Brightsmith
Project Director - BESS / Renewables (Remote)
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Are you an experienced Project Director with a track record of delivering major energy or infrastructure projects? Do you thrive in leading complex, high-value programmes from construction through to energisation?
Our client is a leading global investor, developer and manager of renewable energy infrastructure, with a substantial portfolio of operating and development-stage assets across wind, solar and energy storage. Backed by significant institutional capital and a long-term investment strategy, the organisation is playing a key role in accelerating the energy transition by delivering critical low-carbon infrastructure projects.
They're seeking a Project Director – Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to take ownership of a portfolio of grid-scale energy storage projects across the UK.
This is a senior leadership position responsible for the safe, on-time, on-budget and high-quality delivery of up to five concurrent transmission-connected BESS projects, ranging from 100MW to 400MW in capacity. The successful candidate will take overall accountability from project mobilisation through to energisation, commissioning and handover.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a portfolio of utility-scale BESS projects, providing strategic direction and project governance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage Design & Build contractors, consultants and multidisciplinary delivery teams, ensuring contractual, programme and quality obligations are achieved.
- Hold full budgetary responsibility, including cost control, forecasting, reporting and commercial management.
- Oversee design, construction, commissioning and grid connection activities across multiple projects.
- Manage key interfaces with National Grid, Transmission Operators, DNOs and other external stakeholders.
- Champion a strong health, safety and environmental culture across all project sites.
- Provide accurate reporting on programme, cost, risk and project performance to senior leadership.
About You:
You will bring significant experience delivering large-scale energy or infrastructure projects and have a proven track record of leading complex programmes within a Design & Build environment.
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Key requirements include:
- Experience delivering major infrastructure, renewable energy, BESS, substation or transmission-connected projects.
- Demonstrated success managing multiple high-value projects simultaneously.
- Strong commercial and financial management experience, including NEC and/or FIDIC contract administration.
- Knowledge of grid connection processes and experience working with Transmission Operators and DNOs.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at executive level.
- Degree qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline is desirable, alongside relevant professional memberships.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering critical infrastructure that supports the UK's energy transition. You'll lead some of the country's most significant battery storage projects, working at the forefront of renewable energy and grid-scale power infrastructure.
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