Head of Engineering and Energy Management

Permanent

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of engineering and energy management across Hartpury’s diverse campus.

As Head of Engineering and Energy Management, you will oversee our mechanical, electrical and building-services infrastructure, helping to ensure that the campus remains safe, efficient, compliant and resilient. You will also play a central role in delivering our sustainability and carbon-reduction ambitions, including the development of renewable-energy and low-carbon projects.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across Estates, Health and Safety, Sustainability, Finance and academic departments, you will provide technical expertise and trusted advice to. to help create a safe, sustainable and high-performing environment for students, staff and visitors.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the strategic and operational management of engineering, mechanical and electrical services across a diverse educational estate
• Ensure campus infrastructure remains safe, efficient, statutory compliant and resilient, supporting both day to day operations, business continuity and future developments.
• Oversee asset management, lifecycle investment programmes to improve the performance and longevity of building services systems
• Provide expert technical expertise and clear, evidence based advice on engineering, energy and infrastructure matters
• Developing and delivering  of capital projects, including renewable energy and low carbon technologies
• Manage utilities, energy performance and consumption, identifying opportunities for efficiency improvements, decarbonisation and delivery of cost savings

The role will also participate in an on-call rota to support the response to urgent engineering and infrastructure matters outside normal working hours.

About You 

You will bring substantial experience of building services, energy systems or infrastructure within a complex operational environment. You will be comfortable combining technical knowledge with effective communication and collaborative working.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• A commitment to sustainability, carbon reduction and delivering a high standard of service.
• Expertise in statutory compliance, health and safety and risk management within an estates, property or engineering environment.  
• The ability to drive innovation based on data and technical analysis.
• Customer focused, proactive and solutions oriented with a commitment to delivering high standards of service

We offer a fantastic package of staff benefits including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme: Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Employee Discounts Scheme
• Onsite fitness facilities
• Support for continuous professional development
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme, launching in 2026
• Access to free seasonal events on campus
• Shuttle bus to Gloucester available, pay per use

About Us

Hartpury University and Hartpury College are among the UK’s leading specialist education providers in agriculture, animal, equine, sport and veterinary nursing. Located in Gloucestershire, Hartpury University and Hartpury College sit side-by-side on a beautiful 360-hectare campus. We provide world-class facilities to more than 4,500 university and college-level students studying undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, A-levels and diplomas, as well as undertaking industry research. The University is rated top 10 in the UK for Teaching Quality (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025) and has 97% graduate employability, whilst the College is rated Ofsted Outstanding in all areas.  Our passionate, innovative business culture and strong support networks make Hartpury an exceptional place to develop professionally and progress your career.

At Hartpury, we’re committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace – a place where we can all be ourselves and everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively welcome applications from ethnically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQI+ communities and disabled candidates. We offer an interview to any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria for the role. We’ll also ensure fair treatment and provide reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process for anyone who needs them. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion we offer a range of inclusive policies, flexible working arrangements and a multi-faith space to support staff from different backgrounds. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.  All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks. 

For further information and to apply online please click on the Apply Now button or call the number to the right of this advert to request documents by post.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

It is our policy that we do not notify candidates who have been unsuccessful with their application. Therefore if you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, we regret that you have not been successful on this occasion.