Head of Retrofit Solutions

Head of Retrofit Solutions    

Remote/home-based 

Full Time Remote role, paying a starting salary of up to £90,000 depending on experience, plus car allowance or a company car and great company benefits.  

Mears has made excellent progress in supporting social housing clients to develop and deliver their domestic retrofit solutions including support on developing investable propositions that have led to securing significant Social Housing Decarbonisation (SHDF) funding with aspirations for further client success through the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (WH:SHF) in 2025. 

You will have experience of SHDF, HUG and ECO including initial solution design to monitoring effective compliance with PAS2035 and DESNZ funding requirements. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and be at the forefront of building Mears Group capability to meet the needs of our clients and the business now and in the future. You will be able to put your stamp on our future domestic retrofit approach and how we provide support to our wide and growing network of clients across the UK and Mears Group as an organisation.  

Role Criteria  

To support our aspiration, we are growing our specialist team. We are looking for an innovative self-starter to lead the Domestic Retrofit Solution service including: 

• Domestic retrofit solution development to existing and prospective clients to support them to deliver their carbon reduction priorities and net zero aspirations 

• Ensure compliance with PAS2035 and DESNZ funding requirements of SHDF/WH:SHF domestic retrofit projects in conjunction with clients and operational colleagues. 

• Domestic retrofit accreditation and compliance requirements of the Group 

• Manage and develop a specialist team 

Person Specification  

To be successful in this role you must hold the following: 

• Broad experience and track record of developing solutions for domestic retrofit and related projects to affect change 

• Experience working in/with social housing clients 

• Experience of SHDF/WH:SHF/HUG/ECO funding requirements and application process 

• Experience of SHDF/DESNZ monthly reporting, delivery partner meetings and processes 

• Domestic retrofit solution design development 

• Client relationship management experience 

• Experience of domestic retrofit accreditation and compliance requirements 

• Leading and/or delivering outstanding customer focused services 

• Experience working with internal and external partners to deliver projects 

• Managing and developing a high performing team 

Benefits  

• Car Allowance or company car 

• Enhanced Pension Scheme 

• Company Sick Pay 

• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.   

• Share saver scheme 

• Eye test vouchers 

• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service) 

• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors) 

• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blairdrummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch 

• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers 

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship. 

If you feel you have skills needed, please apply below via the link. If you have any further questions, please contact Vickie on vickie.rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk, quoting the job reference number. 

Mears Group is a Disability confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up. 

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment. 

We are also a Forces Friendly employer and an ERS Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award holder.