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Project Manager

Principle Power

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Operations

Tokyo, Japan

Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Education Required: Master’s degree in Offshore or Marine Engineering or related field; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Position start: ASAP

About Principle Power

Principle Power is a leading global technology and services provider for the floating offshore wind energy market. The WindFloat®, the company’s globally and proven floating platform technology, enables offshore wind turbines to be sited in any water depth or seabed condition, unlocking offshore wind potential worldwide and allowing projects to harvest the best wind resources. Principle Power acts as a trusted partner to developers, independent power producers, utilities, and EPCs, supporting its customers throughout the entire lifecycle of their projects. With 105 MW of cumulative capacity in operation or under advanced development and a multi-GW commercial pipeline globally, Principle Power is the market leader in floating offshore wind technology.

General Description

The Project Manager is part of the Project Management Group and reports to the Vice President of Engineering Operations.
The responsibility is to manage the contracts acquired by Business Development for WindFloat projects around the globe, requiring a detailed engineering knowledge in the field of offshore energy projects to understand and manage complex engineering work scopes. Depending on contracts the scope of works covers support to Customer, or his representation, for fabrication and (offshore) operations.
The Project Manager is the main contact for the Customer and is fully responsible for the delivery as per customer requirements, on-time, within budget and without Quality or HSE incidents

Main Accountabilities

Lead the Principle Power team to deliver the contractually agreed scope safely in time, budget and to the satisfaction of the customer.
Support new business by providing experience to the Business Development team
Support an open exchange between sales, study and execution projects and engineering to improve product and service of Principle Power
Take on the role of a Project Engineering Manager for certain work packages, based on own engineering skills.

In this role, in execution phase, the Project Manager will:

Plan, schedule, organize resources according to project’s requirements
Manage a budget and ensure project profitability
Ensure quality of the deliverables
Manage the contract commercially and contractually, incl. management of change
deliver on-time reports, drawings and technical queries following the master Document Registers and the project schedule
Interface with customers (developers, utilities, …) in cooperation with Business Development, managing expectations in order to foster a sustainable relationship
Interface with internal HSE, Engineering, Finance, Fabrication, Operations and Business Development teams
Interface with external subcontractors working on the project
Be able to create and follow work-flow processes and manage Customer site support and execution activities
Interact with legal teams to implement various contract requirements, service agreements, NDA, etc. or help in the creation of new contracts after negotiations.
Provide of regular internal and external reporting
Do a postmortem at the end of each project to collect lessons learnt and best practices

Skills & Competencies

In depth knowledge of renewable energy/power, technology and offshore Industry.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Minimum 10 years of directly applicable professional experience: Project and/or Engineering Management experience
Ability to manage a project commercially and contractually
Understanding of the technical and commercial drivers of an offshore wind farm project
Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
Knowledge of Project Management software tools such as MS Project.
Experience in floating system engineering and Familiarity with hydrodynamic analysis, mooring analysis, structural analysis, and mechanical systems
Ability to read and follow and interpret both contract requirements and engineering documentation
Proficiency in scheduling multiple workflows in a large project
Systematic and detail-oriented approach to deliver high-quality outputs both within defined schedules and with short notice
Initiatives, process and results oriented with high degree of responsibility for project
Ability to interface with other business units and upper management.
Ability to produce clear and well written documentation in English.

Other requirements

Ability to learn in fast-paced environment and deliver high-quality results to co-workers and external partners.
Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) in English and Japanese
Creative approach to problem solving
Customer-minded and collaborative, with strong interpersonal, negotiation, and leadership skills
Comfortable working in a multi-cultural environment and willing to travel abroad to support responsibilities
Willingness to bridge the time gap between US and Europe

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