Project Manager

Project Manager

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Project Manager within the Business Development Team at EP UK Investments Ltd.

The successful candidate will be a competent and practised Project Manager with experience of both the development cycle of projects (e.g. planning, permitting, procurement) as well as the delivery of construction projects. They will have the drive and determination to take projects from the early stages of development to completion and final handover to O&M.

The role will be based either at a local site or from home depending on the base location of the successful candidate. However, significant travel to the project location should be expected especially during the construction phase where full time attendance at site will be required.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will have responsibility for, but not limited to :

• Managing all aspects of projects from initial development phase (planning, consents), through procurement and construction to handover to the operational team. Ensuring all teams work effectively and that communication both within and across teams is effective. Creating progress reports as required and reporting on project progress at all levels, including to the Board of Directors.
• Ensuring project goals, timelines, and budgets are met. Working in accordance with Industry Best Practice to ensure successful, cost focussed and on-schedule delivery. Identifying project requirements; supporting the production of programmes, budgets, quality plans and strategy / execution documents as required.
• Seeking to improve all project goals (e.g. cost, performance, programme) through the optimisation of the project.
• Working with the O&M team to ensure that the asset seamlessly transfers to Operations on completion of the project.
• Identifying requirements, implementing and managing project resources including personnel, equipment, and materials. Ensuring that programmes are co-ordinated and any conflicts identified / managed. Identifying and highlighting resource conflicts.
• Ensuring that all Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are met and that the team targets the highest standards of HSE performance. Driving the development of the quality programmes and procedures and implement effectively.
• Working alongside the commercial team becoming fully conversant with all contracts that are in place for the delivery of the project and ensuring that all contractual requirements (by all parties) are met.
• Implementing and controlling appropriate risk management systems for the projects and ensuring that all risks are identified, quantified, communicated and mitigated. Ensuring that assumptions are recorded and communicated effectively.
• Providing input into business plans as required. Maintaining a good understanding of the commercial drivers for projects and taking these into account when reviewing progress and decision making.
• Working with the wider group of EPUKI to deliver innovative solutions to technical and commercial problems.

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About EP UK Investments Ltd

EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energetick a pr?myslov holding (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 24,000 people internationally, owns 30.5bn of assets, generating 37.1bn of revenue and an EBITDA of 4.3bn.

EPUKI was established in 2015 as the strategic platform for expanding the EPH group into the UK energy market. Since launching, EPUKI has made several acquisitions and developed a number of new opportunities and now owns multiple renewable and flexible power generating assets in the UK and Ireland.

EPUKI has grown rapidly to revenues ~3.5bn and EBITDA ~300m. We pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture and flat leadership structure where individuals (wherever they are in the organisation) can make a real impact on our business.

Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply. To achieve this, we will :

EPUKI is one of the largest independent generators in the UK and Ireland, with an asset base that covers multiple technologies and a range of revenue streams; these include fully merchant baseload and peaking plant and index traded baseload plants, providing a range of system services across the energy and balancing spectrum.

Despite its significant market presence, EPUKI has a flat structure with fast paced decision-making ability enabling better optimisation of market positions. The market continues to evolve and develop as the UK and Irish governments drive towards Net Zero with increasing challenges of renewables penetration, introduction of hydrogen and other new technologies.