Senior Construction Project Manager

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential renewable energy developer in their search for a Senior Construction Project Manager based in London. Our client delivers utility-scale infrastructure projects and requires an experienced project leader with strong commercial acumen to manage complex stakeholder relationships including lenders, investors, and multidisciplinary delivery teams.

This is a critical employer's representative role overseeing solar, battery storage, and co-located energy projects from financial close through commissioning and handover to operations.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Client/Employer's Representative for allocated infrastructure projects, managing all SPV governance, commercial and contractual obligations from financial close through commercial operations and asset handover
• Lead project and contract management on project-financed assets, coordinating lender processes including conditions precedent, drawdown evidence, technical adviser queries, lender reporting, waivers and funding milestone submissions
• Administer high-value EPC and construction contracts including notices, variations, claims, payment applications, completion milestones, liquidated damages and close-out obligations
• Maintain disciplined project controls across programme, budget, cash flow, risk and change management with transparent reporting to senior management, governance bodies, lenders and investors
• Serve as primary coordination point between internal finance, legal, procurement, engineering, construction, operations and external advisers, ensuring integrated delivery plans and unified risk positions
• Manage relationships with project finance lenders, equity investors, shareholder representatives and lender technical advisers, preparing decision-ready updates for governance meetings
• Oversee contractor, owner's engineer and technical adviser interfaces to ensure delivery evidence supports funding and employer obligations
• Proactively identify commercial, contractual, programme and financing risks with clear mitigation plans and escalation of decision requirements
• Support tendering, contract negotiation and commercial strategy ensuring arrangements are bankable and aligned with lender/investor expectations

What We're Looking For

• Degree in project management, construction management, engineering or related discipline
• Extensive experience in infrastructure, renewables, power or energy storage projects with significant project and contract management responsibility
• Direct experience on project-financed projects including lender due diligence, funding drawdowns, lender technical adviser processes and ongoing lender/investor reporting
• Strong understanding of the Client/Employer's Representative role representing an owner, SPV, sponsor or employer in complex contracted project delivery
• Extensive experience administering FIDIC-based EPC and construction management contracts including notices, variations, claims, payment mechanisms, completion tests, liquidated damages and contractual close-out
• Demonstrable ability to lead multidisciplinary internal teams and align finance, legal, engineering, procurement, construction and operations inputs around delivery milestones
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with ability to assess risk, protect the employer's position and communicate implications to senior stakeholders
• Experience preparing concise, decision-ready reports for senior management, investment committees, SPV boards, lenders and governance forums, translating complex issues into clear options and recommendations
• Working knowledge of utility-scale solar, battery storage, grid connection and route-to-market interfaces with sufficient technical understanding to challenge contractors and advisers
• Highly organised and proficient in Microsoft Office and project controls tools with strong written communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Valid UK driver's license

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and confirm alignment with the role requirements. We will then submit qualified candidates to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication and interview coordination will be managed through our recruiting team to ensure a professional and structured process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruiting team based on your experience level and the client's approved range for this position.

Equal Opportunity

Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and work to ensure fair consideration throughout our recruiting process.