Construction and Engineering Manager

3 weeks ago

South Yarra, Australia Octopus Full time

**Company Description**
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Octopus Australia team in our Sydney or Melbourne office. As a valued member of the team, you'd play a pivotal role in achieving our mission to harness capital and expertise to accelerate the energy transition.

As the Construction and Engineering Manager reporting to the Construction, Engineering and Grid Director, you will play a critical role in managing the Construction and Engineering team through their development and delivery cycle. You will be able to manage a team through the construction of multiple renewable projects concurrently and advise on key aspects of technical due diligence for an active investment origination team. Your responsibilities will span from team management and planning to hands on technical solutions and construction management. An important aspect of the role will be to collaborate closely with different internal teams to share ideas, information and bridge knowledge gaps.

**About Octopus Group**

**Octopus Australia**

Octopus Australia is a renewable energy fund manager and developer harnessing capital and expertise to accelerate the energy transition, with an operating and development portfolio of over $11bn across wind, solar and battery storage. Octopus Australia is more than just an investment manager, we take a data and technology driven approach to constructing an energy portfolio designed for Australia's clean energy future.

Our team of over 50 highly skilled professionals across Melbourne and Sydney, have a unique blend of skills and expertise covering all facets of the renewable energy industry. This allows us to manage projects across their entire lifecycle and create an integrated portfolio of renewable energy and storage assets.

The key aspects of the role include:
**1. Construction and Engineering Management**:

- ** End-to-End Project Oversight**: Manage design, construction and engineering aspects of multiple renewable energy projects (solar hybrid, wind and BESS) from inception to completion, ensuring they meet quality standards, design criteria, timelines, and budget constraints.
- ** Industry Stakeholder Engagement**: Build relationships with contractors, technical consultants, network operators and other relevant industry stakeholders.
- ** Investment phase**: Working with investment team to provide relevant advice on project opportunities and lead technical due diligence during M&A processes.
- ** Development phase**: Support development of projects through project concept design, technical and constructability insights and input into construction contract tender and negotiation.
- ** Construction phase**: Manage team of internal project managers and external construction management teams to deliver renewable energy projects safely, on time and on budget.
- ** Operations phase**: Lead any works undertaken during DLP and general support with technical advice and input.

**2. Financial Management**:

- ** Cost Control**: Build cost estimates for development and ensure cost-effective project execution while maintaining quality standards.
- ** Budgeting and Revenue Generation**: Prepare and manage the team budget, allocating resources effectively to maximise revenue generation.

**3. Team Management**:

- ** Values Driven**: Exemplify the Octopus values through active internal and external engagement.
- ** Team Management**: Plan resource requirements to manage sustainable workloads in a dynamic business. Set clear objectives and responsibilities as well as managing career development for the growing construction and engineering team.

**Qualifications**
Outline of skills/experience required:

- ** Industry Experience**: A background as a project manager or project engineer with experience managing complex renewable energy projects.
- ** Line management**: Experience with direct reports including setting goals, career progression and performance management. Understanding of budgeting and resource allocation.
- ** Strategic Mindset**: The ability to create process, set goals, prioritize projects, and align them with the company’s overall objectives.
- ** Technical Proficiency**: Active involvement in project development and construction with experience resolving technical and construction issues.
- ** Collaboration**: Sharing ideas, giving/ receiving feedback and learn from others.
- ** Communication Skills**: Ability to present to a broad range of stakeholders involved in renewable energy projects including explaining concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- ** Leadership Skills**: Confidence in managing EPC contractors, teams and driving results.

**Additional Information** What we offer**
- A competitive salary package including bonus and medical insurance benefits
- ✈️ Extra Annual Leave entitlement
- Flexible working
- Ongoing learning and career development opportunities

Octopus has built an exciting and inclusive high-performance culture where employees feel empowered. We al

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