Utility Connex

🔔New job alert: Business Development Manager - EHV 📍Location: UK based, field-based role 💵 Salary: Competitive basic + uncapped commission + excellent benefits Our client is seeking a proven Business Development Manager with strong EHV experience across electricity connections, ICP delivery models, DNO networks and complex infrastructure schemes. This is a key role for a commercially sharp, strategic and relationship-led BDM who understands how EHV and wider electricity connection projects are shaped, procured and delivered across the industrial and commercial market. Our client is a fast-growing independent connections provider within the UK energy and utilities infrastructure sector, delivering ICP electricity connections and sitting within a wider group with capability across ICP, IDNO, EV charging, solar, BESS and metering. They are now looking for someone who can build, develop and convert a strong pipeline of new business opportunities across the ICP, DNO, IDNO and wider electricity connections landscape. You will be confident building senior relationships, identifying opportunities early in the project lifecycle and positioning a joined-up, lower-risk infrastructure solution with credibility. If you are a strong BDM with proven EHV and electricity connections experience, APPLY TODAY! Responsibilities: ✅Use your understanding of EHV connections, DNO processes and complex infrastructure projects to identify and convert higher-value opportunities ✅Position ICP, IDNO, EV, solar, BESS and metering capability as part of a joined-up infrastructure solution ✅Develop relationships with developers, main contractors, consultants, landowners and key project stakeholders ✅Track record of winning new business and consistently achieving or exceeding sales targets ✅Work closely with technical and delivery teams to ensure smooth handover and strong customer experience Experience: ✅Proven business development experience within ICP, IDNO, DNO networks, utility connections or wider energy infrastructure ✅Experience selling multi-utility, infrastructure, EV, solar, BESS or metering solutions would be highly advantageous ✅Experience working with or selling into complex infrastructure, grid connections or high-voltage project environments ✅Existing relationships across developers, contractors, consultants or infrastructure project stakeholders ✅Strategic approach to pipeline development, relationship mapping and long-term opportunity creation ✅Comfortable in a field-based, customer-facing role with regular travel across the UK Interested and want to know more? Get in touch! 📧Email: appy@utilityconnex.co.uk ➡️Utility Connex #BusinessDevelopmentManager #EnergyJobs #UtilitiesJobs #InfrastructureJobs #ICP #DNO #IDNO #EHV #GridConnections #ElectricityConnections #EnergyInfrastructure #PowerNetworks #UtilityConnex

🔔New job alert: Head of Customer Services 📍Location: Lincolnshire – Hybrid model 💵 Salary: Up to £65,000 + Excellent benefits Our client is a purpose-led, fast-growing organisation within the energy and utilities sector, supporting not-for-profits and community organisations to reduce energy costs and improve operational outcomes. The business is now seeking an experienced Head of Customer Services to lead, optimise and mature its customer operations function. This is a hands-on role for someone who can quickly improve service delivery, streamline processes, strengthen controls and coach frontline managers to raise performance. This role needs someone who is genuinely customer service obsessed. They should care deeply about service standards, feel irritated by poor customer experience, and have the drive to fix issues properly rather than work around them. The ideal candidate will bring strong operational leadership experience from a complex, regulated or fast-paced customer environment. If this sounds like you. APPLY TODAY! Responsibilities: ✅Confident improving systems, processes, controls and customer journeys, while maintaining a people-led, pragmatic and customer-focused culture. ✅Provide oversight of void management, meter data, account setup and operational workflows ✅Ensure robust controls are in place for billing validation and discrepancy management ✅Manage supplier and contractual objections during the energy switching process clear reporting, insight and operational updates to senior leadership Experience: ✅Senior customer operations or customer service leadership experience ✅Strong background managing operational teams in a complex, fast-paced environment ✅Proven track record of improving customer operations, service delivery and operational efficiency ✅Comfortable being hands-on while also contributing strategically as the business grows ✅Strong understanding of KPIs, service metrics, complaints, compliance and customer outcomes ✅Experience improving systems, workflows, controls and operational processes Interested and want to know more? Get in touch! 📧Email: appy@utilityconnex.co.uk ➡️Utility Connex #customersuccesslead #headofcustomerservice #customeroperations #customerexperience #energyjobs #utilitiesjobs #operationalexcellence #recruitment #energyjobs #utilitiesjobs #energycareers #leadershiphiring

Energy experience essential 🔔New job alert: Senior Sales Consultant 💵Salary: £45,000 + Commission 📍Location: Warwickshire Utility Connex we are working with one of the UK’s leading providers of sustainable energy consultancy and services. They are seeking a Senior Sales Consultant with a strong track record in B2B consultative sales, experienced selling complex or high-value services. The Senior Sales Consultant is the main commercial owner of qualified opportunities, leading discovery, proposals, negotiation and close. This role needs commercial judgement, strong discovery skills and the ability to shape solutions around client needs. You will need to create traction through confident outreach, credible client engagement and disciplined opportunity management, understanding the problem, shaping the offer and converting the opportunity. You will be supported by a clear sales structure, growing marketing activity and strong technical expertise across the business. If this sounds like you. APPLY TODAY! Responsibilities ✅ Generating and winning new consultancy business ✅ Leading opportunities from qualification through to proposal, negotiation and close ✅ Carrying out direct outreach into agreed sectors, accounts and opportunities ✅ Running strong discovery conversations to understand client need and define the right next step ✅ Shaping offers around client outcomes and commercial value ✅ Developing proposals and leading commercial discussions ✅ Working closely with BDEs to build pipeline and keep live opportunities moving ✅ Working with technical colleagues on larger, more complex or higher-value opportunities ✅ Feeding market and client insight back into proposition development Experience ✅ Energy sector experience essential ✅ Strong experience in consultative B2B sales ✅ A track record of winning new business ✅ Experience leading opportunities through discovery, proposal and close ✅ Someone who is proactive, resilient and comfortable creating momentum Interested and want to know more? Get in touch! 📧Email: apply@utilityconnex.co.uk #utilityconnex #sales #newbusiness #businessdeveloper #businesswins #recruitment #salesrelationships #networking #businessdevelopment #energy #utilities #tpi #consultancy #recruitment #seniorleadership

Energy experience essential 🔔New job alert: Senior Energy Solutions Consultant 📍Location: London – Hybrid model offered 💵Salary: £80k + excellent commission Utility Connex are working exclusively with an ambitious, well-invested business bringing a more transparent, data-led approach to the UK commercial energy market. The energy control and renewal platform gives businesses real-time visibility over energy usage, billing, contract performance and renewal risk, helping them identify hidden costs, validate bills, improve budget certainty and access transparent supplier pricing. Helping customers make better commercial decisions and avoid unnecessary cost leakage. This is a high-activity, revenue-generating Senior Energy Solutions Consultant role, focused on creating early market traction in the UK commercial market. The role will suit someone who wants to be close to the growth story, shape the commercial approach and take a differentiated solution to market. The priority is new business generation, credible customer conversion and the development of recurring subscription revenue. Key Responsibilities ✅ Generate new business across UK SMEs and mid-market commercial customers, particularly where energy is a material cost line. ✅ Use established sector relationships to create early traction with target customers, introducers, and relevant relationships.  ✅ Identify customer pain around hidden costs, contract risk, billing errors, tolerance breaches, renewal timing and budget uncertainty. ✅ Run consultative discovery conversations with senior decision-makers, using energy spend, usage data and contract complexity to build a clear case for action. ✅ Position the new proposition as a value-led platform that provides control, transparency, bill validation, renewal visibility and ongoing energy management. ✅ Lead proposals, commercial discussions and negotiation and expected customer value. Experience ✅ Proven hunter profile, with a track record of generating new business rather than relying on inbound leads or inherited accounts. ✅ Strong experience in the UK commercial energy, brokerage OR Energy procurement/utilities OR SME-focused B2B sales with exposure to energy as a major cost line ✅ Credible solutions-led sales capability, able to sell business value, financial control and risk reduction rather than commodity price alone. ✅ Ability to run the full sales cycle, from prospecting and qualification through to proposal, negotiation and close. ✅ Experience selling into SMEs where energy is a major cost line, such as hospitality, education, healthcare, retail, leisure, logistics, manufacturing or multi-site estates, but not limited to. Interested and want to know more? Get in touch! 📧Email: apply@utilityconnex.co.uk #utilityconnex #sales #newbusiness #businessdeveloper #businesswins #recruitment #salesrelationships #networking #businessdevelopment #energy #utilities

That is exactly why we believe senior recruitment needs a personal touch. When was the last time your recruiter sat across the table from you and truly understood your business? At Utility Connex, we do not recruit from a job description alone. We take the time to understand your business, your culture, your challenges, and what success really needs to look like. That is how we become an extension of your busines, not just another recruitment supplier. #executivesearch #seniorrecruitment #recruitment #talent #facetoface #f2f #inpersonmeeting #personalrecruitment #energy #utilities

🔔Job alert: Partnerships Manager 📍Location: Berkshire (hybrid 1 day a week in the office) 💵Salary: Competitive DOE + car allowance + excellent commission About the role: The Partnerships Manager is responsible for identifying, qualifying and securing new strategic partners into the channel. The role focuses on building a strong pipeline of prospective partners, clearly articulating the commercial value of partnering with the business, and managing opportunities through a structured acquisition process. Once new partners are signed, the Partnerships Manager will lead onboarding, drive early engagement, and provide hands-on support to establish initial performance, before transitioning the relationship into the wider channel team. Key Responsibilities: ✅Identify, research and prioritise potential partners that fits the company’s ideal partner profile ✅Build and manage a strong acquisition pipeline with accurate qualification and disciplined forecasting ✅Manage the full sales cycle from outreach to signed agreement using structured communication and clear commercial messaging Experience and skills required: ✅Proven experience in sales, business development or partner acquisition within a commercial environment ✅Experience managing a structured sales pipeline with disciplined forecasting ✅Ability to build rapport quickly and establish trust during early partner interactions Interested and want to know more? Get in touch! 📧Email: CVs@utilityconnex.co.uk ➡️Utility Connex #recruitment #partnership #partner #sales #partnershipsmanager #acquistion #energy #utilities #utilitypeople 

🎉Another day another great testimonial🎉 This week, we received an amazing testimonial for Renz De Guzman. Congratulations to Renz for this fantastic feedback! Transparency and ensuring excellent candidate experience are paramount to us at Utility Connex. If you are looking for a new opportunity, please don't hesitate to reach out to Renz De Guzman. #positivetestimonial #greatreview #candidateexperience #utilityconnex #energy #utilities #sustainability #recruitment #utilitypeople

If you have a business-critical hire to make this year, read on… After 20 years at Utility People Ltd – one of the most successful recruitment agencies in the energy and utilities sector – Renz de Guzman and I launched Utility Connex Why have we done this? Because hiring at senior level has changed. ✅Markets move faster. ✅Candidate expectations are higher. ✅Access to top leadership talent is more competitive than ever. Yet we still see the same scenario play out. ✅An organisation runs a senior hiring process internally. ✅shortlist is built. ✅A preferred candidate emerges. ✅An offer is made. Job done… right? Not quite. ✅A counteroffer lands. ✅Negotiations stall. ✅The candidate walks away. Suddenly the second-choice candidate has moved on, momentum is lost, and the process starts again. The problem isn’t finding the right candidate. It’s converting the right candidate. That’s where executive search adds real value. Strong search processes: ✅Keep stakeholders aligned throughout ✅Maintain candidate engagement at every stage ✅Surface concerns early ✅Keep credible alternatives warm ✅Treat offer acceptance as the start of the final stage – not the end Because the hardest part of executive search isn’t always identifying the right person. It’s securing commitment and delivering the outcome. That’s exactly what Utility Connex was built to do. If you’re planning a business-critical hire in energy, utilities or regulated markets, feel free to reach out for a conversation. #ExecutiveSearch #EnergySector #Utilities #LeadershipHiring #TalentStrategy #Recruitment #BusinessGrowth #utilitypeople

🔔New job alert: Senior Growth Officer 📍Location: Remote with occasional travel in South UK office 💵Salary: Circa £100k About the role: Our client is one of the UK’s leading utility consultancies and helps businesses navigate the dynamic energy landscape providing innovative, integrated solutions. With a turnover of £35+ million, the group continues to expand its portfolio and are now seeking an experienced and strategic leader with a proven track record of guiding businesses through significant growth phases, ideally within a group or multi-entity environment. Working closely with the Head of Operational Excellence, the ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the energy / utilities sector and be adept at managing teams and business units across multiple locations, embracing modern technology and tools such as AI, as well as modern work practices and hybrid working principles. Key Responsibilities: ✅Develop strategies for business growth and market expansion ✅Support the CEO with new opportunities around acquisition and investments ✅Deliver client retention and relationship management ✅Provide mentorship to the Heads of each business within the group ✅Address high-level challenges within each business unit ✅Ensure delivery of high priority projects ✅Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and accountability Experience and skills required: ✅Senior leadership experience with a group or multi business environment ✅Demonstrable track record of scaling businesses and developing sales growth ✅Strong understanding of the energy / utilities sector ✅Proven success in managing teams and business units across multiple locations ✅A strong advocate for hybrid working and modern work practices and technology ✅Hands-on approach to problem-solving & operational management ✅Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills ✅Able to thrive in dynamic environments, managing competing priorities Interested and want to know more? Get in touch! 📧Email: apply@utilityconnex.co.uk #seniorgrowthofficer #recruitment #energy #utilities #leadership #growth #utilitypeople

Renz De Guzman and Lisa Weston are so delighted to be working with Linda Mason again as Strategic Advisor to Utility Connex. Having worked successfully together for many years, it is fantastic to be continuing that relationship as we grow our Executive Search offering. #executivesearch #recruitment #searchandselection #seniorleadership #SLT #energy #utilities #utilitypeople #utilityconnex #partnerships