Utilities and Sustainability Officer

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Utilities and Sustainability Officer to develop and implement action plans to reduce the environmental impact of the organisation’s activities both current and future, in accordance with local and national statutory and regulatory targets.
These services must be delivered in a safe, effective and affordable manner and will require working with staff at all levels within the organization, outside agencies such as Environmental Health, local Councils, service providers, sector experts and members of the public. The post holder will have high levels of autonomy and the ability to act independently on areas within their fields of expertise.
Key to the role is the ability to refine regulations into workable policies and procedures, to provide advice and guidance on them and training/education to implement best practice across the whole of the organization. The post holder will provide advice to the Trust on local, national and global strategies and legislation regarding Energy, sustainability and climate change; including keeping abreast of new research, targets and initiative
To work across the Trust to deliver the Energy and sustainability agenda inside and outside the area of estates and facilities, working with colleagues in Procurement, ICT, Pharmacy, third party partners and all other relevant departments.
To communicate environmental performance and raise awareness of the organisation’s impacts to staff and stakeholders as appropriate.
To implement the organisation’s sustainable development strategy to improve the environmental performance of the estate/organisation and reduce the environmental impact of the organisation’s activities.
To contribute to, maintain and promote the organisation’s Sustainability Development Management Plan, energy/sustainability agenda and other plans or policies relating to environmental management.
To represent the Trust on local and regional energy and sustainability groups as required.
Monitor the Trust’s utilities and sustainability performance, in line with national targets and the Trust sustainability agenda, in order to benchmark Trust performance. Work with Estates and Compliance colleagues to undertake annual reporting activities and provide KPI reports on key environmental indicators as required.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
For further information regarding this opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.