New jobs created by Leeds City Council net zero scheme

26 new skilled jobs have been created in a key green industry due to Leeds City Council’s investment in low carbon upgrades.

Energy and water services company Cenergist has recruited 13 employees and moved thirteen existing staff to a newly opened office in South Leeds to work on two council decarbonisation programmes.

Labourers, project managers, quantity surveyors and tenant liaison officers have all been hired by the company to help ensure the successful installation of low carbon heat pumps in multi-storey council housing, leisure centres, schools, and homes for older people across the city.

Heat pumps use electricity to provide greener, cleaner and more reliable warmth and hot water. They are expected to become much more common and cheaper to install as the UK replaces fossil-fuel powered boilers with low carbon heating.

Leader of Leeds City Council, Cllr James Lewis visited the new Beeston office and said: “As I prepare to attend COP26 in Glasgow, I am proud to represent a city and council already doing so much to become carbon neutral.

“Taking bold steps to cut our emissions is not only the best thing we can do to protect ourselves and others from a changing climate but it is also the best strategy for Leeds to prosper from the economic opportunities of a greener world.”

The new roles will contribute to West Yorkshire targets for businesses to create 1,000 skilled jobs in the green economy. Nationally, the UK Government has shared an ambition to more than quadruple the number of adults employed in skilled green jobs by 2030.

Alex Brown, Operations Director at Cenergist said: “We have created new roles in the green economy including engineers, project managers and construction professionals. We are utilising local trades and merchants to create further jobs and apprenticeships wherever possible in the city.

“In addition, we envisage the creation of further labouring jobs which will be pro-actively promoted to the local community. The opening of our office demonstrates our commitment to working with Leeds City Council to support it in delivering its ambitious decarbonisation plans for the city”.

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