Senior Project Manager

Summary

Join Akuo, a fast-growing renewable energy company, as a Project Manager in the Structuring & Execution (S&E) department. You will lead project coordination from structuring to execution phases, managing construction contracts, site activities, and stakeholder relationships. Responsibilities include improving internal processes, supporting project teams, and ensuring adherence to budgets and schedules. The ideal candidate possesses strong project management experience in renewable energy, excellent stakeholder coordination skills, and fluency in French and English. The position offers remote work flexibility and various benefits, including paid time off, bonuses, and a pleasant work environment.

Requirements

• Experience in managing renewable energy project teams under structuration and/or execution phases within the framework established in the road map, in accordance with safety requirements, schedule and budget and established governance
• Strong background coordinating and managing the interfaces between project’s stakeholders such as the project team, lenders, equity investors, administrations, contractors, third parties
• Ability to perform risk assessment and technical due diligence
• French and English mandatory

Responsibilities

• Lead the coordination of projects in structuration and execution
• Coordinate projects in structuration phase, normally from PPA securisation until Financial Close mainly under non-recourse project finance scheme
• Coordinate projects in execution phase, from Financial Close until Take Over, being in charge of the overall completion of the execution phase mainly in managing the construction contracts, the site activities, the cost follow up and the Lenders and/or Equity partners relationship
• Support CapEx, OpEx and other Financial Model assumptions and optimizations aiming to reach expected Project economics in coordination with the Project Team
• Contribute to the selection, negotiation and enforcement of the EPC, O&M and other supply agreements, in coordination with the Project Team
• Report HSE, E&S, contractual issues, schedule, budget, and progress follow up and manage the construction site team in charge of the day-to-day activities on site
• Ensure proper coordination between team members (core and extended team) in accordance with agreed framework and targeted KPIs of the projects
• Deployment of processes and implementation of methods, tools and best practices in projects under structuration and execution, in line with the Group strategy, industry HSE and quality standards
• Animate internal Kick Off Meetings, steering committees, regional committees and Board Approval committees
• Coordinate i) handover to execution team and/or asset management team, at the end of structuration and/or execution phases, ii) lessons learned meetings

Preferred Qualifications

• Spanish or other language is a plus
• Autonomy, proactivity, agility and flexibility as well as ability to interfacing with various internal and external stakeholders

Benefits

• The position is open to remote work, up to 2 days per week + 10 floating days per year (i.e. 100 days per year)
• Gymlib
• Up to 37 days off per year
• Holiday bonus, gift vouchers
• Profit-sharing
• Lunch allowance (€10 x 19 per month) 60% reimbursed
• Public transport paid at 75% of the current rate or sustainable mobility package
• Pleasant premises with landscaped terraces and gym