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Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s 5-year Strategy of Growth? Vital Energi are excited to announce that we’re looking for an experienced and driven Senior Energy Performance Engineer to join our Solutions team, at our Head Office, Blackburn. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in enhancing the performance of both existing and new energy projects, ensuring that complex energy generation, distribution and control systems achieve maximum efficiency and value. Working across multidisciplinary teams, you will combine technical expertise, analytical thinking and commercial awareness to identify optimisation opportunities, influence future designs and contribute to the delivery of industry-leading energy performance outcomes for our clients. • Liaise with customers and attend customer sites to undertake in-depth surveys of the energy generation systems (power/heating/cooling), HVAC equipment and associated energy distribution infrastructures in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the system equipment and system operation., • Reviewing and analysing data collected on site, by creating a Digital Twin using state of the art hydronic optimisation tools e.g. Hysopt, IES, etc., • Taking a data led approach to gain insights from Digital Twin outputs and site operational data using tools such as Power BI, • Leveraging the vast amount of data collected by various systems using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence techniques, • Develop technical reports on specific issues identified, particularly if common to multiple projects, to feedback to design development teams as lessons learnt to build into design specifications / strategies to avoid future issues occurring., • Liaise with the Operations and Maintenance (O&M), Energy Control Systems (ECS) and Commissioning Teams for the purposes of gathering site specific information where required, • Produce conceptual ideas, designs and works specifications for the required optimisation works to be further developed by Development Engineering, ECM, BMS and other design / development teams within Vital Energi., • Develop detailed business cases and liaise with the Head of Design Optimisation to provide cost benefit analysis for commercial evaluation of potential improvement works and manage associated opportunities pipeline., • Technical review of optimisation works proposals once received., • Support Head of Design Optimisation in developing and writing formal proposals and bid submissions, including writing technical descriptions of works and modes of operations of equipment., • Collaborate with the company’s engineering design teams and project construction teams to ensure optimisation projects are designed and constructed to deliver the company’s obligations in respect of any performance obligations., • Provide guidance to relevant teams (such as Subject Matter Experts) to develop and regularly update robust specification templates for key plant and equipment to ensure the most suitable equipment available is specified / procured, including required information / data to model performance., • Qualified to Degree / HND / HNC level in an engineering discipline, • Knowledge of the following is essential:, • energy generation/distribution/HVAC systems within large public sector and private sector installations, • carbon reduction systems/technologies, • hydraulic/hydronic optimisation, including software such as Hysopt, • Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time‑limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Remote based - UK wide travel to clients This role is ideal for candidates with proven experience as a Head of Process Engineering or Head of Capex in food manufacturing, beverage, or pharmaceutical sectors, seeking to establish a new entity for a food construction company. Reporting to the Business Director, you will lead and develop the company's process engineering function from inception. You will ensure the successful design, integration, commissioning, and optimisation of process systems within food manufacturing and industrial environments. This role provides technical leadership throughout all project stages, from concept and feasibility to detailed design, installation, commissioning, and operational handover. This position serves as the company's technical authority for process engineering, ensuring all solutions meet client requirements, food safety standards, regulatory obligations, and operational performance expectations. You will also support business growth, innovation, and profitability. To apply, you must have a degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Food Engineering, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent qualifications. Chartered Engineer status, or progress toward it, is desirable. A minimum of 10 years' experience in a process engineering or Capex role, ideally within food manufacturing, beverage, pharmaceutical, or dairy companies, is required. You should have significant experience designing and delivering complex process systems and production facilities, and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams (including Process Engineers, Process Design Engineers, Commissioning Engineers, Process CAD/Design Technicians, Specialist Process Contractors, and Consultants). Experience supporting major capital projects from concept to commissioning is essential, as is demonstrable experience managing technical resources, budgets, and stakeholder relationships. • Strong leadership and people management capability., • Excellent operational and project management skills., • Strategic thinker with strong commercial awareness., • Effective problem-solving and decision-making abilities., • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills., • Strong organisational and planning skills., • Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment., • High attention to quality, safety, and operational detail., • Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management systems., • SMSTS (or equivalent management-level H&S qualification)., • CSCS Management Card., • IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH Certificate., • HACCP Awareness., • First Aid at Work., • Food Manufacturing and Hygiene Training (desirable) #J-18808-Ljbffr