Renewable Project Director – Wind, Solar and Storage Construction

About the role

A state-backed clean energy and data centre platform based in Oman is recruiting a Renewable Project Director for utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage construction. The business has a secured portfolio of projects across several markets and is building the construction delivery team under its head of renewable construction programme. The project director takes projects from the development team and leads them through contracting, permitting, construction and commissioning to completion and handover to operations, reporting to the programme head and owning contractors, safety, quality, cost and schedule.

Key responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a utility-scale renewable project or a group of projects from development handover to completion and handover to operations
• Manage EPC, OEM and balance of plant contractors against scope, specification, programme and budget, including variations, claims and late deliveries
• Obtain construction-stage permits and meet environmental, grid-connection and lender requirements during construction
• Own safety, quality, commissioning and performance testing with a zero-harm standard on site
• Report schedule, cost and risk to the programme head through the programme office and its stage gates
• Build and lead the project, site and controls team, developing local talent

Required profile

• Utility-scale wind, solar or battery storage projects personally led through construction to completion at project director or construction director level
• Experience across more than one technology or on hybrid plants is an advantage
• Proven safety leadership on large construction sites
• Fluent English; Arabic is an advantage

Required skills

• EPC contract management under FIDIC or similar, plus HV substation and grid-connection delivery
• Experience of lender and lender's technical adviser requirements on project-financed projects
• Delivery in international markets such as the Gulf, Africa, Central Asia or Latin America; experience on both owner and contractor sides is an advantage

Applications are handled confidentially by the recruiter, Capax Mundi.