Project Manager - Renewable Projects

Bring your energy to Aggreko as Project Manager – Renewable Projects based in Perth, Brisbane or Melbourne. You’ll be responsible for coordinating and managing renewable projects across the AusPac region in terms of cost, schedule, risk and resources. This role is the conduit between project delivery, project sales, inhouse and external service providers (engineering, finance, customer service etc.) ensuring stakeholders are kept informed of progress.

Power without pause. Heating, cooling and oil-free air without end. We keep our customers’ worlds on. From world-class events that last a few weeks to mining operations and remote communities who rely on us for decades.

This role is a key member of the Major Projects Team providing project management expertise and insights to the team. Major Projects are a critical element to our business in providing energy solutions to solve customer challenges.

As the energy transition gathers pace and demand for electricity increases, there’s an unprecedented opportunity for our business to support our customers – something we’ve been doing for over sixty years.

What you’ll do as Project Manager:

• Lead the end-to-end management and delivery of renewable energy hybrid power projects, combining a mixture of solar, wind, battery storage, and thermal power systems

• Develop detailed full-scale project plans, schedules, risk registers, budgets and communications documents ensuring alignment with client requirements and organisational goals

• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to ensure seamless project delivery through to handover

• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders, building strong relationships with our customers, government agencies, and local communities 

• Monitor project budgets, expenditures, risk registers, and financial performance, ensuring cost-effective delivery

• Identify and mitigate financial risks to maintain project profitability

• Undertake all responsibilities in a safe manner and positively support a safety culture and systems to support this

• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimise project disruptions

• Maintain accurate project documentation, including contracts, HSE documentation, engineering and technical specifications

You are / have:

• A minimum of ideally 10 years of demonstrated prior experience as a Project Manager within the renewable energy & construction industry, ideally from either an EPC, NSP, IPP or similar

• Knowledge and understanding of the constraints affecting the renewable energy industry in Australia and New Zealand

• Project Management experience in renewable energy plants connected to both MV and HV networks

• Knowledge of fundamental project management systems and procedures in the construction industry

• Demonstrated experience of managing construction of utility scale Renewable Energy projects, i.e., larger than 50MW

• Experience in delivery of hybrid power projects is advantageous

• Construction related formal qualifications in project management

• An engineering degree or related discipline as background would be ideal but not required

• High level of commercial acumen including strategic planning, finance and leadership skills

• Successful track record in project delivery and experience in managing various stakeholders, EPC Contractors, split scope contracting models, etc

• Capability to operate autonomously, demonstrating initiative, while also thriving in a team environment

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Work from home or in the office, Hybrid

• Competitive compensation

• Paid training programs and tuition reimbursement

• Safety-focused culture

• Community volunteering program

• A range of career development opportunities

Our people are can-do, positive, resilient and persistent. If that feels like you, apply now and build your career with the people bringing energy to the world.

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Equal employment opportunity

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.