Project Manager - Delivery

The Opportunity:

Our team is growing! We’re seeking a Project Manager - Delivery to manage the delivery of energy generation assets from the lead-up to financial close and the commencement of commercial operations, including project stages of project handover from development, delivery kick-off, construction, testing and commissioning and handover to operations.

The incumbent will be accountable to the Head of Project Delivery and the role can be worked flexibly from our Southbank office and home. Travel to project sites will be required as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

The Project Manager is responsible for leading the delivery of assigned projects safely, on time and budget to support the business strategy to increase our renewable and clean energy portfolio.

Manage the execution/delivery of assigned new power generation projects, including:

Dispatchable generation including Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

Hybrid and integrated systems such as Wind, Solar & BESS

Lead the planning and delivery of a wide range of information gathering and stakeholder consultation activities and specify, negotiate, and agree on program and project deliverables

Identify and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate. Proactively develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these

Develop project specific plans and documentation in the lead-up to financial close and assist as required in final investment decision process

Project management to ensure effective control, oversight, resourcing and timing of assigned projects in line with assigned KPI’s

Work with the HSE representative toe ensure Quality, Health & Safety and Environment management plans are developed, implemented and embedded

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will have experience with onsite construction management of renewable energy infrastructure projects, particularly BESS. This includes the management of third party vendors/partners and ensuring they are compliant with relevant legislation (health, safety, environment etc.). You have gained significant project and contract management experience for construction projects and able to work under pressure to meet scheduled and demanding timelines.

You are results driven and can ensure accountability, communicate effectively and balance stakeholders.

Next Steps

If this sounds like the role for you, please apply with a covering letter, together with your up-to-date resume.

All applicants must have unlimited rights to work in Australia.

Please note we consider applications on an ongoing basis and therefore encourage you to apply at your earliest opportunity.

Government and some client directions regarding vaccination against COVID-19 apply to various aspects of ENGIE’s work across Australia. If your application is successful, ENGIE may require you to provide evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 as necessary to comply with any such government and client directions that apply to your work in this position.

ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, religion, marital status, health, disability or political opinions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people of the LGBTIQA+ community are encouraged to apply. Our differences are our strengths!

About ENGIE Australia & New Zealand:

ENGIE has operated in Australia since 1996 and is supporting the transition to a carbon-neutral economy by providing energy solutions to households, businesses and communities.

Globally, ENGIE has been driving innovation for more than 180 years. Today, ENGIE is changing the face of energy and services by creating and developing a diverse range of energy solutions, supported by global expertise, and delivered by local teams who understand their local markets.

In Australia we have an ambitious goal – to achieve net zero by 2045 by deploying renewable energy, hydrogen, storage and e-mobility infrastructure at pace, while leading the transformation from coal-fired power to a clean energy future at our Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project.

We have more than 1,000MW of low-carbon generation capacity and almost 3,000MW of renewable energy under development. Our retail business has more than 700,000 customer accounts across Australia.

ENGIE’s trading arm, Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) provides low-energy supply agreements, energy trading, risk management and asset management services to business customers.

Our Business Units

Thermal & Supply

Simply Energy is one of Australia’s fastest growing energy retailers, with more than 700,000 electricity and gas customer accounts in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.

Simply Energy offers simple and affordable energy plans for Australian households and businesses.

They offer 100% carbon neutral plans certified by Climate Active where carbon emissions are offset from energy usage.

Our gas power plants in South Australia are an essential component of our strategy to achieve a sustainable energy future, and we remain committed to optimizing their performance and reducing emissions while we invest in the energy systems of tomorrow.

The Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project is a dedicated business stream leading the safe, stable and sustainable rehabilitation of the former Hazelwood Power Station and Mine, which ceased operation in 2017.

Renewables

With 165MW of operating wind farms in South Australia and 3000MW of identified pipeline of solar, wind and large-scale batteries under development, ENGIE is making a sizeable contribution to the progress of renewable energy production in Australia.

We strive for operational excellence in all aspects of green hydrogen production, including process design, equipment selection, and when up and operational in the optimization of our asset infrastructure. ENGIE and Mitsui are developing one of the world’s first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen projects to provide feedstock into Yara Pilbara Fertilisers' (Yara) existing ammonia operations near Karratha in Western Australia.

Energy Solutions

ENGIE is building the future of electric vehicle fast charging stations in Australia for both fleets and the public. ENGIE is aiming to be operating 300 charging points across Australia by 2024. With approximately 1,000 charge points scheduled to be installed by 2025, this will mean the ENGIE public rapid charger network will be accessible within 10km for around 80% of the Australian population, and our Fleet network will be helping business and government to accelerate their decarbonisation goals.

Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)

GEMS provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE’s assets and contributing to value creation.

ENGIE is leading the Australian green corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) market, with several high-profile partnerships including Coles, Pepsi, L’Oréal Australia, Sanitarium, Veolia and NAB.