Operational Assurance Analyst presso Low Carbon Contracts Company
Low Carbon Contracts Company · Leeds, Regno Unito · Hybrid
- Junior
- Ufficio in Leeds
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: circa £48,000 depending on experience
Location: Leeds
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Lead Operational Assurance Manager
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
Role Summary:
The Operational Assurance Metering team is responsible for ensuring that counterparties meet their contractual metering obligations and maintain ongoing compliance with both regulatory and contractual standards. The team reviews and approves metering evidence during the commissioning phase and throughout the contract lifecycle, supported by a dedicated technical advisory service.
The Metering Assurance Analyst plays a key role in reviewing and supporting meter-related milestones within the CfD contract, particularly those linked to the Operational Conditions Precedent (OCP). The role focuses on assuring site configurations and contributes to building the organisation’s capability to support emerging technologies and future operational requirements. This work underpins the effective management of meter compliance across a diverse portfolio.
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
Role Summary:
The Operational Assurance Metering team is responsible for ensuring that counterparties meet their contractual metering obligations and maintain ongoing compliance with both regulatory and contractual standards. The team reviews and approves metering evidence during the commissioning phase and throughout the contract lifecycle, supported by a dedicated technical advisory service.
The Metering Assurance Analyst plays a key role in reviewing and supporting meter-related milestones within the CfD contract, particularly those linked to the Operational Conditions Precedent (OCP). The role focuses on assuring site configurations and contributes to building the organisation’s capability to support emerging technologies and future operational requirements. This work underpins the effective management of meter compliance across a diverse portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in reviewing metering documentation submitted by generators, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
- Help maintain trackers and dashboards to monitor contract compliance.
- Support Scheme Delivery colleagues with metering-related queries to help ensure contractual milestones are met on time
- Collaborate with technical advisory services to conduct thorough reviews of technical documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with contractual and regulatory standards.
- Maintain accurate records/dashboards to support compliance tracking and reporting, regularly updating stakeholders on compliance status and escalating issues as needed.
Accountabilities:
- Process and review technical documentation for CfD sites, escalating more complex issues to the Operational Assurance Manager where required.
- Contribute to the maintenance and improvement of internal and external guidance materials, ensuring clarity and consistency.
- Act as a go-to contact for Contract Managers, providing support on metering and milestone-related matters.
- Contribute to the development of metering assurance processes and documentation, identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Engage with stakeholders across Scheme Delivery and Technical Advisory teams to ensure metering obligations are understood and met.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- 0-12 months experience working in metering/ utilities or similar
And/Or
- Bachelors Degree in a STEM subject or alternative showing analytical thinking, problem-solving, or technical understanding relevant to the role.
Key Skills
- Organisational Skills: this role will manage metering obligations for multiple different contracts at once as well as multiple different stakeholders. Maintaining an organised system is key to being an effective service to the business.
- Ability to understand complex concepts and discuss with stakeholders at different levels of understanding.
- Ambition to deliver excellence across government support schemes.
- Be a team player, with strong interpersonal skills, working collaboratively towards a shared vision for the future.
Employee Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:
- Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
- 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
- Up to 8% pension contribution
- Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
- Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
- Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
- Three paid volunteering days a year
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
- Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
- Employee resource groups
