Interim Contract Manager (energy/utilities)

Tristone Nash

TristoneNash are supporting an organisation in their search for an interim consultant to oversee and manage the contract for electricity and gas for over 130 General Fund Assets, circa 5000+ houses and streetlighting.

This role sits inside IR35 and you are expected to be site based a minimum of two days per week.

Job role:

• Procurement of new Energy Broker from March 2026, including creation of scope and identifying the right framework to use and carrying out the procurement process.
• Collect and analyse data for planning and forecasting, to include the benchmarking of consumption and monitor performance against market and other local authorities. Set and monitor KPI for contracts.
• Produce reports and provide yearly business cases for political approval for expenditure in for the next financial year. Provide monthly updates on spend and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Identify, develop and implement risk and opportunities management strategies along with mitigation measures.
• Work closely with Housing, Property and Sustainability departments to ensure that the list of properties is up to date and that any changes are reflected in the contracts. Ensure that any disconnections are undertaken and the costs passed on to the relevant teams.
• Production of an energy strategy for the next 5 years.
• Oversee the expenditure of circa 3.5m ensuring that billing is correct and challenged where appropriate.
• Procure a new Water Contract ensuring that this delivers best value and on terms that meets the councils needs.

Experience required:

• Previously overseen and managed large and complex energy projects that are spread over multiple contracts
• Has run an energy procurement tender exercise within the public sector
• Modelled data to ensure accuracy of usage and cost

Please get in touch if this role is of interest.