Project & Program Manager

Description

• Work with Assets Development teams in Ireland and UK to develop and influence Centrica’s asset strategy.
• Setup of investment case governance structures.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of a multi-billion capital investment portfolio, with over €1 billion already committed across active projects.
• Support the delivery of new Net Zero development projects, including but not limited to Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia, Energy storage, New Zero Power Generation, Carbon Capture & Storage, Biomethane and Biofuels.
• Responsible for the application of Project Governance protocols, being a driver for effective project control
• Responsible for management of project costs, schedule, risk, communications, procurement, and stakeholders.
• Management of diverse resource of Commercial / Business Development / Change / Financial teams for successful delivery of growth opportunities.
• Analysing and addressing project risks and regularly sharing lessons learned.
• Lead project delivery in collaboration with design, permitting, procurement and construction technical leads / subject matter experts.
• Maintain good working knowledge of key commercial and regulatory value drivers for delivering upstream assets in the Irish Market.
• Informing and driving consistent commercial thinking across the projects and relevant business areas; working closely with supporting functions.
• Preparation and presentation of project delivery plans to present to Executives, Management team, Board and Shareholders.
• Provides performance feedback regarding allocated resources working on projects.
• Work closely with a number of disciplines to deliver optimal solutions across external and internal resources including Finance, Trading, Legal and Technical.
• Support all upstream business development and net zero targets through the project management of activities associated with grid analysis, land acquisition, planning application oversight and technical feasibility.

Requirements

• Proven experience and knowledge of energy project development – conventional generation, renewable energy projects or zero carbon projects.
• Contract negotiation experience required
• Experience of working from own initiative, taking ownership of work and motivating colleagues to achieve objectives or projects
• Effective communicator with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organisation - confident presentation/communication skills with all levels of internal and external stakeholders, good influencing and networking skills.
• Skilled at producing high quality output documents
• Excellent analytical skills and detail oriented particularly with regards to development risk, uncertainty, numerical analysis, legal documentation and written reports
• Tenacious, resilient, proactive and resourceful approach to issue and risk resolution and contingency planning.
• Project management expertise in planning methodologies.
• Able to manage involvement in a number of simultaneous initiatives, deliver work to agreed deadlines, and work well with a variety of individuals
• Experience of financing / funding, investment strategies and business case development for conventional and renewable development and operational projects, gas and other net zero projects.
• Project Management experience across conventional, renewable and energy enabling infrastructure assets
• Ability to work independently to deadlines, seeking guidance from other team members when required.
• Understanding of regulatory and operational market landscape with an ability to grasp the key commercial drivers in relation to delivering new assets, including what are the key drivers for value enhancement
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to disseminate complex information in a simple and transparent manner
• Commercial awareness and strategic level problem solving in complex situations, selecting the best option from many possibilities.
• Understanding of regulatory and operational market landscape with and ability to grasp the key commercial drivers in relation to existing assets and new transactions, including what key drivers for value enhancement.
• Ability to step back from the detail and see the bigger picture. Ability to prioritise, plan, manage and deliver timely and effective business readiness projects, providing best practice for the delivery of business change and support the framework and governance for continual improvement in change delivery.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance