Senior
BESS Coordination Lead
About the Role
This is a pivotal role at the heart of E.ON's UK Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) ambitions. As the EIS UK BESS Coordination Lead, you will be the central orchestrator connecting our UK pipeline to E.ON UK / E.ON Group and Energy Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) governance, investment criteria, and Solution Factory capabilities. You will assess all incoming BESS offers with M&A and work through the governance process for acquisition. This role would support the due diligence in any process to make sure we are ready and can assure the build. You will ensure that every project moves through the pipeline with rigour, speed, and commercial credibility, from initial opportunity evaluation through to Commercial Operations Date (COD). You will operate at the intersection of strategy, project delivery, and cross-functional alignment. You will be a trusted interlocutor for senior stakeholders across the UK and Central functions, and a critical enabler of E.ON's net-zero ambitions.
Why Join E.ON?
E.ON is one of Europe's largest energy companies, and our Energy Infrastructure Solutions business is at the forefront of the transition to a clean, decentralised energy system. The UK BESS market is one of the fastest growing in Europe, and this role puts you at the centre of it. You will have real influence over how we build, govern, and scale our pipeline, with the backing of a major European energy group and the agility of a growth-oriented business unit.
Your Responsibilities
Pipeline Ownership & Governance
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Own the end-to-end coordination of the UK BESS pipeline from project initiation through to Commercial Operations Date (COD), ensuring full integration with the EIS Central BESS pipeline management framework and Solution Factory.
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Lead the evaluation of incoming BESS opportunities against EIS investment criteria, managing stakeholder alignment throughout the assessment process.
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Drive the development and coordination of Gate 0, 1, and 2 investment approvals in line with BESS Blueprints, ensuring decisions are well-evidenced and on schedule.
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Track and report on Gate readiness across the portfolio, proactively identifying and resolving blockers in cross-functional alignment.
Blueprint Deployment & Continuous Improvement
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Lead the local deployment of BESS Blueprints and Guardrails across EIS UK, working in close partnership with Solution Factory to ensure consistent application and local relevance.
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Act as the primary feedback channel from UK operations into the central Blueprint development process, championing continuous improvement based on real-world project learnings.
Organisational Readiness
- Map capability and capacity gaps across EIS UK functions required to deliver the BESS pipeline, creating transparency on requirements and coordinating transformation activities to close those gaps.
You’ll have significant experience in the energy or infrastructure sector, with direct exposure to BESS, grid-scale assets or energy markets.
We’re looking for:
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Proven experience managing complex energy or infrastructure projects through investment and delivery stages.
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Strong understanding of the UK energy market, BESS revenue streams and asset value drivers.
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Experience with business cases, financial modelling and investment governance.
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Ideally, knowledge of BESS revenue stacking, including frequency response, Capacity Market and merchant trading.
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Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align senior leaders across a matrix organisation.
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A structured, commercially minded and proactive approach, with the ability to drive delivery through ambiguity and complexity.
E.ON is expanding its UK Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) portfolio, and we’re looking for an EIS UK BESS Coordination Lead to help turn our ambitious pipeline into investable, build-ready projects.
This is a pivotal role connecting the UK BESS pipeline with E.ON UK, E.ON Group and Energy Infrastructure Solutions (EIS). The role will coordinate opportunities from initial assessment and M&A due diligence through investment governance, execution readiness and Commercial Operations Date (COD).
Working across strategy, commercial, technical and delivery teams, the role will bring structure, pace and accountability to a complex, high-profile portfolio.
What you’ll do
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Own coordination of the UK BESS pipeline from opportunity through to COD.
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Assess incoming BESS opportunities with M&A against investment criteria and coordinate the acquisition governance process.
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Lead Gate 0, 1 and 2 investment approvals, ensuring decisions are robust, timely and aligned with BESS Blueprints.
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Coordinate business cases, financial assumptions and commercial inputs across EIS, EEM, procurement, engineering and finance.
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Drive deployment of BESS Blueprints and Guardrails across the UK and feed project learnings back into central teams.
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Ensure projects are technically and commercially ready to build, including supporting due diligence and acquisition processes.
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Identify organisational capability and capacity gaps and coordinate actions to address them.
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Build and lead a high-performing team as the UK BESS portfolio
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