Power Generation Project Delivery Director

Centrica plc; Cork; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica Power in Ireland seeks an experienced Project Delivery Director to provide strategic leadership across Profile Park and Athlone peaking power generation projects. You will guide commissioning, start-up, and handover with a strong focus on safety, quality, and commercial discipline.

The role requires leading multidisciplinary teams, interfacing with grid operators, and delivering two major infra projects through a critical commissioning phase toward commercial operation.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior leadership experience delivering major power generation or similarly complex energy infrastructure projects.
• Significant power generation commissioning and start-up experience.
• Proven track record of project completion, handover and close-out.
• Strong technical knowledge of reciprocating engine, OCGT, CCGT or comparable thermal generation assets.
• Significant EPC, OEM and commercial contract management experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across technical, commercial, programme, HSE, quality and regulatory workstreams.
• Strong project controls expertise, including critical-path programmes, forecasting, risk and change management.
• Exceptional senior stakeholder management, negotiation and decision-making skills.
• The ability to lead effectively through complex, time-critical commissioning and completion phases while maintaining strong safety, quality and commercial discipline.

Responsibilities

• Providing overall leadership for the Profile Park and Athlone projects through commissioning, commercial operation, handover and close-out.
• Leading the integrated commissioning and start-up programme, including system completion, pre-commissioning, PSSR, energisation, first fire and performance and reliability testing.
• Directing multidisciplinary teams across Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, HSE, Quality, Commercial, Project Controls, Grid and Operations & Maintenance.
• Overseeing technical resolution across generation equipment, balance of plant, electrical, controls, gas and grid interfaces.
• Working with EirGrid and relevant stakeholders to ensure grid testing, compliance and operational approval requirements are successfully delivered.
• Leading operational readiness and handover, ensuring training, documentation, spares, asset information and outstanding actions are completed.
• Driving project close-out, including punch-list completion, defects, warranties, final accounts and contractual acceptance.
• Providing senior commercial oversight across major OEM and construction contracts, including change, claims, variations and contractor performance.
• Maintaining strong project governance across programme, budget, risk, quality, HSE and regulatory compliance.
• Providing clear reporting and recommendations to project sponsors, Board and senior stakeholders, ensuring key risks and decisions are appropriately managed.

Skills

Senior leadership

Power generation

Commissioning and start-up

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Project controls

Grid interfaces

Risk management

Leadership of multidisciplinary teams

Education

Engineering degree

APM PMP or equivalent

Job description

Centrica Power in Ireland seeks an experienced Project Delivery Director to provide strategic leadership across Profile Park and Athlone peaking power generation projects. You will guide commissioning, start-up, and handover with a strong focus on safety, quality, and commercial discipline.

The role requires leading multidisciplinary teams, interfacing with grid operators, and delivering two major infra projects through a critical commissioning phase toward commercial operation.