Project Director – Renewables

Overview

In this role you will lead end-to-end delivery of utility-scale Solar PV and BESS EPC projects, from tender through to handover. You will own project profitability, schedule, HSE, quality, and client satisfaction while guiding cross-functional teams across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Finance and Legal. You’ll manage risks, contracts, and procurement while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships. The opportunity centers on delivering large-scale renewable energy and storage projects to support METLEN’s sustainable future.

Pay / Benefits

• Attractive remuneration package
• Friendly and professional working environment
• Continuous training and development opportunities
• Cooperation, creativity and innovation
• Flexible ways of working to support fast results
• Opportunity to contribute to major renewable energy and energy storage projects

Responsibilities

• Lead tender preparation, assess commercial risks, and support client negotiations
• Develop and approve project budgets, cash flow forecasts, and profitability margins
• Negotiate EPC contracts including terms, payments, guarantees, liabilities and risk allocation
• Oversee procurement across PV modules, inverters, BESS, and related equipment
• Provide executive oversight of programme, budget, HSE, quality and resources
• Manage project risks, changes, and claims with commercial mitigation
• Maintain relationships with clients, suppliers, subcontractors and internal stakeholders
• Ensure commissioning, handover and contractual close-out across projects
• Prepare progress and cash flow reports and executive dashboards
• Support continuous improvement of EPC project delivery processes

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil or related)
• 5–10 years in EPC project management or project directorship
• Proven track record delivering utility-scale Solar PV (multi-MW) projects
• Strong tendering, contract negotiation and EPC execution experience
• Budgeting, cash flow and profitability responsibility
• Experience in UK, Ireland or EU projects desirable
• Experience across Solar PV and BESS projects
• Familiarity with UK and Irish permitting, grid connection and contractual requirements
• Experience with international suppliers and subcontractors
• Solid understanding of EPC engineering fundamentals
• Strong commercial and contractual knowledge (payments, LDs, warranties, bonds)
• Cost control, cash flow forecasting, margin and risk management
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management
• Proactive, solution-oriented, able to make decisions under pressure
• Advanced MS Office; MS Project required
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Desirable: Master’s degree or MBA; PMP/PRINCE2 or equivalent

• communication
• negotiation
• stakeholder management
• MS Project
• EPC project management
• tendering and contract negotiation

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