Street Lighting Asset and Energy Officer

Street Lighting Asset and Energy Officer

Location: Congleton

Contract Type: Permanent

This role is responsible for managing and optimising street lighting energy consumption and asset performance, ensuring full compliance with statutory requirements while driving cost efficiency and supporting the organisation's sustainability goals.

You will monitor energy usage, maintain accurate asset records, and coordinate maintenance and improvement programmes that enhance public safety and environmental performance.

Role

• Energy Management: Monitor and analyse street lighting energy use to identify savings and efficiency opportunities, ensure accurate billing, and support carbon reduction in line with sustainability targets.
• Asset Management: Maintain and update the street lighting asset database, coordinating inspections and audits to ensure accuracy, functionality, and compliance.
• Compliance and Standards: Ensure all assets meet statutory requirements and codes of practice, preparing reports for audits and liaising with the highways team on energy and compliance matters.
• Project Support: Contribute to improvement projects such as LED upgrades and smart technology initiatives, providing technical advice to colleagues, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Respond to public and internal enquiries, collaborate with highways teams and external partners, and undertake other duties as required to support service delivery.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of street lighting systems, energy management principles, and asset management practices.
• Understanding of MPANs, UMSOs, DNO and IDNO energy compliance.
• Street lighting asset management and energy management experience is essential.
• Knowledge of different lighting management systems (e.g., Confirm, Mayrise, Central Management Systems).
• Knowledge of UMSUG and Elexon.

Benefits

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through the "RJ Rewards" app, including restaurants, holidays, days out, etc.
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, we provide road network management solutions to local governments, combining engineering capability, innovation and customer care. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights, delivering safe, sustainable service excellence.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.

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