Project Manager

Quintas Group; Roma; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Quintas Group's Quintas Advisory unit leads technical advisory for solar PV, agri-PV, and BESS projects in Italy, focusing on grid connection, permitting interfaces, and project development risks. The role requires coordinating diverse specialists across stages, with a strong emphasis on Italian regulatory compliance.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in renewable energy technical advisory, a relevant engineering degree, and fluency in English to liaise with clients and regulators.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in renewable energy or related technical advisory roles.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, or related field.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.
• Experience advising on Italian market standards (TERNA, ARERA, CEI) and DSO/TSO requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical advisory workstreams across project lifecycles.
• Act as day-to-day technical interface with clients and internal specialists, EPC contractors, engineering firms, and grid operators.
• Identify technical, regulatory, construction and operational risks; propose mitigation measures.
• Support feasibility studies, CAPEX/OPEX reviews, design reviews, and constructability assessments.
• Perform site visits across Italy for PV and BESS installations.
• Monitor construction progress and ensure compliance with designs and specs.
• Support commissioning, handover, and readiness for energisation and/or commercial operation.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of technical standards and templates.
• Prepare clear, concise technical reports and client presentations.

Skills

Renewable energy

Technical advisory

Project management

Grid connection

Permitting

PV systems

BESS systems

English communication

Education

Electrical Engineering

Energy Engineering

Job description

Quintas Advisory is the advisory division of Quintas Group. The latter comprises Quintas Energy, Europe’s largest independent platform for Asset Management and Specialised Services to investors in the renewable energy assets with more than 10GW of assets currently under management. We have the leading professional team and systems and because of continued growth, a vacancy has arisen in our Seville Advisory team for a Project Manager, to support out Italy portfolio in thecnical and regulatory advisoryservices for solar PV, agri-PV and BESS projects in Italy, with a particular focus on grid connection, permitting interfaces and project development risks.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate technical advisory workstreams, ensuring that scope, schedule, budget, quality, deliverables and client expectations are effectively controlled throughout the project lifecycle.
• Act as the day-to-day technical interface with clients, coordinating internal specialists, developers, EPC contractors, engineering firms, O&M providers, equipment suppliers and grid operators.
• Identify technical, regulatory, construction and operational risks, assess their potential impact on project delivery and asset performance, and recommend practical mitigation measures.
• Support project feasibility assessments, CAPEX and OPEX reviews and benchmarking, design reviews, constructability assessments and technical performance evaluations.
• Perform site visits across Italy during construction, commissioning and operational phases for PV and BESS installations.
• Monitor construction progress and assess quality of works, compliance with approved designs and technical specifications, installation practices, punch-list items and overall project readiness.
• Support commissioning and handover activities, reviewing test results, completion documentation, outstanding technical issues and readiness for energisation and/or commercial operation.
• Assess operational assets from a practical engineering perspective, identifying potential defects, underperformance, recurring technical issues and O&M-related risks, and supporting the definition of corrective actions where required.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of technical standards, methodologies, templates and best-practice frameworks within the Advisory division, sharing lessons learned and technical knowledge across the team.
• Prepare clear, concise and decision-oriented technical reports and presentations, summarising findings, key risks, recommendations, mitigation measures and next steps for clients and other project stakeholders.

Requirements

• Minimum3years of experience in renewable energy, technical advisory, project development, grid connection, permitting, engineering or similar roles.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, or a related field.
• Solid technical understanding of PV and BESS systems.
• Proactively manage technical interfaces and project issues.
• Fluent level of English, both written and spoken.
• Previous experience advising clients on project development strategies, technical and regulatory risks, grid-related interfaces and compliance requirements in the Italian market, with particular consideration of TERNA, ARERA, CEI standards and applicable DSO/TSO requirements.
• Previous experience coordinating and deliverimg technical due diligence assignments for acquisitions, project financing and development-stage investments across utility-scale PV, agri-PV and BESS assets.
• Previous experience reviewing grid connection studies, engineering documentation, technical specifications, permits and project documentation prepared by developers, EPC contractors, engineering firms and network operators.