Portfolio Manager (Transformation)
Grade: 6.1
Salary: in the region of £50,000 plus annual bonus (20%), car allowance and other Veolia benefits
Location: Hybrid – London Head office N1 9JY
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It’s why we’re looking for someone who is just as committed as we are to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.
What we can offer you:
- Access to our enhanced company pension scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Company car or allowance £6,600 per annum
- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health, so you can lean on us whenever you need to
- 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
What you’ll be doing:
- Take ownership of Veolia’s existing Capacity Market activities, generating £ms per year, and manage all steps of the process with strong attention to detail and adherence to strict deadlines.
- Operate with a high degree of freedom in defining and refining the scope of portfolio activities, with regular steering meetings with the Head of Flexibility to align direction and set objectives.
- Develop and maintain a robust understanding of energy market direction and the evolving role of flexibility services, translating this into actionable strategies and pilot projects with defined KPIs.
- Be responsible for asset registration with relevant flexibility services and ensuring ongoing compliance with participation rules, including instrumentation and data logging requirements.
- Maintain close and regular interaction with Veolia Business Units involved in and impacted by flexibility services – including Energy Markets, IWE, Treatment, Commercial, and Municipal – engaging at all levels from operations managers through to directors.
- Engage with other Veolia zones and Veolia Group to share and promote best practice in flexibility and portfolio management.
- Represent Veolia UK in workshops and forums with TSOs, DSOs, and wider market stakeholders, contributing to Veolia’s external profile in the flexibility space.
- Act as the primary operational and technical point of contact for clients throughout onboarding, project delivery, and ongoing operations, ensuring high service quality and long‑term client satisfaction.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve processes for asset performance tracking, aggregator performance monitoring, risk evaluation, potential assessment, contract management, and regulatory compliance.
What we’re looking for:
Essential:
- Thorough experience in energy markets, operations, engineering, data, or other technical/regulated environments.
- Strong analytical mindset and a solid interest in power systems and market mechanisms.
- Experience working at the intersection of clients, markets, and technical systems in fast‑moving environments.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Good understanding of energy markets, power systems, or regulated environments.
- Ability to work with data and modelling tools (e.g. Excel, SQL, Python, Grafana or similar).
- Interest in market mechanisms and energy regulation; knowledge of ancillary services is a plus. Operational knowledge of capacity markets is a huge addition.
- Good understanding of fundamentals of flexibility markets.
Desirable:
- Degree in a numerically relevant discipline (i.e. mathematics, engineering, economics).
- Specific modelling and technical skills in energy markets.
- Knowledge and comfort with modelling in Python, utilising Databricks, Grafana, Power BI or other analytical tools.
We are committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long‑term condition who opt‑in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
Job Posting End Date: 31-05-2026
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