Construction Asset Manager

The Construction Asset Manager will act as OEGEN’s representative and client agent for construction projects, ensuring that time, cost, quality, HSE, and ESG standards are consistently achieved. This role covers multi-technology projects (wind, solar, storage, and hybrids) and will work across the full lifecycle - from due diligence, contract negotiation, and construction oversight, through to handover and operational readiness. You will report to the Construction Director (CoE) and work closely with fund-aligned commercial and financial teams, technical asset managers, and external partners (EPCs, OEMs, owner’s engineers, advisors, and regulators).

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• Lead OEGEN’s oversight of certain construction projects, ensuring they are delivered against the investment case safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality
• This is a unique opportunity to be part of a specialist centre of excellence, where you’ll shape the way construction asset management is delivered across technologies. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring consistency, transparency, and operational excellence in how OEGEN delivers and transitions assets, strengthening investor confidence and long-term portfolio performance
• Oversee contract scope, EPC/OEM delivery, and major remedial works across multiple technologies
• Ensure smooth transition from construction into operations, including delivery of as-built documentation, warranties, permits, and asset readiness packs
• Support negotiation and drafting of EPC and O&M contracts, ensuring technical appendices and scopes of work reflect best-in-market standards
• Present progress, risks, and recommendations to boards, lenders, and fund heads bi-weekly ops meetings, monthly briefings, quarterly reviews)
• Manage the construction risk register, identifying and mitigating risks early, and
• Critique technical due diligence reports, yield assumptions, construction plans, challenging advisors and contractors where necessary
• Capture and embed lessons learned into CoE frameworks, driving continual
• Provide structured risk and opportunity reports to fund leads and boards
• Champion OEGEN’s safety culture, focusing on contractor compliance with CDM and SHE policies, and embedding ESG principles in construction delivery
• Review and enforce project-specific HSE plans and conduct regular site visits
• Log, triage, and manage construction-related cases in the CoE system, ensuring transparent reporting and escalation where required
• Collaborate with commercial and financial teams on transactions (financing, acquisitions, divestments), ensuring construction considerations are fully addressed

Whilst we maintain a degree of flexibility, this position requires an average of 3 days in the office per week in London

As part of our Centre of Excellence (CoE) for technical, construction, contracts, HSE, and operational management, we are seeking an experienced Construction Asset Manager to drive best practice and ensure successful delivery of 1GW of projects from development through construction and into operations.

• Strong knowledge of EPC delivery, contractual frameworks, and project finance interfaces
• Strong commercial and numerical acumen, with experience managing budgets and
• Deep understanding of HSE regulations, CDM, ESG requirements, and risk
• Proven experience in construction project management within renewable energy (wind, solar, or storage) with multi-technology exposure preferred
• Flexibility, resilience, and a “can do” attitude, with the ability to manage multiple
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, Gantt charts, technical specifications, and complex contractual documentation
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear recommendations for fund leaders and non-technical stakeholders
• Degree or professional qualification in engineering (electrical, civil, or mechanical)
• Willingness to travel regularly across the UK and Europe to project sites

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