Senior Construction Project Manager

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Job Description

Are you an experienced construction project leader with the commercial acumen to deliver complex infrastructure projects while managing the expectations of lenders, investors and key stakeholders?
We are looking for an experienced Senior Construction Project Manager to fulfil the Client / Employer’s Representative role across Elgin’s utility-scale solar PV, BESS and co-located PV/BESS projects. The role is focused on leading multidisciplinary project teams within a single Elgin delivery framework, ensuring that finance, legal, engineering, procurement, construction, operations, route-to-market and external adviser inputs are coordinated into one clear project position from late stage development / FID through construction, commissioning, commercial operations and handover to Asset Management. Particular emphasis will be placed on lender, investor, SPV governance and internal delivery interfaces.
This role requires significant project and contract management experience, including direct involvement in project finance processes, lender due diligence, conditions precedent, drawdown evidence, lender reporting, waivers / consents and coordination with lender technical advisers. The successful candidate will need specific experience with FIDIC based Construction Contracts, strong commercial judgement, disciplined contract administration capability and the ability to translate project delivery status into clear funding, governance and decision-making outputs.
To be successful in the role, you will have experience representing a client, employer, sponsor or SPV in the delivery of complex infrastructure or renewable energy projects. You will be commercially astute, highly organised, confident leading multidisciplinary project teams through a common governance and delivery framework, and capable of engaging credibly with lenders, investors, advisers, contractors, shareholder forums and senior internal stakeholders.
What you will be do:

• Fulfil the Client / Employer’s Representative role for allocated projects, ensuring Elgin’s SPV, governance, commercial and contractual obligations are actively managed from FID through COD and handover.
• Lead project and contract management on project-financed assets, coordinating lender processes including conditions precedent, drawdown evidence, lender technical adviser queries, lender reporting, waivers / consents and funding milestone submissions.
• Administer and manage high-value EPC, ICP and related project contracts, including notices, variations, claims, payment applications, completion milestones, liquidated damages, defects and close-out obligations.
• Maintain disciplined project controls across programme, budget, cash flow, risk, actions, decisions and change, ensuring transparent reporting to senior management, SPV governance bodies, lenders and investors.
• Act as the primary project coordination point between Elgin’s internal project team, finance, legal, procurement, engineering, construction, operations, route-to-market and external advisers, ensuring that all workstreams operate from one integrated delivery plan, one risk position and one set of decision requirements.
• Lead and manage multidisciplinary internal project teams within Elgin’s agreed delivery framework by setting priorities, clarifying accountabilities, managing dependencies, aligning workstreams to project milestones and escalating decisions in a timely and structured manner.
• Manage the relationship and reporting cadence with project finance lenders, equity investors, shareholder representatives, lender technical advisers and other key finance-facing stakeholders, including preparing and presenting clear, decision-ready updates for shareholder forums and related governance meetings.
• Oversee contractor, owner’s engineer and technical adviser interfaces to ensure delivery evidence, technical outputs and contractual positions support Elgin’s funding, governance and employer obligations.
• Proactively identify commercial, contractual, programme and financing risks, develop mitigation plans and ensure issues are escalated with clear options, recommendations and decision requirements.
• Support tendering, contract negotiation and commercial strategy by ensuring delivery arrangements are bankable, financeable, contractually robust and aligned with lender / investor expectations.

Your profile

What you will need: 

• Degree in project management, construction management, engineering, or similar.
• Extensive experience in infrastructure, renewables, power, energy storage or comparable capital projects, with significant project and contract management responsibility.
• Direct experience working 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 and experience representing an owner, SPV, sponsor or employer in the delivery of complex contracted projects.
• Extensive experience administering FIDIC, EPC, ICP 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, operations and external adviser inputs around delivery milestones within a standardised delivery framework.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to assess risk versus reward, protect the employer’s position and communicate implications clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Experience preparing and presenting concise, decision-ready reports for senior management, investment committees, SPV boards, lenders, investors, shareholder forums and other governance forums, with the ability to translate complex programme, commercial, technical and financing issues into clear options and recommendations.
• Working knowledge of utility-scale solar PV, BESS, grid connection and route-to-market interfaces, with sufficient technical understanding to challenge contractors and advisers effectively.
• Highly organised and proficient in Microsoft Office and project controls tools, with strong written communication, meeting management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Valid driver’s license for Ireland and the UK.