Senior Project Manager - Renewables Contractor/Energy Infrastructure

Prosper Recruitment are working in partnership with a large Renewables Contractor who finance, own, operate and maintain distributed energy infrastructure.

Area: The work is from South west (Cornwall and Devon) up to the west midlands. The ideal candidate will be willing to commute to both and live somewhere in these areas.

The Role

Our rapidly growing Distributed Generation & Storage team is building out our Project Development team. Our Project Development Managers will drive late–stage project development to grow revenue and EBIT, focused on the Generation and Storage sector. We bring energy services to the grid, DNOs and to industrial and commercial customers; chiefly focused on solar and battery storage.

You will be responsible for managing project development from concept to execution of contracts. You will adopt pipeline from our early stage development team, and drive projects through to financial close. You will bring commercial, project management and development skills in order to achieve this, working closely with stakeholders and coordinating colleagues from across the business. You will develop innovative technical solutions which are effectively procured, delivered and operated to meet our margin and client's requirements:

Responsibilities:

* Leading development activity and driving progress for specific projects through to contract completion

* Overseeing planning, permitting, design and commercial workstreams, negotiating offtake contracts

* Taking projects through internal governance gates

* Coordinating with and ensuring delivery from supporting functions (engineering, commercial, delivery)

* Supporting the business development team with sales and with growing pipeline

Skills and Requirements:

* To be considered for this role you will have proven project development experience in the energy industry sector; ideally managing complex projects over time with multiple and external stakeholders.

* You will have a broad understanding of solutions and engineering systems for our target markets, be an expert in project management, local planning and permitting and have excellent relationship skills. Having managed similar projects in the past, you will have the skill to understand the benefit of bringing client drivers and market intelligence to all propositions in this sector. You will be able to manage a small project team and to develop processes across that team.

* You will have good knowledge of the energy and power markets, with knowledge of both distribution networks and power generation/storage solutions.

* You will be entrepreneurial, commercial and flexible and bring a track–record of delivering results and developing strong relationships and developing sophisticated solutions that meet customers' and stakeholders' needs. Inquisitive and able to challenge convention; you'll be adaptable with the ability to engage varied audiences.

Benefits:

Our client is committed to ensuring they offer their people a great place to work, with competitive salary, contributory pension plan and benefits package