Senior Project Manager UK

Overview

In this role you lead renewable energy projects from late-stage development through construction and handover, ensuring alignment with business case, schedule, budget, and HSE. You will oversee multi-disciplinary teams, manage procurement and contracting, and coordinate with finance and energy markets to maximize project value. The position offers exposure to high-profile acquisitions and strategic initiatives within Europe’s renewable energy landscape. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects that support Nadara’s living energy mission.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible ways of working
• continuous learning and development opportunities
• wellbeing initiatives
• fair pay and meaningful benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of renewable energy projects from development through COD
• Drive delivery through FID, RtB and COD within budget and schedule
• Own project objectives and protect the approved business case
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and connection
• Prepare and align the FID package across technical, commercial, financial and contractual workstreams
• Develop and manage integrated project schedules with milestones and risk mitigation
• Manage budgets, forecasts and KPIs with governance and cost control
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with contractors, advisers, and external stakeholders
• Support procurement in contracting strategies and oversee implementation
• Coordinate project financing and offtake strategies with Finance and Energy Markets
• Ensure HSE and quality standards across engineering to handover
• Oversee construction, commissioning and close-out, including contractor management
• Coordinate handover to Operations and PAC achievement

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in project management in energy, infrastructure or construction
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a relevant discipline or equivalent
• Experience in renewable energy development and/or construction with proven delivery
• Strong understanding of financial drivers and KPIs for renewable energy projects
• Strong planning, budgeting, risk management and stakeholder-management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and project-management tools
• Willingness to travel extensively across Europe
• Pragmatic, proactive problem-solver with strong communication and leadership
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary and multicultural teams
• Full clean driving licence
• Desirable: experience in quality, health and safety management, EPC/BOP contracts, contract variations and contractor performance management
• Desirable: understanding of project financing, offtake structures, and project commissioning

• strong communication and influencing abilities
• leadership with empathy and collaboration
• multicultural teamwork and stakeholder management
• project planning and scheduling
• budgeting and financial KPI management
• risk management

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