Green Gas Manager

Protecting Northern Ireland’s energy and water consumers, today and tomorrow is what we do. 

This is an exciting time to join us. We are expanding as an organisation to fully support Northern Ireland in meeting the challenges of climate change, the continued cost-of-living crisis and ensuring the continuity of energy and water supplies. 

Electricity, gas and water are essential services that support all homes and businesses in Northern Ireland. As an economic regulator, it is our role to enable, incentivise and hold energy and water companies to account for providing the very best levels of service and price for consumers both now and in the future. 

Green Gas Manager

As a Green Gas Manager within the Utility Regulator, you will be responsible for developing analysis to support the Department for the Economy (DfE) in its policy development efforts in the following areas:

• Green gas integration on the gas network (biomethane, hydrogen)

• Future of the gas network

• Alignment of these with heat policy development

DfE’s policy work will have an impact on the Utility Regulator’s regulatory framework, and fundamentally so for gas networks. The Utility Regulator may also evolve our regulatory frameworks within our vires to do so. You will be required to maintain an understanding of the factors that could shape the transition of the gas network to renewable gases and to evaluate how the regulatory framework for gas networks may need to change to meet these challenges and manage the delivery of any associated projects. 

General information

Northern Ireland continues to have an under-representation of women across STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) industries, we are proud to support women in STEM. 

We are an equal opportunity and ‘Disability Confident’ employer. As people with a disability and those from ethnic minority communities are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would welcome applications from these groups. 

We offer an attractive package including a competitive starting salary with stepped increases per annum, alongside a range of other benefits including hybrid working, NI Civil Service pension arrangements and 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days after two years) and an additional 12 public and privilege days.

Interviews and assessments are expected to take place mid-late May 2026.