What you’ll do

• Ownership of all aspects of OEGEN’s wind construction projects with health, safety, environment and ESG being paramount.
• Involvement in selection of contractors, appointment and oversight of advisors and the wider supply chain. Includes contract scoping and negotiation support. 
• Delivery of schemes so expectations are met and exceeded with regards to quality, timeliness, budget control, permitting and stakeholder engagement.
• Development, oversight, and management of the construction risk register.
• Identify and prioritize construction risks and opportunities and manage programme to mitigate and realize the same.
• Work closely with our Investment Team to assess new construction assets being considered for acquisition, including critiquing and summarizing reports from advisors, developers, and sellers.
• Support and engage with the business on projects issues and initiatives across all technology types if required.
• Advise the Commercial Asset Managers on the technical/construction aspects of commercial issues and negotiations.
• Investigate the root causes of construction underperformances and issues affecting the asset and advise on potential innovative solutions.
• Read, critique, and summarise all reports from supply chain such as EPC contractors, asset managers or owner’s engineers.
• Prepare regular progress, management, and lender board reports. 
• Support and report on all compliance aspects of grid, planning and other permits.
• Engage with the commercial team in scoping due diligence for transactions such as bank financing, sale of assets.
• Develop best in market Scope of Work documents that can be used as standard on all OEGEN schemes.

What you’ll need

• Experience of wind farm and energy construction project management oversight roles, including a good knowledge of the wind industry and contractual frameworks.
• Knowledge of HSEQ associated with construction and operations.
• Knowledge of wind construction gained from time served as construction site manager or project manager. 
• Experience of key technology utilised in wind power generation having preferably worked with Tier 1 Original Equipment Manufacturers, being cognisant of technology trends and innovation.
• Comfortable interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, project programmes and GANNT charts, procedures, permits and tender documents as well as contracts commercials, cash flows, invoicing, cost control and risk analysis and mitigations.
• Ability to prioritise to meet deadlines on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Flexibility and “can do” attitude.
• Willingness to train, mentor, and support others
• Able to critically examine and question information from a variety of sources.
• High commercial and numerical acumen.

Why else you’ll love it here

• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it’s something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don’t advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn’t apply to Octopus - what’s more important to us is finding the right octofit!
• Octopus Energy is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership
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