Your mission
Hello and welcome to Sungrow! We are excited to introduce a senior opportunity at the heart of the UK energy transition. As our ESS Delivery Project Manager, you will lead the successful delivery of utility-scale battery energy storage projects from contract award through commissioning and handover. Ready to make a visible impact? Let’s dive in:
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of ESS and BESS projects across the UK, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, scope, and quality expectations.
- Own the project execution strategy, including schedules, resource plans, cost control, risk registers, and mitigation actions.
- Act as the primary point of contact for customers, EPC partners, subcontractors, and internal teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage contractual obligations, variations, claims, payment milestones, and project reporting in close collaboration with commercial and legal stakeholders.
- Coordinate engineering, supply chain, logistics, service, commissioning, and quality teams to ensure seamless execution and successful site handover.
- Lead project governance, resolve escalations, and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and post-project reviews.
Your profile
Sounds like a meaningful challenge, right? To thrive in this senior role and enjoy a long-term impact in the UK ESS market, your background could look like this:
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Project Management, or a comparable technical discipline.
- +2 years experience in project coordination, project management, delivery, or operations, ideally within ESS, solar, electrical infrastructure, construction, or another technical environment.
- Demonstrated experience delivering complex projects from contract award through commissioning, acceptance testing, and customer handover.
- Strong knowledge of BESS technology, electrical systems, grid connection interfaces, construction activities, and commissioning processes.
- Solid experience in contract management, budget ownership, change control, risk management, and stakeholder negotiation.
- Confident leadership, communication, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage cross-functional and multicultural project teams.
- English C1; additional European languages are a plus.
- Willingness to travel regularly across the UK and occasionally within Europe.
Why us?
Join Sungrow’s Energy Storage Business Sector, where project delivery directly supports the growth of clean, reliable, and flexible power systems. You will work with experienced international colleagues on high-impact BESS projects, collaborate closely with engineering, service, logistics, and commercial teams, and help shape a rapidly expanding UK storage market. This is a senior role with real ownership, visible customer impact, and strong opportunities to grow within a global clean-energy technology company.