Join Field's elite project delivery team in spearheading innovative energy storage construction projects across the UK and Europe
Overview
£65000 - £80000
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: Field is a rapidly expanding leader in the development and operation of energy projects, with a focus on battery storage. With a track record of success and a pipeline of over 3GW projects across the UK, Italy, and Spain, Field is at the forefront of the energy transition. As a part of our dynamic team, you'll play a pivotal role in large-scale projects that are shaping the future of sustainable energy.
- Role Summary:
- Manage the entire construction life cycle of battery storage projects.
- Lead an internal team of experts through pre-construction, planning, procurement, and health & safety.
- Drive project delivery to meet time, quality, and budget goals.
- Collaborate with various teams to ensure a smooth transition to commercial operation.
- Role Requirements:
- Proven experience managing energy project construction.
- Strong project management skills, with a love for Gantt charts and risk registers.
- Excellent communication and organization abilities.
- Knowledge of health, safety, and quality management.
- Familiarity with FIDIC, NEC, or similar contracts.
- Electrical engineering background and BESS project experience (advantageous).
- Application Process Details:
- Competitive salary of £65,000 - £80,000, with an employee share scheme.
- Comprehensive benefits including enhanced parental leave, bonus potential, hybrid working, and a generous L&D budget.
- Additional perks like 'work from anywhere' month, mental health support, and more!
Construction Project Manager
Department: Construction & Asset Operations
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: UK - Remote
Compensation: £65,000 - £80,000 / year
Description
Key Responsibilities
- Managing the pre-construction phase of the project (following project development)
- Primarily focused on managing an internal project team in the lead up to construction contract signatures
- Supporting the discharge of planning conditions by working closely with the development team
- Supporting the procurement team in the lead-up to contract signatures
- Prepare pre-construction information and other key HSE docs
- Develop and own the pre-construction risk register, schedule and budget
- Review our tender documentation to ensure we have learnt lessons from the past
- Ensure contractor’s proposals are fit for purpose and aligned with our ER’s
- Drive the lender due diligence reporting and the final investment decisions papers to be issued to the Board.
- Managing the construction phase to meet agreed time, quality and budget targets
- Discharge our Client duties under the CDM regulations
- Ensure our health & safety culture and policies are embedded in our projects
- Manage our construction contracts, including the BESS supplier, BoP/EPC contractor, DNO/TO and any other packages of work required for the project
- Undertake Client responsibilities within our projects, eg. managing variations to planning and coordination of free-issue equipment such as telecoms and fiscal metres
- Reviewing and tracking contractual variations and extensions of time
- Ensure key project management documents are regularly reviewed and updated
- Ensure the project seamlessly enters commercial operation
- Manage our engineering resource and contractors to develop and implement a commissioning and energisation plan
- Coordinate with our commercial operations team on revenue readiness activities including appointment of a supplier and optimiser (including installation of hardware they require), grant of a generation licence, and prequalification for participation in ancillary services
- Support pre-qualification for the Capacity Market
- Ensure our appointed Asset Manager is prepared for operational activities.
- Key Project Management documents
- Prepare weekly bulletins and detailed monthly reports for our board and lenders
- Keep an up to date project master programme
- Keep an up to date project risk register
- Keep track of the project budget and forecast of future spend
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- You love Gantt charts, risk registers and attending site!
- You enjoy project managing a range of disciplines, maybe outside your area of expertise
- You’re an open, clear communicator (written and verbal) who enjoys working collaboratively - there are no ‘lone wolves’ at Field, we’re all in this together
- You’re very organised - you’ll be spinning a few plates at once, so you’ll need to have tried and tested methods for keeping on top of a varied workload at your fingertips
- You’re enthusiastic, curious and knowledgeable about the energy storage industry
Essential Skills
- You have managed the construction delivery of energy projects previously (minimum 2)
- Very strong project management skill set
- Ability to take pragmatic and proactive approach to health, safety and quality management
- Good commercial mind
- Sound understanding of construction safety and CDM regulations
- You are familiar with managing contractors deliverables (time, budget, scope) using a FIDIC, NEC or similar types of contract
- Electrical engineering background
- Specific experience on BESS projects
- Experience of project-finance requirements
Benefits
- Enhanced parental leave, for all new parents:
- 6 months fully paid primary carer leave
- 3 months fully paid secondary carer leave
- 10 days fully paid leave for fertility treatment
- Up to 10% company wide bonus based on company performance
- Hybrid working (blend of home and office working to suit individual needs)
- Nest pension (8% combined contributions) on qualifying earnings
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- £2,000 annual learning & development budget to spend on whatever best supports your growth
- 1 month a year ‘work from anywhere in the world’ policy
- Spill: our mental health benefit allowing every Fielder access to equal and unrestricted therapy and resources
- Green leave: paid time off to do something good for the environment
- Fun co-working office space in Shoreditch, London
- Dog friendly office (with some regular furry friends already in the team)
- Free team lunch once a week
- Regular team socials
- Birthday carbon offset: a gift from Field to the world to celebrate your birthday
- & many more on the way!