RESP Technical Lead - South West of England

Join to apply for the RESP Technical Lead - South West of England role at National Energy System Operator

RESP Technical Lead - South West of England

1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Join to apply for the RESP Technical Lead - South West of England role at National Energy System Operator

Title: RESP Technical Lead - South West of England

Location:

Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA

Division: NESO Talent & Capability

Job Type: Full Time

Requisition Number: 68450

Department: ESO

Job Function: Strategy

Description:

About The Role

National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

The UK has committed to reaching net zero by 2050, and the energy industry is transforming to meet that goal. The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has been given a new and exciting responsibility: acting as the Regional Energy Strategic Planner (RESP) for Great Britain. RESP will coordinate the development of the distribution energy system, enabling confident, long-term investment that supports a whole-system, place-based approach to decarbonisation.

Our South West team work with other NESO teams and organisations at a local level including local government and gas and electricity networks, in developing RESP. Our current focuses include developing a transitional RESP, and our enduring methodology for future RESPs.

The purpose of this job is to be a RESP Technical Lead. You will apply your technical energy and system planning understanding and skill in leading engagement with technical audiences and coordinating technical and data interfaces in developing RESPs.

This is a unique opportunity to shape how data is used to drive local energy transformation—combining technical expertise with stakeholder engagement to deliver real-world impact.

This role will begin as home-based but will transition to the South West office upon opening in the future. We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements, but having an understanding and lived experience of the South West will be key.

About Us

The creation of National Energy System Operator (NESO) is driven by an urgent need to unify and optimise our approach to energy. A more integrated and coordinated strategy is needed to meet the unprecedented challenges of climate change, ensuring secure energy supply, and keeping costs manageable for consumers.

Join us and empower your potential, energise our team, and be part of something bigger.

Your energy, our future, together.

About The National Energy System Operator (NESO)

In Autumn of 2024, the ESO transitioned to National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator is the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain’s electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.

The ESO, including all of its existing roles, are now at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users’ need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.

The organisation is set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest. As was the ESO, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.

The time to deliver is now. As part of our team, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

Key Accountabilities

• Take ownership and understand technical specific aspects of your region’s energy system planning inputs into developing the RESP including the interfaces with local and national data, central RESP methodology and assumptions.
• Develop, consult and then implement parts of the RESP methodology within your region relating to gaining, validating and balancing technical and spatial planning energy inputs.
• Take ownership of obtaining and validating regional geospatial energy inputs, coordinating with the central team.
• Work in a matrix style structure within the wider regional energy strategic planning team to ensure work your leading upon is coordinated with other regional and central RESP teams.
• Represent NESO’s regional energy planning function to energy system planners and energy leads within local government, gas and electricity networks, and other local actors.
• Understand, engage and gain required and beneficial inputs from stakeholders in developing the RESP to the prescribed methodology; being able to clearly communicate and propose changes, where needed, to key assumptions
• Work with the central team in developing geospatial visualisations to support regional insights and communicating to stakeholders key changes in the energy system
• Create new ways to analyse and present problems and potential solutions, sometimes building on the work and experience of others to quickly develop sufficient understanding of unfamiliar topics in developing the RESP.
  
  

• Technical experience within and knowledge of the energy sector including of energy scenarios.
• Understanding of the ‘whole energy’ system – with experience in one of the energy vectors (gas and/or electricity networks, heat decarbonisation, hydrogen, transport decarbonisation, storage/flex etc).
• Experience of working with or within energy distribution and/or transmission companies.
• Knowledge and experience of geospatial data modelling, ideally applied in energy planning, including knowledge of data management procedures.
• Understanding and experience of applying common methods and assumptions and validation of data.
• Ability to translate complex and technical information into easily understandable messaging for non-technical audiences.
• Project management, coordination and planning skills to ensure that deadlines are met, governance is adhered to, stakeholders are effectively engaged and high-quality process and outputs are achieved.
• Training and development of the team will be a key priority as we set up RESP. Successful individuals may be asked to help train other team members and also have the opportunity to be trained on less familiar areas.
  
  

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximise your potential along your career journey.
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table.
• Generous Total Rewards Plan – comprising of health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits.
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Utilities

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at National Energy System Operator by 2x

Get notified about new Lead Technician jobs in Warwick, England, United Kingdom.

[KOTRA London] Global Talent Pool: Careers in South Korea's High-Tech Industries

Brackley, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Senior Pharmacy Technician (aseptics and clinical trials)

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Lutterworth, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Technical Due Diligence & Fund Monitoring Lead

Technical Team Leader (Residential Conveyancing)

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Technical Due Diligence & Fund Monitoring Lead

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Senior Technical Underwriter - Specialty

Wythall, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Wythall, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Lead Garage and Infrastructure Technician

Banbury, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Warwick, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Warwick, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Redditch, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Materials Technician Apprentice (Level 3) - Balfour Beatty VINCI

Kenilworth, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Materials Technician Apprentice (Level 3) - Balfour Beatty VINCI

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Daventry, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.