Capital Projects Manager - Energy

at  Zenob

ABOUT ZENOBE

Our goal is to make clean power accessible, to accelerate the shift to zero carbon power and transport.
We’re building and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems to enable the uptake of more renewable power and accelerating fleet electrification, de-risking the transition to zero-emission transport at scale. We’ve been consistently innovative since we were founded in 2017, achieving major industry firsts and using proprietary software and data analysis to optimise operational performance for our customers. At the end of their life, we repurpose electric vehicle batteries to provide clean power at depots, on construction sites and film sets.
Today we have 730 MW of grid scale battery storage operational and under construction and are the largest owner and operator of EV buses in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, supporting over 1,000 electric vehicles worldwide. In our first five years we have raised nearly £1.8 billion in funding and have expanded into other markets such as the US. Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking an experienced Capital Projects Manager to lead and oversee the development of battery storage construction projects with a focus on projects that have secured land, grid and planning and taking them through to financial investment decisions / financial close.
In this role, you will manage the entire project lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery while maintaining timelines, budgets, and quality standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, contractors, and stakeholders to drive the development of Zenobe’s BESS projects.
The candidate will bring a good understanding of grid, procurement, project management, due diligence, legal, external consultants, land and planning and have good engineering capability, while focusing on the commercial.
This is a hybrid working role, with flexibility to split your time between home working and our Head Office in London, with occasional site visits.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Experience managing and driving the delivery of the development on large-scale multi million GBP infrastructure projects.
• Strong analytical skills with a structured and proactive approach to working.
• A proven ability to balance conflicting requirements schedule, costs and technical matters. On an individual, departmental and team basis.
• Experience of managing projects through the construction and commissioning phases.
• Ability to persuade, challenge and build credibility at all levels across functions of the business.
• Project and proposal management.
• Project controls management including scheduling, cost control, risk management etc.
• Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel), MS project and an appreciation of Primavera P6.
• Strong planning, risk management and organisational skills, team player.
• Pragmatic, proactive and solution driven.
• Strong commercial skills – comfortable with legal contracts and project finance.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting project updates..
• Strong stakeholder and contractor management skills.

Please refer the Job description for details