Exciting opportunity for an Offshore Development Lead / Project Manager for a new Wind Farm. For a 12 month initial Contract.
Must Have: Skilled experience in consent applications / Experience in dealing with regulators and/or consent applications.
This is an exciting time to be joining this world-leading company as they transform themselves from a traditional Oil & Gas company into a leading name within the Renewables sector. This includes the creation of an already highly successful new Power Trading desk within the Energy Trading team as well as new ventures into various innovative solutions around the supply of Renewables including wind farms, electric vehicle charging, solar panel heating and battery storage. These innovative solutions provide opportunities for exceptionally highly talented individuals to contribute to the success of this transition where you will be working with some of the best people in the industry working on new and ground-breaking initiatives utilising the very latest technology.
Location: Aberdeen, UK
Will require frequent travel to various site locations in Scotland and some international travel.
Key position supporting the development of a floating offshore wind farm in Scotland.
Reports to the Development Manager within the Joint Venture. Role will be to ensure safe execution of offshore activities, manage the delivery of Environmental Impact Assessment, obtain offshore consents and carry out stakeholder management for the offshore scopes, including engagement of fisheries representatives. As this will require strong project management and delivery skills, we welcome applicants with project delivery experience.
Leading and managing multi-disciplinary project teams comprising internal staff and consultants and will be a key feature of the role. Establishing, fostering and maintaining team spirit and morale through periods of intense workload and activity will be a critical feature. Further, role will require considerable interfacing across the whole project team to input environmental and consenting considerations into engineering design and commercial discussions.
Responsibilities:
1. Develop the project to secure offshore consents and marine licences in line with the agreed schedules and budget.
2. Responsible for managing consultants to deliver the offshore elements of the Environmental Impact Assessment, including scoping and mitigation plans.
3. Agreement, management and forecasting of necessary budgets.
4. Production of work-scopes and specifications for delivery at all stages of a project as necessary and manage the completion of these on time and on budget.
5. Management of consultants and legal inputs as necessary.
6. Management of the Offshore Development project team.
7. Input to all consenting related commercial agreements and contracts to ensure project risks are mitigated.
8. Management of tender processes and tender assessment for surveys, studies and technical support and take forward recommendations for business approval.
9. Liaison and coordination with engineering packages, consultants and contractors delivering the design, survey, consenting, construction and operation of the project to input into the design envelope and concept selection.
10. Contribution to the identification and management of risks, issues and impacts to the projects.
11. Work with Stakeholder Manager, Environment Manager and Land Project Manager.
12. Work with the wider shareholder teams to ensure effective liaison with national Government and regulatory authorities that benefits the projects.
13. Lead and participate in identification and implementation of consenting / compliance strategies.
14. Ensure high levels of quality control throughout process
Skills & Requirements.
1. Relevant development experience within a multi-disciplinary project environment and major projects.
2. Experience in development of offshore wind farms is an advantage.
3. Relevant experience in management of multi-disciplinary teams.
4. Strong planning and analysis skills with the ability to look forward and anticipate problems and thereafter plan and implement mitigating solutions.
5. Experience of interfacing across a number of work packages.
7. Excellent personal organisation and time management skills.
8. High degree of self motivation with a flexible approach to work.
11. Strong project management capabilities.
This needs combining with a positive attitude and an ability to work within a large, globally dispersed project team in a multi-cultural environment. You also need to be a self-starter, a logical thinker and a quick learner, with strong initiative and excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, able to write clearly and concisely. We believe in equality of opportunity for all job applicants regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, creed or religion, disability, sexual orientation or age. Specialising within Energy Trading, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets and TV & Entertainment, Eaglecliff Recruitment is ISO accredited, a Member of REC and listed within the top 4% for Financial stability by Dun & Bradstreet. Please telephone for an immediate response or email your CV for a reply within one hour. Eaglecliff Ltd is acting in the capacity of an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for contractor resourcing.