Job Regions: Germany
Job Roles: Project Manager
Sectors: Power Markets

Company Overview

Our client is a leading company in the photovoltaic (PV) sector, known for its technical advisory, risk management, and quality assurance services, offers a wide range of services focused on PV equipment and power plants. With a team of skilled researchers, scientists, and engineers, the company provides design, testing, and evaluation services, particularly emphasizing risk management and quality assurance. They have supported 7.5 GW of PV power plants worldwide and conducted over 245 audits on more than 115 manufacturers, who together produce over 67 GW of PV equipment annually.

The company operates an IEC 17025 accredited test laboratory in Berlin, which evaluates the performance, reliability, and durability of solar modules. They also have a second laboratory in Suzhou, China, where modules are tested according to stringent criteria that meet or exceed IEC standards. Since 2019, they have maintained a permanent subsidiary in Spain and joined a larger group specializing in solar technologies in May 2022.

What are you going to do?

  • Participate in hand-over meetings with the sales team to ensure that the customer objectives and requirements for the project are fully understood
  • Coordination of required resources for the project together with the relevant technical services team leader and conduct kick-off meeting
  • Prepare and manage multiple complex work packages that may include laboratory testing, contract tenders and review, factory inspections, power plant inspections, performance analysis and owner’s engineering
  • Carry out analysis, inspections, simulations, testing and trainings as required in the work packages
  • Lead preparation of final reports together with other project team members
  • Ensure that the customer deadlines are met for the contract deliverables and that the internal budget is not exceeded
  • Communicate and meet in-person as required with the customer to discuss the project details, deliverables and follow-up sales activities
  • Manage the invoicing process with the customer for all required payments together with the administrative department

Qualifications

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering
  • Experience managing and leading teams of engineers
  • Consulting experience for customers of both financial and technical backgrounds
  • Broad knowledge of photovoltaic solar energy
  • Knowledge of and experience with the concepts of project management
  • Ability to manage complex and diverse technical tasks
  • Excellent and professional communication skills
  • Ability to multi-task in order to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Willingness to travel and work internationally
  • Ability to work according to industry norms and standards to ensure high level of quality
  • Minimum three years of experience in executing and managing photovoltaic projects or similar technical projects
  • Excellent technical writing skills
  • Fluency in German and English both speaking and written; additional languages are beneficial
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of team is a must

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