About Energy & Utility Skills
Energy & Utility Skills Group is the UK’s leading industry skills body for the energy, water, waste and supply chain sectors. We work with more than 70 employer members who collectively employ over 200,000 people, contribute more than £120 billion annually to the UK economy and support many thousands more people working across complex UK supply chains.
We develop industry standards, drive best practice and deliver practical solutions to meet current and future workforce needs. Our services include workforce research and consultancy, the Energy & Utility Skills Register (EUSR), the sector’s national register of skills and competence, and Energy & Utilities Careers & Jobs (EUC&J), the sector’s jobs and careers platform. We also deliver regulated qualifications, apprenticeship end point assessment, competency card schemes and National Occupational Standards.
We also work closely with industry, government, regulators and training providers to shape workforce policy and skills priorities. Through the Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP) CEO Council, senior leaders from across the sector identify shared priorities, shape policy and drive collaborative action on the workforce challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
What are some key priorities for Energy & Utility Skills Group?
Everything we do is guided by our Skills Strategy for 2025–2030 and the priorities agreed through the Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP) CEO Council. Together they provide a clear focus for the work we undertake with members, customers, industry, government and partners across the UK.
The opportunity is real and the challenge is significant. More than 312,000 people will be needed across the energy, water and waste sectors by 2030 to replace those leaving the workforce and support growth, including the workforce needed to deliver the energy transition, AMP8 investment across the water sector and support growth across the UK’s critical energy, water and environmental infrastructure.
Alongside our long-term Skills Strategy, our CEO Council has prioritised improving workforce intelligence, accelerating sector entry, strengthening employer collaboration and providing coordinated policy leadership across the UK.
We will also continue to expand our Sector Entry programme with employers and the Department for Work and Pensions to create practical routes into skilled employment, develop Destination Energy to raise awareness of careers across the energy sector, and work with employers, regulators and training providers on initiatives that support workforce mobility and skills recognition across our sectors.
These priorities reflect our shared ambition to ensure the sector has the workforce capacity and capability needed to deliver the UK’s long-term infrastructure, economic growth and environmental ambitions.
Read more on our Skills Strategy here.
Can you tell us about your impact so far?
By working across multiple infrastructure sectors, we help identify shared workforce challenges and develop practical solutions that benefit employers, government and the wider economy.
We played a central role in shaping the Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan, ensuring workforce and skills needs are embedded in national growth and infrastructure priorities.
Our Energy & Utilities Careers & Jobs platform now connects more than 10,000 active candidates with employers across the sector, with around 1,000 new candidates registering each month.
Our Inclusion Measurement Framework, running since 2020, gives employers consistent, comparable data on workforce diversity, helping them benchmark progress and target action where it’s needed most.
We now work with 11 government departments and agencies across the UK, creating opportunities to align workforce policy, share evidence and deliver practical solutions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
What motivates you most about your work?
Our purpose is to ensure that industry has the safe, skilled and sustainable workforce it needs to deliver excellent service and growth. Personally, my motivation comes from
helping people access good jobs, supporting employers to succeed and improving the communities our industries serve.
Are there any new projects or initiatives on the horizon that you’re particularly excited about?
We’re continuing to work with our EUSP CEO Council to define our priorities for the second year of our Skills Strategy. Council members have also asked us to take a leading role in UK-wide policy development, which is now embedded within our delivery plans for 2026-27.
We are supporting development of the Sector Growth Plan for electricity networks, helping the sector strengthen supply chains, create high-quality jobs and improve energy security.