Technical Project Manager - Wave Farm Project Development

Technical Project Manager – Wave Farm Project Development Working at CorPower Ocean you will be part of a world class team, committed to make big impact. We are on a mission to bring reliable and competitive wave energy to the world. We offer a high degree of freedom and flexibility, combined with great personal responsibility. CorPower Ocean is a global leader in wave energy, with a technology that has shown game-changing performance. Your work will contribute to the global transition to renewable energy by unlocking one of the largest untapped sources of clean energy on earth

The Role

The Project Management Office (PMO) at CorPower is looking for a dynamic project engineer/technical project manager with a strong interest in helping us build upon our strong momentum in the HiWave-5 project (that recently achieved the world’s first DNV certification of a wave energy technology), the 15MW VianaWave project in now advancing through FEED stage in Portugal and the 5MW Valiant project also in FEED stage in the UK. You will help build on this by developing our next commercial engineering projects across Europe and beyond, including Pre-Front-End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) and FEED, for wave project sites around the globe. You will be joining a fast-growing and successful team with many opportunities to grow in the role with the chance to see project come to life from initial Pre-FEED (Concept) engineering to detailed design (DD), construction all the way through to operating wave farms in the Ocean. The role requires the mindset of an engineer first, project manager second, combining both these skills to develop and deliver sound technical engineering projects with a simultaneous and solid application of technical and non-technical project management principles. You will help identify and develop our Pre-FEED and FEED projects via engagement with both internal and external resources, as well as known and important commercial stakeholders/key clients. The role will also involve working closely with the commercial team to drive and deliver on our commercial wave engineering projects to match the commercial requirements at group level around the globe.

This is a dynamic role where no day is the same and in which one must be comfortable reacting to a fast-paced environment where solutions must be found quickly through agile management, solid problem solving, good engineering judgement and strong leadership. The role will be working closely with the rest of the PMO and will involve a large amount of interaction with our entire engineering, supply chain, testing and finance teams requiring good collaboration skills to really drive the Pre-FEED/FEED project(s) forward.

The role will also involve other commercial tasks for the company and promoting and communicating about wave technology. You will get the chance to input and develop proposals for new projects to meet next stage company goals.

Responsibilities

Manage and deliver project development projects, such as Pre-FEED/FEED scopes, to meet performance, schedule, budget, and quality targets for our clients

Define, initiate and drive project scopes and work packages to align with the overall development of the company and requirements of the client’s project sites

Combine engineering and project management needs to lead and drive all work packages forward across your project assignments.

Evaluate, organize and prioritize tasks and resources in your projects

Ensure alignment between all stakeholders, serve the multidisciplinary engineering teams with status and schedule updates and project reports (Technical Progress point of contact)

Submit Technical and Financial project status reports to clients/project developers

Write and coordinate new project scope definition for various FEED projects

Represent CorPower at various events/meetings/presentations (travelling is part of the role)

Identify and drive improvements in key Business Tools requiring a detailed understanding of our operations

Skills and qualifications

You have a minimum of 5-10 years of relevant background from technical project engineering and an engineering degree

Experience in leading and coordinating project development activities for an offshore project (e.g Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) and FEED projects with areas such as Project & Technology Management, Social License to Operate, Consenting, Site Characterisation (Surveys onshore and offshore), HSE, etc).

Broad experience in Project Engineering to ensure an offshore asset product (in our case a wave energy converter but experience in offshore wind, O&G, solar, Tidal, etc is relevant) is fit for a new project site, to de-risk the project strategy in areas such as:

Technology Assessment / Fitness

Onshore & Offshore Electrical Network, Grid connection & Communication

Foundation Design

Wave Farm Procurement

Wave Farm Assembly & Testing (A&T)

Offshore Installation

Offshore & Onshore Maintenance Activities

Operations and Monitoring

Decommissioning

Yield & Availability

Project Financial Modelling

Stakeholder Management and client-facing experience via scope definition and change management, preparing and reporting project progress internally and externally

You have a broad technical knowledge in engineering and genuine interest in the different aspects of ocean and/or renewable energy and technical development

Experience from fast-paced development companies is meritorious

Ability to juggle and coordinate multiple project areas and work packages at once

Skills and qualifications (Meriting but not essential)

Awareness and understanding of offshore design, product development methods, reliability and certification processes to take a project from Early Concept to Ready to Build (RtB) status is valuable

Your personality, experience and interest in the field are the most important and what is most highly valued at CorPower. You are proficient in English, both spoken and written.

As a person:

You are striving for excellence and put quality into everything you do

You are self-motivated and love to optimise your time

You always search for the most simple and elegant solutions to difficult problems

You love to learn new things, and take pride in constantly developing your skills

You are persistent, knowing it takes stamina to reach pioneering goals

You see your tasks through to completion

You are comfortable in presenting your solutions internally and externally

You are data-driven and strive to always back your points with solid research

CorPower Ocean has a diverse team with many nationalities and backgrounds, all working towards the same goal: To Power the Planet with clean energy from ocean waves.