Senior Project Manager Renewable Energy & Thermal Power 100% (f/m/d)

Senior Project Manager Renewable Energy & Thermal Power 100% (f/m/d) - ZURICH

AFRY is a leading European engineering, design and consultancy services company with a global presence. As a company, we are driving the change towards a more sustainable society.

We are 16,000 dedicated experts in infrastructure, industry, energy and digitalisation, creating sustainable solutions for generations to come.

Making Future

Become part of our RENEWABLES & THERMAL POWER Team in Switzerland. We advise clients on power projects along the value chain, from greenfield feasibility studies to tendering support, Owner’s Engineer, Lender’s Engineering projects.

Take on responsibility as:

Senior Project Manager
Renewable Energy & Thermal Power 100% - ZURICH

YOUR TASKS:

• Develop commercially and then lead project execution in renewable energies (biomass, PV, wind onshore, storage), desalination, gas, liquid fuel and hydrogen.
• Identify business development on the broader market and "follow-on" sales opportunities in your projects, leading proposal efforts, including project scoping and managing client interactions beyond the mere submission of a written offer.
• Lead complex technical assignments: due diligence, technical advisor, performance monitoring reports for different stakeholders such as Lenders, Sponsors, or Owners.
• Conduct technical studies, such as e.g. heat and mass balance using advanced thermal modelling tools (Thermoflex or Ebsilon), Solar Energy systems using PVsyst, etc.
• Participate, as an active member with previous experience on design review, and supervise design review processes.
• Manage the entire project life-cycle, from sales, up to closure capturing and disseminating lessons learned.

YOUR PROFIL:

• You hold a Mechanical or Electrical engineer Master Degree and have at least 10-15 years of professional experience, of which at least five of them were with an EPC Contractor, Developer, or Consulting Company in a technical role either on sales and/or project execution.
• You thrive on problems and situations for which there is no prior experience and can create valuable solutions effectively and efficiently. You are good at structuring unclear situations and client problems into actionable tasks and projects.
• You make decisions, act proactively and on your initiative. No mentoring or coaching is required on your daily tasks.
• You are a good communicator and can reduce complex issues to understandable arguments and presentations for top management from different cultural backgrounds and employees. We pay utmost attention to structured and articulate writing and presentation skills; therefore, you are fluent orally and in writing business English. Additional languages such as Spanish, French, German, Russian, Arabic are a plus.
• You like a work environment where constructive conflict is sought openly and professionally to create better client solutions in a non-hierarchical way.
• You are used to work under pressure, with tight deadlines, and have no objections to travel, as it forms an essential part of your duties
• As part of your cultural and professional journey, you have worked with Clients based in the Middle East and you have experienced different cultural approaches

YOUR CHANCES:

• We are at the forefront of technology, and our team works in diverse new and exciting technologies such as green hydrogen, green ammonia, hybrid power generation, etc.

Become part of the AFRY success story! We offer autonomy and high individual responsibility, a cooperative and international work environment, modern employment conditions, flexible working models, above-average social benefits, attractive development opportunities and modern office buildings in a central location.

We look forward to receiving your online application!

Please note that for this vacancy, we don’t consider applications via recruitment agencies.

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