Project Manager - Construction

Based in Midlands project office but can be flexible with travel and working from home.

This is a new independent power producer focused on highly flexible small-scale embedded peaking generation in the UK at the 11kV level together with storage facilities at the 11kV level and above.

They install reciprocating gas engine plants up to a maximum of 10MW dependent on available grid capacity. Storage facilities are larger scale.

This company targets peak pricing arbitrage power offtake contracts alongside other ancillary services markets including from the UK government's Capacity Market auctions.

Their model is focused on securing long-term site leases with landowners interested in long-term royalties but with minimum management time required on their part.

Responsibilities

• Managing the delivery and construction of a large portfolio of gas powered generation and battery storage projects on shared timelines as part of a dynamic and entrepreneurial team.
• A relentless attitude to optimising delivery costs and timescales by reassessing accepted practice and the implementation of successful or existing measures on a 'cookie cutter' approach where possible to develop an efficient construction process.

Requirements

• Experience is required in procuring and management of multiple aspects of project management including generator, civils, electrical, grid and gas connections using internal or outsourced resources.
• A background in gas or diesel powered generation, contract management using MF1 or similar, and a health and safety qualification would be highly advantageous.