My client is a leading solar power plant developer, providing clean energy to utilities and large energy users. They build, develop, finance and operate large scale power plants and have a strong market presence throughout in Europe and the USA. They are currently looking to recruit a director of project management. They seek an experience project manager with team leadership skills and experience within the renewable energy industry. The director of project management will be responsible for overseeing the planning, development and construction of all large-scale power station projects throughout Europe and will lead the technical and commercial project managers, project engineers, installer, all technical staff and all sub-contractors.
Core Criteria:
My client is looking to recruit a Director of Project Manager with a strong technical and commercial background, with an electrical engineering background and experience of managing teams. The director of project management will be responsible for overseeing the planning, development and construction of all large-scale power station projects throughout Europe and will lead the technical and commercial project managers, project engineers, installer, all technical staff and all sub-contractors.
Responsibilities:-
- · Head up the project management team responsible for the origination, development, planning, development and construction and sales of international large-scale solar power plants projects up to financial
- · Supervise solar power plants construction
- · Develop new business relationships and managed the relationships with existing business partners
- · Liaise with relevant financial institutions
- · Develop and setup the O&M offering in Europe
- Management of the O&M of plants in Europe
- Coordination of contracts and liaising with subcontractors
- Due Diligence
- Participating in the draw up of bid documents and contracts
- Evaluating and selecting offers from contractors
- Supervising the local teams of the plants
- Provide engineering judgment to complex system issues
- · Monitoring of assets from a technical and commercial perspective
- · Commercial management of asset (invoicing customers for energy services or Renewable Energy Credit (REC) sales)
- · On-site visits and systems verifications
- · Manage commissioning & handover process of projects from project delivery to asset management
- · Oversee and manage departmental budget and expenditure
- · Negotiation and acquisition of lease agreements and securing grid connections and building permits
- · Will be managing multiple projects simultaneously to strict deadlines and to above satisfactory standards
- · Assessing profitability of projects and successful development including the preparation of land for construction
- · Management of contractors performing construction activities and leading the company’s project execution as the lead on site representative
- Involved in operations of multiple projects and crew management
- Manage and supervise all outsourced services and service providers such as legal, financial, and operational
- Site Survey, Rebate & Interconnect, System Design, Inspection, customer management and quotes
- Coordinated purchasing, permitting, and inspections
- Manage PV site construction and design devolvement
Education:-
- · Must have strong engineering background (degree in the area of mechanical, electronic, civil or electrical engineering preferred )
Core Requirements:-
- At least 5-10 years relevant work experience in the renewable energy industry with a proven track record in project management of large-scale power stations or large complex plants
- International contract management
- Experience in leading a team
- Excellent problem solving skills with a track record of developing solutions for solar projects
- · Past or present experience making day to day decisions on a construction site
General Requirements:-
- · Ability to communicate across all levels of an organization
- · Ability to work under deadline pressure and deliver high quality results
- · Proven ability to communicate across all levels of an organization
Key Skills:-
Renewable energy, Engineering Background (degree degree in the area of mechanical, electronic, civil or electrical engineering preferred), solar projects experience, team leadership and experience overseeing the planning, development and construction of all large-scale power station projects
For more information please send a Word copy of your CV to jobs@viridiumassociates.com, call us on +44 (0) 203 005 5560, or visit www.viridiumassociates.com. No PDFs please. We can only respond to applicants with relevant experience as detailed above.
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