About the role
Job Title
Asset Manager (Energy Storage)
Reporting to
Senior Asset Manager
Location
Home Worker
Hours
Full-Time Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
Do you want to work to make Power for Good?
We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're driven by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.
We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.
RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.
Our competitive package offers rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down emphasis on better work-life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 25 days holiday with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make a difference somewhere else.
Job Purpose
To manage a number of operational Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and potentially other renewable energy assets, ensuring adherence to best practice for safety, quality and environmental performance, whilst maximizing revenue and enhancing community and stakeholder engagement thorough the project lifecycle.
Organisational Context
The Asset Manager will be the focal point for the project throughout the operational lifecycle and will be responsible for the day to day management of the asset.
This role will promote and enhance the asset performance and shall be a highly visible role within RES and in the wider community.
The Asset Manager will also be responsible for the management of project budgets and asset operating plans.
The Asset Manager will be primarily responsible for managing BESS but may be expected to manage other technology types (e.g. solar and wind) depending on departmental requirements.
Key Accountabilities
- Act as primary focal point for the delivery of the Asset Management Agreement(s) and main client contact point.
- Ensure that all operating assets adhere to statutory requirements for Health, Safety and Environmental performance.
- Ensure assets comply with project specific requirements in accordance with local authority planning requirements, grid company connection conditions and power purchase agreements. Manage SPV contracts to ensure all service providers in compliance with agreements.
- Co-ordinate day-to-day performance of a number of operating BESS assets. This may involve direct supervision of sub-contractors or overseeing the work of management contractors.
- Contributing to continuous improvement to identify and implement operational improvements to maximise Net Asset Value of operating assets
- Develop strong community relations in the project locality, including managing landowner and community relationships and ensuring accurate and timely payments to stake holders.
- Prepare management reports in an accurate and timely way.
Knowledge
Skills
- Health and safety management systems
- Quality and environmental management systems
- Work control procedures, all in the context of operational assets.
- Strong commercial awareness
- Team work
- Good interpersonal skills
- Initiative
- Tenacity
- Planning and organising
- Attention to detail
Experience
Qualifications
- Asset management experience with operational BESS or other renewable energy projects
- Budget preparation and management
- Contract management
- Contractor management
- Familiarity with computerised SCADA systems and maintenance management systems
- Engineering/Science degree or equivalent experience.
At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY
40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
21 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 OFFSET PER YEAR
2500 EMPLOYEES
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