About Fingal County Council

Fingal is a highly attractive place to live, work, visit and do business. It comprises a geographical area of 450 sq.km stretching from Balbriggan in the north, to Blanchardstown in the west and to Howth in the east. The area is defined by the diversity of its landscape and settlement patterns with rural, urban and suburban locations all rolled into one county. There is 88kms of coastline, three large protected estuaries and salt marsh habitats and 13 major beaches. Fingal County Council is one of the county’s major local employers and currently employs approximately 1,600 staff. The Council is mandated to deliver a diverse range of functions and services which can be broadly described under the headings of the provision of physical and social infrastructure, housing, economic and tourism development, community development, recreation and amenity services and the management of the planning and environmental regulatory framework. The role of the County Council as provided for in law is to represent, lead and serve the communities of Fingal.

The Role

The Energy Manager will play a key role in the Local Authority Energy Team as Energy Coordinator. Reporting to the Energy Performance Officer, the Energy Manager will support Significant Energy Users by providing technical and operational support in managing and maintaining the Energy Management System, ISO50001:2018.

Duties
 
The Energy Manager may be required to undertake the following duties and any other duties that may be required to assist delivery of the Local Authority energy management services or as directed by the Energy Performance Officer:

• Act as lead Auditor for ISO50001 Energy Management System.
• Provide on-going support to Executive Management in the development of the Local Authority energy strategy with periodic review of energy policy, energy manual and an energy review presentation to Executive Management on an annual basis.
• Coordinate the preparation of energy reviews, generation of Display Energy Certification for Local Authority premises, development of annual work programmes by identifying potential energy efficiency and low-carbon projects and working with Executive Management and the Energy Team to bring them to reality.
• Keep the Local Authority up-to-date with energy efficiency and renewable energy developments, policy goals and legal obligations for the Public Sector.
• Liaise directly with the SEAI to fulfil the Local Authority annual Monitoring and Reporting (M&R) requirements.
• Assist in the implementation and management of the Local Authority existing Energy Performance Contracts. Identify and develop any opportunities for future EPCs.
• Undertake or organise BER assessments of Local Authority premises.

Further information is available in the Candidate Information Booklet available on our website