Senior Consultant Owner’s Engineering

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RINA is recruiting for a Senior Consultant to work as part of a growing team delivering Owner’s Engineer services on wind and solar projects worldwide. The role is based in the UK.

We’re looking for an engineering project manager with a strong understanding of the Owner’s Engineering field, either gained through Owner’s Engineer consultancy work, due diligence consultancy work and/or work for contractors or developers. This opportunity will enable you to work with RINA teams across the globe, stretching your technical and consultancy skills and helping grow an Owner’s Engineer business. You’ll notice soon after joining the collaborative and project-based nature of our work; talented individuals gain knowledge and experience rapidly and can choose to develop their managerial or technical pathway within RINA.

RINA is one of the world’s most experienced renewables consulting engineers having worked on over 30GW of wind, solar and other renewables. We offer a friendly and dynamic working environment with a bright future and promote staff wellbeing with a comprehensive programme of development and benefits.

The role

We are now looking for strong candidates to support our continued growth and expansion in this exciting sector. Responsibilities include:

• Managing Owner’s Engineering projects for solar and wind developers, potentially including hybrid projects with energy storage and/or diesel generation. Projects range from pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, through tendering, financing and construction management.
• Providing technical engineering support at all stages of the project development cycle.
• Reviewing of project design, contractual documentation, environmental studies, planning permission, health and safety reports, grid offers and grid connection agreements.
• EPC/TSA/BoP tender preparation, coordination, management, evaluation and review.
• Support developers in contract negotiations.
• Preparation and review of technical and non-technical reports.
• Management of contractors and construction projects.
• People and project management, ensuring effective communication within the project team.
• Providing oversight and Quality Assurance of reporting produced by other members of the team.
• Liaison with clients and stakeholders.
• Leading commercial activities such as proposal writing and client presentations.
• Supporting business development and professional excellence activities, including expanding our database of best-practise commercial and technical documentation.
• The role is based in our Brighton office, however, the possibility of working in our London office or splitting time between office-based and home-based work will be considered for the right candidate.
  

Additional responsibilities for Principal Consultant candidates could include:

• Checking and approval of reports and proposals.
• Client facing Project Director roles on large, important assignments.
• Developing and mentoring graduates, Consultants and Senior Consultants.
• Taking managerial responsibilities such as ensuring appropriate resources are available to deliver a pipeline of work.
• Identifying resource gaps, writing job specifications and interviewing new staff.
• Eventual growth into a team leader role.
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant experience working in the sector for a technical consultancy, project developer or IPP.
• Consultancy experience working on Owner’s Engineering and/or due diligence assignments.
• Project management experience and capability to lead a project team
• Engineering degree (or relevant technical degree)
• Strong practical knowledge, both technical and commercial, of how renewable energy assets are developed, constructed, operated and financed
• Excellent commercial skills for a client-facing role
• Fluency in English with excellent report writing skills and attention to detail
• Comprehensive knowledge of at least one technology from onshore wind and solar PV
• Comfortable working delivering bespoke and unfamiliar scopes of work for international clients
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment with project teams based across different offices
  

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of onshore wind, offshore wind, solar PV and battery storage is highly desirable
• International experience with exposure to different markets (within Europe and beyond)
• Willingness to consider long-term postings to international construction sites
• Fluency in other languages is highly desirable
  

The person

We are looking for talented and experienced people able to exceed the expectations of our world-class clients. You will have strong technical, commercial and soft skills necessary to support clients developing renewable energy projects worldwide. You will be used to working in teams from across offices and geographies. As well as project work, you will be keen to support business growth, including proposal writing, client meetings and development and maturation of tools necessary to support the business. You like to drive your own development and happy to work in an entrepreneurial role.

Benefits:

In addition to the below, you will become part of our growing global team, you will find yourself working with world-class professionals and clients in a variety of market sectors.

• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays);
• Option to buy more holiday;
• Support of Military Reservists – 10 additional paid days;
• Healthcare cover (Family can be added at an additional cost);
• Matched 6% pension;
• Life Assurance;
• Professional development to become chartered;
• Pay for professional membership;
• Cycle to work scheme;
• Employee perks – retail discounts;
• Generous recruitment referral bonus;
• 4 half days paid leave for STEM Ambassadors;
• Season ticket loan.
  

The Company

RINA provides a wide range of services across the Energy, Marine, Certification, Transport & Infrastructure and Industry sectors through a global network of 170 offices in 65 countries. RINA is a member of key international organisations and an important contributor to the development of new legislative standards. Facing new challenges, adapting to new contexts and being where big things happen: working with us means turning our clients’ ideas into success. You will transform challenges into opportunities and brilliant ideas into excellent solutions.

***This vacancy has not been submitted to any agencies, please apply directly by following the link to our careers page***

Due to the number of applications we receive on a daily basis unfortunately we are only able to respond to the successfully shortlisted candidates. If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of applying for this position, your application was not successful on this occasion. We may however be able to contact you with a more relevant position at a later date.

Business units

Energy/Power and Renewables

Locations

UNITED KINGDOM/BRIGHTON; UNITED KINGDOM/LEATHERHEAD SURREY; UNITED KINGDOM/MANCHESTER; UNITED KINGDOM/STAINES UPON THAME; UNITED KINGDOM/SWINDON