
- As a key member of the senior management team, you will be accountable for the end-to-end strategic management of our comprehensive utilities budget. Your decisions will directly influence our trajectory toward meeting and exceeding our Heathrow 2.0 sustainability targets.
- Craft and oversee mid to long-term financial strategies for energy costs, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Develop mid and long-term energy cost budgets, to drive continuous improvement, ensuring financial efficiency.
- Engage and influence across all operational areas to champion lower energy usage, leveraging your technical expertise to meet and surpass our regulative commitments.
- Lead and encourage a team of professionals against clear programme activities and benefits to identify opportunities.
- Cultivate and manage key relationships, collaborating with teams across Carbon and Solutions to sculpt strategies that push the boundaries of innovation and performance.
- A qualified engineer or holder of a technical qualification, complemented by a robust understanding of energy systems.
- An accomplished leader with an impressive track record of steering teams and managing complex stakeholder relationships to drive business improvement and change.
- A strategic thinker and problem solver, adept at synthesizing technical data into actionable, forward-thinking strategies.
- An inspirational figure with a compelling vision for the future, skilled in rallying teams to achieve excellence and sustainability.
Ideally, you'll also have:
- A history of advocating for best practices within the utilities sector.
- Transferable expertise in asset management, systems analysis, and improvement methodologies.
#LI-Hybrid
There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working Location
Our agile approach offers the opportunity to combine home working with meetings, events and training at the airport. All roles involve some on-site working each week, so you’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With four diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
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