Performance Engineer

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £63,032 per annum to £68,969 per annum (London weighted salary)

Grade: 10

Reporting Office: London, Stratford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 31st August 2026 at 11pm

Interview Dates: W/C 7th September 20256 via MS Teams

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more...

Join our Energy Team at L&Q: L&Q is one of the UK's largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

We have an amazing opportunity for two Performance Engineers who will play a pivotal role in assuring the performance of more than 260 heat network schemes. Providing your technical expertise, you'll assess efficiency, reliability and outage performance, providing robust assurance that our networks meet Ofgem's compliance requirements. As we progress through Ofgem authorisation, your expertise will be critical in validating performance data before it is reported externally. Through detailed audits and evidence-led analysis, you'll determine compliance status, identify areas for improvement and provide assurance that our regulatory submissions are accurate, reliable and defensible. This is a role where your insights will make a real impact.

You'll work closely with colleagues across Energy Operations, Asset Management, Development and Compliance, influencing operational performance and helping to shape investment decisions through clear, data-driven recommendations. Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you'll be trusted to challenge constructively, provide expert technical guidance and drive continuous improvement across our growing heat network portfolio.

If you're passionate about performance, compliance and making a tangible difference in the transition to sustainable energy, we'd love to hear from you.

Your impact in the role:

• Conduct independent assurance audits on network efficiency, reliability and outage performance;
• Verify Ofgem compliance data before external reporting;
• Monitor network performance systems and elevate underperformance;
• Represent the technical evidence base during Ofgem inspections.

Your audit findings and recommendations directly influence operational improvement programmes and capital prioritisation across the portfolio.

What you'll bring:

• Engineering degree (mechanical preferred) and strong technical knowledge of heating system operation and optimisation desirable or with at least 3 years' relevant experience in a technical assurance, performance engineering or audit role.
• Strong technical knowledge of heating system operation and optimisation, with at least 3 years' experience in a technical assurance, performance engineering or audit role.
• Experience in quality assurance and performance testing, with the ability to analyse technical data and produce compliance reports.
• The confidence to challenge senior colleagues on compliance evidence and influence engineering and operational decisions without direct authority.

About L&Q: We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life. 250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q. L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.