Project Manager

Astute's Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit for a Project Manager, ideally with strong mechanical process knowledge, to oversee a major heat off-take project at their Energy from Waste Power Station in Croydon, South London.

The vital Project Manager comes with a competitive basic salary + bonus + benefits. The role will be employed on a fixed-term contract basis until the end of Q1, 2027.

If you're an experienced Project Manager, with strong mechanical process experience, and are looking to work on a significant heat off-take project, then upload your CV to apply today.


Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the Project Director, you will be responsible for:

• Contributing towards the selection of contract execution strategy and make recommendations for most effective delivery strategy
• Coordinate production of basis of design and optioneering exercises to ensure clear definition of project scope of words
• Oversee the successful delivery of all aspects of the design, procurement and execution of the project
• Ensure the project if delivered in accordance with all technical, HSE, legislative and budget requirements
• Coordinate interfaces with operations and the Energy Services Company (ESCo) to ensure smooth integration of the ERF's heat recovery equipment and the ERFs heat pipe to ensure both heat off-take and supply are provided in accordance with the agreement
• Develop, maintain and coordinate the project execution programmes
• Generate and secure CAPEX cost application requests and maintaining approved budgets undertaking regular variance analyses and forecasting
• Coordinate with all project stakeholders and lead regular meetings with effective agendas
• Manager the contractual relationship with client's consultants and ensure the consultant is performing in accordance with the agreement

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally degree educated in a relevant engineering discipline such as Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
• A formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH will be advantageous

Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge

The Project Manager role would suit someone who has:

• Prior full project lifecycle experience on similar projects (CHP, Energy from Waste, Biomass, District Heating, etc) from design phase through to execution
• Excellent contract management experience
• Ability to communicate with both internal and external stakeholders
• Possessing a good mechanical process engineering background (understanding steam turbines, heat off-take pipes, etc)

Salary and benefits of the Project Manager

• A highly competitive basic salary
• Bonus
• Private medical
• Please note - this will be a fixed-term contract until end of Q1, 2027

Astute Technical is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.