About the role
Vulcan is hiring an experienced Energy Assessor to lead training and quality for its new Domestic Energy Assessor Scheme. You will design and deliver training for assessors, and embed quality checks and audit processes directly into Vulcan's energy modelling tools.
The ideal candidate has at least 5 years' experience as a practising Domestic Energy Assessor (ideally OCDEA) and has been involved in assessor training, assessment auditing, or both. You are comfortable teaching others, care deeply about accurate assessments, and are interested in how software can help assessors work faster and make fewer mistakes.
This is a critical hire for Vulcan; salary will be competitive and based on experience. We are open to part-time or flexible arrangements, and anticipate a start date from Q1 2026 (with flexibility for notice periods). The role is UK-based and mostly remote, with occasional in-person meetings and training sessions.
About Vulcan
Vulcan is a new Energy Assessor Accreditation Scheme, with approval for OCDEA lodgements in England and Wales. We provide software and services for the new Home Energy Model (HEM) – the replacement for SAP and RdSAP for Part L and Energy Performance Certificates.
Vulcan differentiates from existing Assessor Schemes by focussing on reducing work for assessors with smart integrations and automations, not adding more admin. Our goal is to help people make better informed decisions when building or improving homes.
People who thrive at Vulcan are curious, always learning, and evidence-driven in how they make decisions, while being action-oriented and willing to get things done fast.
What you'll do in your first months
- Build a curriculum to teach Energy Assessors how to use Vulcan, understand HEM inputs and outputs, and use Vulcan for both compliance and meaningful energy advice (not just "box-ticking").
- Deliver this curriculum via live online sessions and recorded modules, and refine it based on feedback and audit findings.
- Work with the product team to embed this curriculum in the software (guided flows, in-app tips, validation rules, example projects).
- Deliver audits for early assessments and design a scalable, risk-based audit operating model as Vulcan's scheme grows.
- Contribute to Scheme Operating processes and the Scheme Operating Handbook (already initially developed and aligned with MHCLG), and evolve these over time as you learn from real cases.
- Identify and help deliver improvements in Vulcan's product and services that prevent audit errors – for example automated evidence parsing, validation warnings, and clearer guidance for edge cases.
- Support the process to register Vulcan with a qualifying body (ABBE), including developing training materials, assessment criteria, and quality assurance processes for initial OCDEA qualifications.
Vulcan is at an early, fast-moving stage. As long as you're helping us build a robust, trusted scheme and enabling assessors to deliver better outcomes, we expect this role to grow with you.