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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify enterprise utility and energy requirements and costs
   • Identify utility and energy requirements for all areas and operations of the enterprise in accordance with workplace, customer and regulatory requirements
   • Measure current utility and energy costs and identify impact on profitability
   • Determine enterprise's future utility or energy requirements in accordance with enterprise goals and directions
   • Include utility and energy requirements and costs in all forward planning
2. Monitor and control enterprise utility and energy use
   • Establish performance standards and indicators using agreed benchmarks and best practice methods
   • Develop team commitment to utility or energy management using consultative approaches
   • Develop systems for the accurate monitoring of utility and energy use and costs
   • Audit enterprise operations to assess use, misuse and waste of utilities and energy
   • Monitor enterprise performance and adjust or correct systems and operations
   • Prepare contingency plans for failure of utility or energy supply and service
   • Update workplace safety systems and procedures to include requirements for safe use of utilities or energy
3. Review performance and utility or energy costs
   • Identify, evaluate and recommend strategies and procedures for wastage minimisation and more efficient use of utilities and energy
   • Assess alternative utility or energy sources and services for availability, suitability, contribution to sustainability, efficiency of operations and effectiveness of costs
   • Recommend appropriate utility or energy services and negotiate utility or energy supply conditions and charges
   • Monitor and measure enterprise utility and energy performance
   • Analyse and report performance information, including team feedback, to stakeholders
   • Prepare and implement recommendations for further improvements
4. Identify enterprise utility and energy requirements and costs
   • Identify utility and energy requirements for all areas and operations of the enterprise in accordance with workplace, customer and regulatory requirements
   • Measure current utility and energy costs and identify impact on profitability
   • Determine enterprise's future utility or energy requirements in accordance with enterprise goals and directions
   • Include utility and energy requirements and costs in all forward planning
5. Monitor and control enterprise utility and energy use
   • Establish performance standards and indicators using agreed benchmarks and best practice methods
   • Develop team commitment to utility or energy management using consultative approaches
   • Develop systems for the accurate monitoring of utility and energy use and costs
   • Audit enterprise operations to assess use, misuse and waste of utilities and energy
   • Monitor enterprise performance and adjust or correct systems and operations
   • Prepare contingency plans for failure of utility or energy supply and service
   • Update workplace safety systems and procedures to include requirements for safe use of utilities or energy
6. Review performance and utility or energy costs
   • Identify, evaluate and recommend strategies and procedures for wastage minimisation and more efficient use of utilities and energy
   • Assess alternative utility or energy sources and services for availability, suitability, contribution to sustainability, efficiency of operations and effectiveness of costs
   • Recommend appropriate utility or energy services and negotiate utility or energy supply conditions and charges
   • Monitor and measure enterprise utility and energy performance
   • Analyse and report performance information, including team feedback, to stakeholders
   • Prepare and implement recommendations for further improvements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

Evidence must demonstrate the candidate's consistency of performance over time.

The candidate must:

analyse utility or energy tariffs and charges and options available to the enterprise

apply relevant mathematical and communication skills

communicate effectively with internal and external personnel with diverse roles, communication skills and cultural backgrounds to determine utility or energy requirements and use

calculate and analyse enterprise utility or energy costs and their impact on production costs

consult with personnel across the enterprise to identify and resolve utility or energy waste problems

determine current and future utility or energy requirements for enterprise operations, including analysing company goals, conducting utility or energy audits to identify consumption inefficiencies and measuring consumption and cost, including waste, against agreed benchmarks

develop performance measures and indicators for utility or energy consumption and costs, based on benchmarks and enterprise goals

develop strategies for minimising and optimising utility or energy usage, including assessing and monitoring equipment performance, introducing energy efficient plant and equipment, comparing sources and recommending utility or energy substitution, changes to procedures, and assessing and minimising non-working day use of utilities (including lighting)

evaluate, cost and recommend alternative plant, equipment, procedures and utility or energy sources to improve efficiency, including researching sources, reviewing enterprise procedures, evaluating suitable alternatives, and calculating initial and maintenance costs and payback periods

identify and apply relevant workplace health and safety requirements

include safety requirements for use of utility or energy in workplace health and safety systems and procedures

interpret and review performance information and recommend strategies for improvement

manage utility and energy costs, including calculating current utility or energy charges, comparing and recommending supply sources and costs, monitoring utility or energy budget, determining the impact of changes in utility or energy costs on budgets and profitability and taking actions to correct budget variations

prepare contingency plans relating to utility or energy supply failures or incidents, including emergency and safety procedures, alternative supply sources and communication strategies

prepare strategies to spread utility or energy use to avoid supplier peak demand or cost periods

prepare reports, resource proposals and recommendations in styles, formats and language appropriate for relevant audiences

present reports according to legal and enterprise requirements

recommend utility or energy suppliers and negotiate supply and costs

research best practice models in utility or energy assessment, planning, use and sustainability, and assess their applicability for the enterprise

use information and communications technology, including budget and cost modelling software

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate an in depth technical and theoretical knowledge of:

principles and methods of heat transfer and how they impact on utility or energy use, waste and cost

concepts of base load and variable load

principles of demand control, including co-generation or outage, peak load shedding and shifting to minimise costs

use of steam generation process as an energy source for plant

cost components related to the use of utility or energy including capital, purchase, replacement and maintenance costs for plant and equipment, payback periods and net utility or energy costs

enterprise appropriate procedures and systems for measuring utility and energy use and waste

utility or energy supply status and sources available to the enterprise

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