Renewable Energy Asset Manager, UK

Renewable Energy Asset Manager, UK

Would it motivate you to work directly with renewable energy assets, ensuring that they operate to the best of their ability, thereby accelerating the green transition? As an Asset Manager in European Energy, you have full responsibility for the technical operation of a portfolio of assets, including troubleshooting and fixing various challenges.

European Energy is a green energy company in exponential growth. We develop, construct, and operate solar and wind projects globally, as well as Power-to-X. Our core values are the foundation of everything we do: In it together, Trust and courage, Ambition, Excitement, Inclusion, and Agility.

Your new team

The Asset Management department consists of 92 colleagues in total, based in Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, and Brazil. We are responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of power-producing assets, offering asset management services for both internal and external assets, and providing power sales services.

You will be part of our Technical Asset Management team, which plays a key role in the technical operation of our solar and wind parks. We work closely with our in-house Commercial Asset Management team, O&M, EPC, Project Development, and Innovation to achieve our main goal of optimizing operational assets with a special focus on performance and cost optimization.

“In Asset Management we have a great focus on knowledge sharing, holding weekly meetings both based on technologies (wind, solar, and PtX) and countries in which we operate and manage the assets. These meetings are great opportunities for everyone to share experiences and ideas to always keep improving.” (Leonardo Gibellini, Senior Manager, Technical Asset Management)

Your new role

As a Technical Asset Manager, you will be responsible for the daily operation of our own and third-party portfolios of renewable energy assets in the UK. You will be the first Technical Asset Manager to be located in the UK, alongside a team of 12 working from Glasgow (4) and remotely, focused on QHSE, project development, EPC, and risk management. It is expected that the asset management team will grow further as the current pipeline is built out over the next 3-5 years.

Your focus will be on the management of day-to-day technical activities and performance analysis and reporting of our solar and wind parks. Your stakeholder management and close collaboration with the technical contractors, asset owners, landowners, authorities, and neighbours will improve the asset performance and customer satisfaction. Together with your future asset management colleagues, you will work on improving portfolio performance and asset management procedures.

Key responsibilities include

• QSHE – lead a strong culture of safety; prioritize health, safety, quality, and environment; ensure our QSHE values flow through all aspects of a project; adopt a mindset of continuous improvement and transparent reporting on all aspects of QSHE both internally and with project partners and stakeholders
• You build and maintain relations with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, managing the relationships with and between customers, insurance companies, authorities, EPC, O&M, lenders, banks, and neighbours.
• You ensure that the assets are compliant with legal, mechanical, electrical, safety, and environmental regulations, both contractually and locally.
• You are responsible for general contract management, including risk management, compliance and reporting
• You supervise and focus on optimizing the technical operation of wind and solar PV projects, including full responsibility for OPEX budget and technical performance through data analysis and KPI management.
• You coordinate with O&M and service providers of assets to manage the operation and maintenance of the sites, requiring technical reporting, O&M contract negotiations, and QHSE management of works.
• You manage relationships between investors and third parties, including landowners and local communities.

To succeed in the role, we imagine that

• You hold a bachelor’s degree as a minimum within Renewable Energy, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or have equivalent vocational training
• You have 2+ years of work experience in the renewable energy sector with a solid technical background. A solid understanding of the technical operation of PV plants is essential.
• You have experience in the UK renewable energy sector and proven knowledge of UK health and safety regulations, including CDM, IOSH, etc. Nebosh certificate level training or similar.
• You have experience with OFGEM and BEIS platforms.
• You have experience with reviewing contracts and contract management.
• You have solid Microsoft Office 365 and data analysis skills.
• You write and speak English at a professional level.
• A commercial understanding and interest is beneficial

As a person, you are proactive and a good communicator. You possess a natural urge to constantly optimize our operating projects. You know the details stated in our contracts and you are good at keeping an overview of your assets. You have an eye to see if issues may arise and effectively act on them based on your technical and data-driven approach. Finally, you find it natural to coordinate with your team and involve relevant stakeholders to continuously ensure the optimal production of PV farms.

With us, you get

• The opportunity to work closely with renewable energy assets and take part in directly accelerating the green transitions.
• We have an entrepreneurial approach to our work. In daily life it means there’s not far from thought to action.
• Knowledge sharing is important for us. We start every Monday with our global weekly morning meeting. Here the executive management team and departments give updates on projects and current focus areas.
• You will be part of a truly international company and with 43 nationalities represented, you will hear a lot of different languages working across borders.

European Energy Group at a glance – The Power of Tomorrow Today

European Energy Group is a privately owned company founded in 2004. We operate from the development, construction, operation, and selling of wind- and photovoltaic (PV) farms on land as well as offshore globally. Further, we work with the development of future energy solutions, e.g., Power-to-X. We have a solid collaboration with local stakeholders and want to involve all parts of the process.

We have 700 employees with 43 nationalities represented in 20 countries. We all work for our common goal to be the most innovative partner within the green transition and to create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

Reporting to: Director, Head of Technical Asset Management Europe (N/W/S), Martin Kolkenbrock

Location: Glasgow, UK. Flexible and hybrid opportunities.

Application: Please be aware that European Energy does not receive applications via mail. To be considered for a job, we kindly ask you to upload your CV and a short motivational text in English directly via the "apply" button on the right.

Deadline: We evaluate applications continuously, and we will close the job ad when we have found the right candidate, so please send your application as soon as possible, but no later than December 17, 2023

For more information: Contact Talent Acquisition Specialist, Camilla Astrup, [email protected] or Director, Martin Kolkenbrock, [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your application!