Asset Manager - Renewables
MYTILINEOS, Italy
Job Description
MYTILINEOS is a leading global industrial and energy company with a strong presence in all five continents covering two business Sectors, the Energy Sector and the Metallurgy Sector, is currently seeking to hire an Asset Manager based in Italy.
The Asset Manager is responsible for managing a number of solar and storage assets/SPVs, mainly located in Europe, by ensuring best practice for safety, quality and environmental performance, whilst enhancing the overall returns and value of each project and ensuring compliance with all of the applicable contractual agreements and regulations.
The Asset Manager will be the main contact for all asset management activities carried out on the project and be fully responsible for the day-to-day management of each asset; this will involve working with a wide range of diverse cultures and business environments to provide a solid asset management function across the Metka EGN portfolio. In addition, the ability to develop and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders is essential.
The role is full time, hybrid and based in Italy but will require regular national and international travel.
Main Responsibilities:
The Asset Manager will be responsible for the following activities. Some elements will be managed using subcontractors while others will require the direct management.
- Management of the contracts of the SPVs and parent companies
- Ensure that all assets are in compliance with:
- Statutory requirements for Health, Safety and Environmental performance,
- Planning authority requirements,
- Grid company connection conditions and power purchase agreements,
- Reporting requirements under lenders facility agreements and other financial requirements,
- Other agreements and regulations in place.
- Optimise project performance:
- Monitor contractor performance with a view to ensuring all contracted SLA’s are met or bettered,
- Review and enhance maintenance strategies and activities with a view to reducing down time and maximize revenue,
- Review regular and other reporting provided by the contractors and ensure any issues are being suitably addressed,
- Build strong relationships with contractors,
- Direct supervision of sub-contractors or overseeing the work of management contractors where required,
- Identify and establish the necessary KPIs to monitor the performance of each asset.
- Identify equipment faults, carry out diagnoses and troubleshooting activities with support from the monitoring team.
- Manage the project operational budgets by:
- Monitoring spends to budget,
- Planning spends for activities on each project.
- Use, maintain and develop management tools.
- Be the primary contact person for the managed assets.
- Visit company sites to assess status and conditions of the solar farm.
- Commercial Operations
- Ancillary services/Balancing reserve market actions
- Nominations
- New asset onboarding
- Meter registrations
- Meteorology
- Reporting to
- Public authorities
- Metka EGN and Mytilineos board
- Lenders
- External investors
- Liaise day to day with the monitoring, finance, development, engineering, legal and treasury teams as well as sub-contractors.
- Attend asset management team meetings, company meetings, handover meetings and appraisals as required
- Comply with all required fire, health and safety requirements at work, including being aware of the current applicable policies and risk assessments and acting accordingly, and attending any required training.
- Any other reasonable task as requested by the management of the business.
- Maintain data security and confidentiality by using information within the parameters of the job role, the company data policies, privacy notices and the statutory guidelines set out within the GDPR and any associated legislation.
Requirements
- Educated to degree level in a numerate discipline
- Experience with management of BESS in Italy is a plus
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in solar or storage asset management.
- Proven ability to manage high volumes of complex data and distill into high quality management reporting.
- Contract management amp; budget management experience
- Experience of working in a multinational environment
- Proven ability to build relationships with a broad range of stakeholders in multiple countries and at all levels.
- Experience with remote monitoring systems on plant and equipment (preferably Solar)
- Interpretation of mechanical and electrical drawings, work instructions and design reviews
- Fluency in English in an advant