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Director of Asset Management

ABOUT ZENOBE

Our goal is to make clean power accessible, to accelerate the shift to zero carbon power and transport.

We’re transforming grids to enable the take up of more renewables, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, repurposing electric vehicle batteries for clean portable power and using proprietary software and data analysis to optimise operational performance for our customers.

We have 225 MW of operational and under construction grid scale battery capacity battery and over 30% of the UK’s EV buses, and are expanding our operations in Australia, New Zealand, US and Europe. We’re a rapidly growing company looking for talented people to join us.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking to recruit an experienced energy asset management leader to take responsibility for our expanding portfolio of over 1.2GW battery energy storage assets, and a fleet of electric vehicles expected to grow to over 3000 units by 2025, as well as the associated balance of plant and charging infrastructure worldwide. The Director of Asset Management will directly manage this portfolio of assets from a commercial, financial and technical point of view.

Reporting into the Chief Operating Officer, this role will be at the heart of realising the success of this portfolio by leading a team and working with key stakeholders to enhance the overall returns and value of each project and comply with all of the applicable contractual agreements, whilst maintaining best practice for safety, quality and environmental performance.

The Director of Asset Management will be responsible for contract management and general commercial management of projects and ensuring that our service providers perform fully and in line with our contractual arrangements with them. They will also develop and maintain relationships with investors, local partners, landowners and other stakeholders.

A TASTE OF THE DAY TO DAY

• Establish an Asset Maintenance team and lead O&M strategy to proactively manage asset performance and minimise down time
• Lead and manage the Asset Management team and manage the recruitment, development and retention of personnel in the UK and developing markets including Australia and the US
• Implement best practice asset management in the portfolio, working closely with functional teams across the business to optimise long-term commercial and technical performance
• Own business plans, budgets, capital projects and other initiatives on existing assets
• Manage customer relationships to ensure delivery of customer SLAs, high levels of customer satisfaction and Zenobe’s reputation in each market
• Manage data analytics from assets and sites to enable predictive maintenance, lower operating costs, improve asset uptime and ensure compliance with asset warranty conditions
• Manage contractor performance during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, including disputes, with a view to ensuring all contracted SLA's are met or bettered
• Ensure compliance across the portfolio with HSE, local planning authority requirements, Grid company connection conditions, financing requirements, power purchase and route to market agreements, regulation and company policy
• Manage and ensure both commercial and technical compliance with all contracts, warranties, and agreements
• Ensure portfolio risks and issues are managed, mitigated and reported appropriately
• Manage and create accurate and timely stakeholder reporting, including reporting to investors, lenders and internal stakeholders.
• Be proactive in identifying value accretive opportunities on existing assets
• Build and maintain relationships with all parties involved in project development and construction to ensure lowest total lifecycle cost
• Work alongside the legal and delivery team on due diligence for acquisitions and disposals
• Ensure learnings on asset performance are captured and fed back into the business
• Lead on the Asset Management ISO workstream (55000)

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

A job with Zenobē Energy means a job with the market leader in one of the UK’s most dynamic and fastest growing sectors, gaining exposure to diverse projects and highly experienced partners.

Essential experience:

• More than 10 years’ experience of asset management and O&M of battery energy storage or renewable energy assets
• Knowledge of UK grid codes, energy market rules, and compliance requirements
• A passion for HSE and a good awareness of HSE legislation and standards
• Commercially excellent - with ability to spot what matters and bring clarity to efforts in the team
• Strong contractual and stakeholder management expertise
• Sound working knowledge of project finance (e.g. asset reporting requirements, covenants, ratio tests) and financial reporting.
• A recognised Engineering Qualification at Degree level or equivalent financial / technical demonstrable experience.

Essential competencies:

• A genuine passion in clean energy and our social and environmental mission
• Strong partner relationship management experience
• Senior team leadership - ability to manage and motivate professional people
• Results oriented who is not afraid to take responsibility and accountability
• Desire to work in a fast moving, high pressure and entrepreneurial environment that is always looking to push the boundaries, to be first, to be the best
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting technical results and implications
• Strong organisation skills, team player and good attention to detail

Desirable competencies:

• Knowledge of US and Australia energy markets
• Chartered member of the Institute of Asset Management

WORKING AT ZENOBE

We’re passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

If you’d like to join our community of likeminded people hit the apply button now, we’d love to hear from you!

WHAT WE OFFER

Charge your career at Zenobē and receive

• 20% annual bonus for being awesome
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance, for you and the family
• £1500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do
• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Pension scheme
• Plus more

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexitime and hybrid working. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let’s see how we can make it work.

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.