Au - Engineering & Grid Manager, Apac

**Department**:_Engineering _

**_Job Location: _**_Melbourne/Brisbane, Australia _

**_Reporting to: _**_Group Chief Operating Officer _

**_Travel required: _**_Local and International**_Company Overview: _**
- Mainstream Renewable Power is a leading pure-play renewable energy company, with wind and solar assets across global markets, including in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Our mission is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy by delivering clean, affordable and reliable energy at scale. We are one of the most successful developers of gigawatt-scale renewables platforms, across onshore wind, offshore wind, and solar power generation with a global portfolio of 20.8 GW. In May 2021, Aker Horizons acquired a majority stake in Mainstream, and in April 2022, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. joined Aker Horizons as a long-term strategic investor. We currently employ over 400 people across 5 continents, and we are looking for ambitious, driven, and talented people to join us on our mission to drive forward the energy transition.**_Summary of Role: _**
- As the Engineering & Grid Manager, APAC, you will provide regional Engineering personnel with management and oversight of project engineering works during design, pre-construction, construction, commissioning, energization, and operations of Mainstream's renewable energy projects in the APAC region. You will work closely with your manager (based in Dublin, Ireland) to leverage the support of the global Engineering team, engaging in two-way communication and exchange of experience, lessons learned, best-practices, procedures and methods, tools and templates.**_What you will do? _**
- _Manage the APAC team of multi-disciplinary Engineers and technical personnel (Civil, Electrical, Grid and Geographical Information Services or 'GIS') in several APAC countries. _
- _Communicate regularly with your manager based in Dublin (Ireland) providing two-way communication and exchange of information, experience, lessons learned, best-practices, procedures and methods, tools, software, and templates. _
- _Manage team performance, team and direct-report goals setting and activity prioritization, team resource planning, team expansion, team member retention, budgeting, and associated works for your direct reports. _
- _Undertake infrequent international and national travel for the purpose of managing team members, inducting new personnel into the team, fostering relationships with team members, sharing experience and formulating plans through formal workshops and meetings, visiting projects and otherwise in agreement with your manager. _
- _Consultation with the regional GM, Development and Country Managers to ensure correct work prioritization and alignment with company goals and Engineering budget and project support work methodology. _
- _Sharing, review, and provision of inputs into key Engineering templates, including the Employer' Requirements, conceptual design templates, internal procedures and guidelines, engineering study scope of works, requests for proposals, and other related documentation. _
- _Identify and provide development, pre-construction, construction, commissioning, energization, taking-over, and operational stage technical engineering support to projects according to agreed priority project plans, resource plans, and Engineering activity procedures. _
- _Ensure adequate Engineering support and cooperation with external parties in relation to pre-construction activities, including banks, independent engineers, lenders engineers, insurers, contractors, government bodies, system operators & utilities, etc. _
- _Accountable for regional Engineering team coordination of front-end engineering works, including reports, drawings, and investigations (e.g., grid capacity studies, feasibility studies, load flow and short-circuit studies, energy loss calculations, reticulation network designs, substation layouts, natural risk assessments, geotechnical surveys, topographical surveys, etc.) by Engineering personnel and/or third-party consultants, and the review thereof for the integration into due diligence reports, Employer's Requirements, and other deliverables. _
- _Accountable for fostering good working relationships with the regional grid utilities directly or through relevant team members. _
- _Accountable for fostering good working relationships and management of key consultants for repeatable works in each region directly or through relevant team members. _
- _Encourage ongoing participation by
- and membership of
- relevant team members in national regulatory and renewable energy forums, committees, industry bodies, or groups. _
- _Accountable for suitable engineering support during project due diligence of new/existing project opportunities for acquisition, divestment, and potential joint venture partnerships and financial close processes, including engineering consultant appointment and management where required and review of