Job Title:
Sustainable Energy Project Director
Description:
The project director will lead the delivery of large-scale renewable energy programs, encompassing wind, solar, battery storage, flexible technologies, and grid infrastructure developments.
This strategic role is responsible for overseeing multiple interrelated projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and delivering on-time, within budget, and to quality standards.
The director will also lead and develop a high-performing team of project managers, ensuring consistent governance, methodology, and delivery capability across the portfolio.
This role will manage the development of a program of joint venture renewable energy projects.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide strategic oversight and coordination of large-scale renewable energy programs, ensuring successful integration of multiple projects under common objectives.
* Lead on program planning, execution, and benefits realization in line with the company's strategic objectives.
* Ensure the development of bespoke project plans for each project, including scope, budget, programme, risk, and resource plans based on the requirements of the project, and availability of appropriate resources from other functions across the business and external advisors.
* Lead and manage a team of project managers, fostering a high-performance culture focused on delivery excellence.
* Provide mentoring, coaching, and career development support, while ensuring effective resource deployment and workload balance across projects.
* Support the wider programs and projects to deliver on the company's strategic goals.
* Establish and uphold strong governance practices across the projects, including adherence to internal processes and standards, reporting protocols, and regulatory requirements.
* Deliver high-quality reports, dashboards, and briefings to senior leadership and relevant oversight committees.
* Act as a key liaison with internal and external stakeholders, and ensure proactive communication, issue resolution, and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
* Manage resource planning and procurement activities, including the engagement of consultants and contractors, to ensure optimal delivery capacity.
* Oversee program budgeting and financial forecasting, ensuring projects are delivered within approved funding limits.
* Negotiate and deliver transactions for complex commercial arrangements on behalf of the business, in line with agreed strategy to maximize strategic value and manage risks, delivering clear and executable contracts.
* Identify, assess, and manage program-level risks, ensuring mitigation strategies are implemented effectively.
* Promote a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging lessons learned and best practices to enhance project delivery performance and PMO maturity.