Director, Conventional & Low Carbon Energy

Turner & Townsend; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm is seeking a Senior Director to lead their Conventional & Low Carbon Energy team in the UK. This role will drive strategy and project delivery, requiring a proven background in the energy sector, particularly in carbon capture and sustainable fuels. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and established client relationships, alongside the ability to navigate complex projects. Competitive compensation and opportunities for travel are included.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Equal opportunity employer

Supportive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Experience in conventional and low carbon markets.
• Proven leadership in project management and delivery.
• Technical understanding of project management and supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategy and delivery of major projects.
• Identify opportunities to increase market share.
• Build and lead high-performing teams.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Excellent communication skills

Proactive business development

Leadership by example

Ability to influence decision-makers

Education

Degree in construction or engineering

Professional chartership

Job description

Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

The role

Our global Conventional & Low Carbon Energy team works across conventional oil and gas, carbon capture, sustainable fuels and thermal power. Our ambition is to partner with our clients and industry to drive the strategy, set up and delivery of major projects and programmes that deliver affordable, secure energy to the world, while transitioning to low carbon.

We are seeking to appoint a senior director with a proven background in delivering projects and programmes, as well as operational leadership in the conventional and low carbon energy sectors. This person will drive the continued success and expansion of our service offering in the UK and Europe.

Requirements:

• Experience and credibility in industry with an existing knowledge of the conventional and low carbon markets. Experience in the development and delivery of carbon capture and sustainable fuels schemes is particularly desirable.
• You will have established relationships with both national and international clients and understand the requirements for strategy, set-up, and delivery of capital programmes.
• Your track record will have seen you leading teams and providing advice on complex projects across industry.
• Your track record will include capability build, operational leadership and work-winning.
• Technical understanding of Project Management, Commercial and Supply Chain Management and Project Controls.
• Candidates should expect to travel throughout the UK, with some international travel to support the growth of our Conventional & Low Carbon service offering.

Key objectives

• Strategy – working with our global leadership and in-country teams to determine and implement a sector strategy.
• Opportunities – identifying opportunities and leading project and programme pursuits across the UK, increasing our market share and influence within the conventional and low carbon energy sectors.
• Partnerships – leading on the development of secure, long-term relationships with key clients and other service providers to enable opportunities, proposition, and delivery.
• Capability development – build a team and lead the development and nurturing of talent, in line with strategy and opportunities.
• Market offer – contributing to the ongoing development of our project and programmes offering, ensuring the conventional and low carbon energy team in the UK and Europe is effectively structured, engaged, and led.
• Growth – enable and achieve financial targets and continued growth within target markets, with responsibility for sector revenue generation.
• Execution – serve as a project director / leader of our service on new commissions.

Qualifications

• Skills – Strategically minded with a considered and consistent approach to decision-making and leadership.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to establish robust relationships with internal and external stakeholders and teams.
• Proactive approach to business development via new and existing clients, including cross-selling opportunities, and leading pursuits and tenders.
• Ability to serve in the capacity of a ‘doer / leader’ – someone who can deliver the service while building a team and the pipeline nationally.
• Being visible and leading by example, inspiring others to always give their best, and valuing and nurturing the diverse skills and perspectives around you.
• Ability to access and influence key decision makers within clients, regulatory bodies, and government.

Knowledge

• Considerable construction industry experience from a project / programme / cost management or project controls background.
• Extensive experience working in the energy sector, ideally in low carbon, with a proven track record in successfully delivering major projects and programmes.
• A broad understanding of the electricity value chain from generation, through grid, and into supply, and of regulatory and permitting requirements and industry trends.
• UK experience with an established network within the low carbon sector, including the supply chain.
• Experience of working within both client and consultant environments is an advantage.
• Experience working with global accounts and supporting the growth of those relationships.

Additional information

• Qualified to degree level within construction and / or engineering.
• Professional chartership desirable.

Additional policy and notices

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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