Careers at Energy & Utility Skills Group
Careers at Energy & Utility Skills Group
Join us and help shape the workforce that keeps the UK’s essential services running. Our work supports the organisations that provide energy, water, waste and environmental services to every home and business.
Be part of a team that connects people, skills, and opportunity across a sector vital to daily life and the economy.
If you’d like to discuss any of the opportunities with our team or to speak about work experience, please email HR@euskills.co.uk.
External Quality Assurer
Are you passionate about quality, safety and raising standards in the vocational training and education sector? Looking for your next opportunity in a meaningful, forward thinking organisation?
Join Energy & Environment Awards – a recently established, Ofqual regulated awarding organisation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Energy & Utility Skills Group. We deliver end point assessments, regulated qualifications and EUSR – the sector’s register of skills and industry recognised training programmes.
About the role
As an External Quality Assurer (EQA), you’ll play a vital role in maintaining high standards across our Approved Providers and Trainers by:
- Ensuring centres comply with our robust approval criteria
- Providing information, advice and guidance before and after centre approval
- Supporting quality through audit reports, monitoring and best practice sharing
- Identifying opportunities for new or endorsed training programmes
To be successful in this role, you will have recent experience of working in the vocational education or training sector, ideally within an awarding or professional body as an EQA, or training provider as an IQA. You will also hold an existing EQA or IQA qualification and be experienced in undertaking training related audits.
Additionally, this is a home-based role as we would ideally like to hear from candidates based in the North East or South of England, in line with the locations of many of our training providers.
How to apply: Please visit our recruitment partner, Peridot Partner, website by clicking here.
Alternatively, if you have any questions about the role or would like to arrange a confidential discussion, please contact our advising consultant at Peridot Partners, Polly@peridotparners.co.uk
Closing date for all applications: Friday 10 October 2025
Non-Executive Director
Energy & Utility Skills is seeking to appoint an exceptional Non-Executive Director to join our Board.
We are looking for a Non-Executive Director who can offer:
- Independence of mind to influence within a commercial SME environment.
- Impartiality to act in the best interests of the organisation.
- Time and commitment to be part of the development of Energy & Utility Skills.
With a strategy that builds on our success and reflects our clear role in meeting the skills challenges and opportunities facing our industries, and with the recent establishment of our new awarding organisation, Energy & Environment Awards, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Energy & Utility Skills.
Our recruitment partner, Douglas Jackson, will be managing all applications for the role. If you have any questions about the role or would like to apply, please contact Holly Beeston: Holly@douglas-jackson.com
Closing date for all applications: Friday 29 September 2025.
Qualifications Development Lead (Maternity cover)
Working across the product lifecycle, the Qualifications Development Lead supports the Product Manager in the development, review and continuous improvement of our schemes and programmes to meet the needs of a sector that will play a key role in the delivery of the UK’s net zero targets.
Although our schemes and programmes are not regulated, we align our processes with Ofqual’s Conditions of Recognition where relevant and collaborate closely with employers and key stakeholders in our sector, including training providers and industry groups, to ensure the content, and assessments, are valid and relevant.
The Qualifications Development Lead will ensure all product milestones and deadlines are met through pro-active project management of developments, including the recruitment and management of third-party Associates involved the development process.
Working as part of a small team, this role will also involve a variety of administrative tasks and duties associated with product and service development, including associated support materials.
Closing Date: Friday 5 September 2025
How to apply: Our recruitment partner, Peridot Partners, will be managing all applications for the role. To apply, please visit Peridot’s dedicated website by clicking here.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Paloma Zamora, Recruitment Consultant at Peridot Partners.
Independent End-Point Assessor
We are looking for experienced Independent End-Point Assessors to support our Energy & Utilities Independent Assessment Service (EUIAS) deliver the Level 3 Gas Network Craftsperson Apprenticeship, on a freelance basis, across the following pathways:
- Network maintenance Craftsperson (Electrical & Instrumentation)
- Network Maintenance Craftsperson (Pressure Management)
- Network Pipelines Maintenance Craftsperson
- Emergency Response Craftsperson
We are specifically interested in hearing from candidates who are occupationally competent within the Electrical & Instrumentation and Emergency Response pathways.
Equal Opportunites
Energy & Utility Skills is committed to equal opportunities and actively promotes a diverse and inclusive working environment. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, our recruitment processes include accommodations for candidates with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions, such as providing alternative formats and extra time for assessments.
For further information about the accessibility of our recruitment processes or for assistance in your application to work with us, please contact the HR team on 0121 713 8233 or email us at HR@euskills.co.uk
What you can Expect
If you are successful during the recruitment process, all new colleagues can expect a thorough supported induction programme. This programme is designed to introduce and familiarise new colleagues with each department within the business and allows the opportunity to ask questions, raise concerns or identify any further support/resources you may need to make you feel comfortable and supported in your new role with us.
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