Head of Delivery

As a UK-based industry leader in energy generation solutions, YLEM Energy specializes in designing, building, operating, and maintaining reliable energy systems. For over three decades, they have accumulated extensive experience worldwide, delivering hundreds of megawatts of installed capacity and tens of millions of operational hours. They own, install, and operate advanced, flexible generation assets that enable better grid balancing and energy resilience, contributing to the UK's current and future power needs. They provide industry-leading, nationwide operations and maintenance support for all their projects, with tailored O&M packages to meet their customers' specific requirements. YLEM’s team is committed to delivering innovative solutions to manage, optimize, and generate energy while reducing carbon emissions to meet environmental objectives. YLEM fosters a fair and equitable work environment that encourages diversity and equality of opportunity, promoting individual growth and development. They maintain high standards of governance, ethics, and social responsibility.

The Role

Reporting to the Managing Director, the Head of Delivery will oversee the full project lifecycle—from initial design and procurement to construction and commissioning—for new build natural gas peaker projects across the UK connected to 11kV points. The existing project management team, including a Senior Project Manager, Project Manager, and site managers, will report to this role. The Head of Delivery will collaborate closely with the Health and Safety Manager and Operations Director. The business model involves YLEM acting as the client and main contractor, utilizing design and construction subcontractors, a model to be continued over full turnkey solutions by third parties. The candidate must have experience managing construction contracts, leading on cost, quality, and schedule management, and delivering projects to high standards. Key responsibilities include controlling project budgets and schedules from financial close, managing variations and contractor claims, and building strong relationships with project teams. Ensuring project compliance with planning, HSE, environmental permits, and lender requirements is also essential.

Weekly responsibilities may involve:

• Chairing project review meetings with the Managing Director and team
• Participating in engineering and design coordination meetings
• Leading budget review meetings
• Managing procurement meetings with project managers and finance

The Person

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience managing gas peaking projects in the UK from start to finish
• Experience coordinating design and managing engineering consultants
• Knowledge of project compliance and planning conditions
• Experience with distribution network power generation and grid code compliance in the UK
• High standards of HSE and ISO awareness
• Understanding of planning processes and compliance for gas peaker projects
• Commercial experience, especially handling contractor claims and change orders
• Willingness to travel across the UK
• Effective communication with external stakeholders such as landowners, lenders, DNO, authorities, and regulators

Preferred Skills, Qualifications, and Experience

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at various stages
• Understanding when to delegate and when to intervene
• Ability to recognize critical project tasks and processes
• Strong relationship-building skills within a diverse team
• Experience with SAGE software for purchasing and timesheets

The Opportunity

With several projects in construction and more entering this phase, this role offers the chance to accelerate project delivery, adding to YLEM’s existing 63MW of operational assets across eight projects. The Head of Delivery will be incentivized to meet project timelines.