Development Project Lead

Development Project Lead required for a major Offshore Wind Developer based in The United Kingdom

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the health and safety of the project, for enforcing the principles and conditions of company’s policies and always seeking to ensure a safe environment for project staff and third-party individuals including the public.
• Responsible for procurement of construction contracts that meet safety and quality requirements plus align to program and budget, to support the FID business case.
• Progress and coordinate the development of one of the UK Offshore Windfarm Projects in our portfolio until a successful FID.
• Contribute to the successful management of the assigned project in a Joint Venture context, including managing the day-to-day relationships with shareholders to the benefit of the project.
• Be responsible for all project management matters including project resourcing, schedule and budget follow-up in accordance with the project programme.
• Represent your assigned project on offshore related topics at local, regional, national and international stakeholder events, in networks and towards respective authorities.
• Manage project activity to build and maintain a stable and effective project team with links into the organisation.
• Ensure that the project activities during the development and pre-construction phases meets the project requirements and conditions.
• Provide advice, direction and instruction to the project to ensure value is maximised.

Requirements

• University degree (in Engineering, Renewable Energy, Business or equivalent preferable).
• Project management qualification and business level English or other language skills are an advantage.
• Extensive experience of managing and driving the delivery of, or components of, large scale multi-million Euro infrastructure projects.
• Experience of taking projects successfully into auctions and onwards to FID.
• Extensive knowledge of wind energy, ideally offshore wind development and/or wind development in the UK.
• Proven experience of managing and leading a complex, multi-functional team.
• Proven ability to balance conflicting requirements on quality, costs and time.
• Demonstrate an ability to explain complex and detailed project issues in a straightforward way.
• Proven ability to persuade, challenge and build credibility at all levels and across functions of the business.
• Ability to be proactive and take responsibility for a wide range of matters, while responding to business demands.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly for leading/participating in virtual teams drawn from across different functions.