Elgin Values
Core behavioural responsibilities for all employees | Agility | We Lead with Agility |
| Integrity | We Act with Integrity |
| Excellence | We Empower Excellence |
| Care | We Value Care |
Integration of our three core values into our employment processes and frameworks allows Elgin to recognise and respect individual employees for their personal contributions to their roles, their colleagues, stakeholders, and ultimately to the renewable energy sector. We see sustainability as every employee’s responsibility and weaving sustainable practices into our values is paramount to the culture we seek to create.
Job Description
The Role:In this role you will manage the on-site construction activities for Elgin Energy’s project pipeline.
This is a newly created opportunity with Elgin Energy as we are growing our construction management services team. You will assist with establishing sound CDM standards, systems and procedures for Elgin Energy’s construction activities as well as prepare, manage and report on project construction milestones, budgets, cash flows and program at a portfolio level.
You will have the opportunity to support and co-ordinate with the wider project delivery team to enhance the development and delivery of Elgin Energy’s project pipeline to Commercial Operation by providing guidance throughout the design, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
What you will do:
- Manage several construction projects in parallel, depending on scale and complexity, taking ownership of project budget, program and reporting.
- Co-ordinate and manage close working relationships with external contractors, consultants, suppliers and other relevant stakeholders throughout the construction process.
- Proactively identify and solve problems as they arise, taking preventative measures to avoid risks to the project schedule and budget. Manage and report on deviations from project schedules, budgets or scope at portfolio level.
- Provide technical advice to the senior management team to ensure all construction management factors during the build process are appropriately considered and risk assessed and are in compliance with Elgin’s requirements, Construction, Health & Safety and Grid Code standards and legislation.
- Support the development of tender documentation and review, in conjunction with the wider Elgin team, contractor designs, processes and commercial proposals.
- Support the negotiation of efficient and cost-effective contracts for project delivery where required
- Co-ordinate with the wider project delivery team to ensure projects are constructed in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner
- Co-ordinate Owner’s Engineer services on site
- Support and influence the development and growth of the wider project delivery team
About us
Elgin Energy is a full-service, utility scale, solar+storage platform bringing projects from origination through to energisation. Elgin is active across the project lifecycle from project origination through to construction management and operational asset management. The company has over 12GW of solar and storage projects across our three key markets of the UK, Australia, and Ireland.
As of 2022, Elgin Energy agreed to sell the UK’s largest solar PV transaction to date consisting of a portfolio of 12 projects with a combined capacity of 519MW of projects including 70MW of collocated energy storage capacity to Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global utility Iberdrola Group.
In 2021, Elgin Energy secured financing with Berenberg Green Energy Fund for the development of solar PV projects totalling 1.36GW in the UK and Ireland and also raised £25 million via Focus Capital Partners to fund its growth strategy across its core markets. In 2020, the company partnered, in separate transactions, with both Foresight Group and Metka-EGN in relation to two portfolios to deliver a total of 276MW of UK solar development projects and was successful with two Irish solar projects in Ireland’s first solar auction, RESS-1 – Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS). In addition to the above, Elgin Energy delivered 21 solar projects, totalling 230MW, before the UK Government’s Renewables Obligation (ROCs) scheme ended in 2017.
Elgin Energy works with long-term strategic partners to deliver projects to the energization and provides asset management services through their operational life. The company has expanded internationally over the last 14 years with a professional team of engineers, accountants, and lawyers located in its London, Dublin, and Sydney offices. Elgin has a 98% success rate through planning across all its markets.
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