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Surveyor (Bristol & Surrounding Areas) - Octopus Energy Services

Octopus Energy
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Full-time
ÂŁ29,700 - ÂŁ32,200 (basic + ÂŁ2,500 bonus)
Mid-Level
VT

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What you'll do

As a Surveyor at Octopus Energy Services, you will:

  • Visit customers in their homes to conduct surveys assessing suitability for Solar PV, heat pumps, loft and cavity wall insulation, or complete an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).
  • Capture multiple data points, including measurements, to complete a heat loss calculation and produce a quote.
  • Ensure accurate data collection to inform the design and installation of low-carbon heating systems.
  • Expertly explain the survey process to customers and advocate for sustainable, smart technologies.
  • Communicate effectively to ensure customers feel positive about the visit and are motivated to upgrade their homes.
  • Adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment and maintain resilience.

What you'll have

We’re looking for candidates with:

  • Experience communicating with customers, ideally in a face-to-face domestic environment.
  • Previous experience in a MCS-accredited organization or assessing properties for energy efficiency/insulation measures (Domestic Energy Assessor/Retrofit Assessor qualification is highly desirable but not essential).
  • Experience discussing home-related work with customers, preferably with a background in measuring and sizing equipment.
  • Desirable: Knowledge of technologies like heat pumps, solar PV, battery storage, and electrical equipment.
  • Preferred but not essential: Some mechanical or electrical experience (quick learner required).
  • Tech-forward company: Strong IT and tech skills required.
  • Full clean driving license (no more than 6 points).

What you'll get

Compensation and benefits include:

  • ÂŁ29,700 basic salary + progression opportunities.
  • ÂŁ2,500 bonus.
  • ÂŁ25/week lunch allowance.
  • Paid overtime options.
  • Shares in Octopus Energy Group.
  • Company EV.
  • Use of company tools.
  • Uniform and all PPE provided.

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Octopus Energy (operating under octopus.energy, legally Octopus Energy Group Limited) is the premier, enterprise-grade renewable energy technology platform, clean utility pioneer, and global green asset orchestration powerhouse engineered to act as the definitive, high-visibility retail energy supply, decentralized grid management, and smart meter time-of-use tariff layer for tens of millions of homes and commercial entities worldwide. Founded in 2015 by visionary tech and energy entrepreneurs Greg Jackson (CEO), Stuart Jackson (CFO), Pete Miller, and AJ Lawrence, the corporation completely eliminates the severe systemic friction of traditional, fossil-heavy energy provisioning—where legacy utility providers encounter extreme customer dissatisfaction, billing opacity, and rigid infrastructure traps that block renewable adoption—by deploying its proprietary cloud-based "Kraken" tech stack. Moving far beyond passive power delivery lines or traditional regional monopolies, Octopus natively unifies hyper-flexible time-of-use digital pricing engines (such as the wholesale-pegged Octopus Tracker and half-hourly Agile Octopus), consumer heat pump systems, domestic battery arrays, electric vehicle concierge infrastructure, and commercial renewable generation management into a high-availability digital utility network. Serving as a mission-critical clean tech operator across the UK, Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, the collective manages over 11 million active accounts globally while its core software platform, Kraken, is contracted to orchestrate more than 40 million energy and water accounts worldwide. Reflecting its immense market dominance and investor validation, the high-growth giant commands an expansive institutional asset framework backed by over $1.96 billion in venture and private equity funding—supported by top-tier capital architects including Generation Investment Management, CPP Investments, Tokyo Gas, Origin Energy, and major funding expansions that value the enterprise at approximately $9 billion. Under the hood, its technology framework utilizes advanced machine learning engines designed to balance distributed energy resources with real-time supply and demand, high-frequency smart meter parsing pipelines, and developer-friendly data routing endpoints optimized to manage massive multi-region transactional billing logs with absolute precision and sub-second execution latency. What sets Octopus Energy apart is its uncompromising dedication to replacing fragmented, legacy utility models with an "Internet of Energy" that combines mathematical price predictability, hands-on customer-first service, and scalable grid decarbonization; by bridging the gap between performance-intensive relational software automation and front-row global climate transformation goals, the corporation remains the definitive cornerstone of modern algorithmic energy technology and global green utility infrastructure transformation.

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