Head of Delivery

As a UK based, industry leader in energy generation solutions, YLEM Energy specialise in designing, building, operating and maintaining reliable energy systems. For more than three decades, they have amassed enviable 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 balancing of the grid and energy resilience that contribute to the UK’s current and future requirements. They work to ensure that the UK is supplied with reliable and affordable power – all day, every day. They also offer industry‑leading, nationwide operations and maintenance support for all their projects, and offer O&M packages that can be tailored to their customers specific needs to support their business.

YLEM’s team is committed to delivering innovative solutions to manage, optimise and generate energy as well as reduce carbon emissions to meet environmental objectives.

YLEM fosters a fair and equitable work environment, which encourages diversity and equality of opportunity, whilst promoting the individual growth and development of its team. They strive to maintain rigorous standards of excellence in the fields of governance, ethics and social responsibility.

The Role

Reporting to the Managing Director of YLEM Energy, as Head of Delivery you will be responsible for the full life‑cycle of project delivery from initial design development and procurement through to construction delivery and commissioning. This will be for YLEM Energy new build natural gas “peaker” projects located around the country and connected to 11 kV points of connection.

The business’s already established project management structure will report to the Head of Delivery. This currently consists of a Senior Project Manager, Project Manager and site managers as required. The Head of Delivery will also work closely with YLEM’s Health and Safety Manager and Operations Director.

YLEM’s business model for delivery of new build projects has been successfully based around YLEM being the Client and main contractor utilising a series of design and construction sub‑contractors to deliver the projects. This is the model that will be continued as a preference over full turn‑key delivery by third party providers.

This role will cover a broad spectrum of responsibilities and the successful candidate will need to have the experience and ability to negotiate and manage construction contracts, leading on cost, quality and programme management and delivering these projects to a high standard.

A key responsibility will be control of project budgets and programme, from financial close maintaining cost control and variations and preserving contractor claims will be a core focus. Building strong relationships with the Project Managers and Project Engineers will be key to achieving this. Similarly, understanding opportunities to expedite progression of the projects, and ensuring contractors understand and achieve programme, and mitigating risks and delays, will also be key.

In addition, the Head of Delivery will be expected to ensure the projects are compliant, including with planning, HSE requirements, environmental permit obligations and lenders requirements and CPs.

A typical week in the role would likely include:

• Chairing weekly team project review meetings with the Managing Director and Projects team
• Participating in engineering review and design coordination meetings with our Project Managers and Electrical Design Manager.
• Chairing a weekly budget review meeting with the Managing Director for each project
• Chairing a weekly procurement meeting with the Project Managers and Finance team, scheduling contracts and orders etc.

The Person

Essential skills and experience

• Experience in the full cradle‑to‑grave management of gas peaking projects in the UK.
• Experience managing and coordinating the design of gas peaking projects, including managing engineering consultants, designers and technical experts.
• Experience with project compliance, including understanding the importance of compliance with planning, discharging planning conditions etc.
• Experience in commissioning of distribution network power generation in the UK, including grid code compliance, and coordinating with the DNO.
• High standards of HSE and ISO awareness, including setting expectations within your team and a culture within the projects Dept.
• Experience and understanding of the planning process and compliance requirements for gas peaker projects is essential.
• Commercial experience will be essential, especially experience handling contractor claims and change orders.
• Ability to travel frequently to project sites across the United Kingdom.
• Experience and ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with external stakeholders, e.g. landowners, lenders, DNO, planning authorities, regulatory bodies and IDNO.

Preferred Skills Qualifications and experience

• The ability to prioritise your own workload and the workload of the team, especially when juggling multiple projects at various stages of development and in construction.
• The ability to appreciate the bigger picture and understand when to delegate to the team and when to intervene in projects.
• Ability to understand the critical path of a project and recognise tasks or processes which are fundamental to completion of the project.
• Good communication, YLEM Energy has a diverse team with varied capabilities, building relationships to maximise the efficiency of the team will be key to delivering the role.
• Experience using SAGE for purchasing and timesheet approval.

The Opportunity

YLEM have a number of projects in construction phase and three new projects entering into the construction phase in the coming months. This is an opportunity for the Head of Delivery to fast track the build‑out of these projects adding to YLEM’s existing portfolio of 63 MW of operating assets across 8 projects. The Head of Delivery will be incentivised to deliver these projects in the target timeframe.