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OWC, an ABL Group company, is a technical and advisory consultancy specializing in renewable energy, including onshore & offshore, fixed/floating wind energy, onshore solar, floating solar, and hydrogen. OWC offers a global service offering, focused on project development services, owner’s engineering, technical due diligence, and independent engineering. We have an unrivalled reputation for providing high-quality, innovative, and reliable solutions, drawing on extensive technical knowledge and practical experience which goes back to the late 1990s in offshore renewables.
As the Country Manager, you will be responsible for running and growing our OWC business in Germany, with a focus on both the offshore and onshore renewables markets. Partnering with your team and our clients, you will be expected to grow the business by offering our full consultancy portfolio for this geographic region. Your focus will be on organic growth and the business will build on OWC strengths and ABL Group’s winder infrastructure and capability in the region. OWC was recently awarded Technical Advisor of the Year at the 2025 Tamarindo Wind Investment Awards, and this is an opportunity to help develop further what is already a best-in-class consultancy.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Ideally, you will be an experienced Leader or Consultant with a proven background in providing Technical Due Diligence, Owner Engineering or Lender Technical Advisory services to clients in the offshore or onshore renewable sectors. More specifically, we are looking for the following:

• 10 years’ worth of relevant experience within the renewables sector, ideally within a consultancy, development, or utility company.
• Proven successful track record of identifying and converting opportunities into sales.
• The ability to manage budgets and commercial contracts and an understanding of managing P&L within a business unit.
• Technical understanding of offshore and onshore renewables, ideally wind and solar.
• Proven people management and leadership experience.
• Fluent in English.
• Experience in the development, construction and operation of offshore wind projects is desirable.

• Develop and execute national-specific sales, marketing, and development plans, maximizing cross-selling together with other teams.
• Provide leadership, direction, and motivation to the local team. Foster cooperation and high levels of performance among team members.
• Identify and pursue business opportunities within and beyond your assigned country.
• Extend the client base, securing new work and ensuring turnover and profit levels meet expectations.
• Build and maintain good client relationships through regular communication and satisfaction checks.
• Manage day-to-day operational decisions effectively. Implement organizational arrangements, systems, and processes for efficient resource deployment.
• Ensure compliance with group policies, procedures, and HSEQ standards.
• Control and manage subcontractor qualification, quality, costs, and performance.
• Recruit against agreed plans and manage resources within financial budgets.
• Ensure progressive turnover, order intake to target, acceptable profit margins, and maintain cost control and cash recovery.
• Personally maintain chargeable work level (50%) to stay at the cutting edge of renewables deliverables.
• Development and delivery of accurate and regular progress and financial reports to OWC Management
• Develop and achieve collective goals, including regional objectives.
• Collaborate closely with OWC Directors and senior staff for effective client management.
• Stay at the cutting edge of renewables deliverables, contributing to technical excellence.
• Contribute to technical compliance and knowledge sharing across projects.
• Author technical reports and present at conferences to showcase OWC’s technical excellence and encourage the team to contribute similarly.
• Work closely with other senior staff to ensure that technical compliance and lessons learned from previous projects across the network are implemented.