Asset Manager - Octopus Australia

Applicants should be confident in taking ownership of all aspects of technical asset management, while effectively delegating and coordinating technical activities performed by third parties.

Key job functions include:

• Project management: Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary internal/external teams to ensure successful onboarding and transitioning to operations of new assets into asset management
• Compliance: Promote a culture of compliance focused on health, safety, and environment. Oversee all compliance activities at operational assets.
• Community Engagement: Work with the community and stakeholder engagement manager to develop and implement the community engagement strategy and initiatives.
• Technical: Manage all technical aspects of site performance through 3rd party Asset Managers or directly – performing detailed reviews on areas impacting safety, compliance or plant performance as required.
• Problem solving: Strong problem-solving capabilities to work through operational asset performance issues and bring multiple stakeholders together to resolve with a sense of urgency.
• Relationships: Proactively build strong relationships with external stakeholders, regulatory bodies (i.e. AEMO) and external partners.
• Contract Management: Ensure timely delivery of services under Asset Management, O&M and 3rd party contracts. Liaise with construction & engineering team on defect closeout. Work within the Assets team to set-up performance metrics for all contracts.
• Opex Budgets: Support the finance function and 3rd party asset managers to prepare and manage yearly Opex budgets including reporting and insights.
• Develop: Create and implement bespoke technical asset performance opportunities to maximise site performance and revenue. Including tracking and reporting with deep insights
• Reporting: Prepare monthly asset and quarterly board reports for the leadership team in conjunction with external asset managers and finance function.
• Data: Work with all stakeholders to implement a data driven approach to decision making to ensure asset delivers best in class performance.

Ideally, you will have some or all of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Eligibility to work in Australia – visa sponsorship is not offered.
• Experience. Prior experience working on renewable energy projects with a strong preference for candidates with experience on Australian projects which are connected to the NEM with a thorough understanding of technical plant performance requirements of the various technologies and key commercial principles
• Qualifications. Candidates should have a tertiary qualification in project management, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Contract and project management skills which demonstrate that you are highly organised, diligent, and confident with complex contract environments.
• Understanding of Health, Safety and Environmental practices, legislations, and requirements.    
• Knowledge of Compliance requirements across a NEM operating asset.
• Can build strong relationships with key project partners.
• Candidates must demonstrate a commercial mindset, and in particular be able to consider technical challenges in a broader commercial and investment context.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. The ability to communicate effectively and ensure your communication strategy covers the different stakeholders.
• An understanding of core legal concepts, particularly those relating to contracts for the operation and management of renewable energy projects.
• An ability to understand risks, reach a balanced appraisal of probability and severity and develop feasible mitigation strategies.
• A self-starter with high energy levels, tenacity, initiative, and a willingness to commit whatever it takes to deliver the required results.

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences. If you’re passionate about renewable energy and meet most of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

What we offer

• 💰 A competitive salary package including bonus and medical insurance benefits
• ✈️ Extra Annual Leave entitlement
• 🏡 Flexible working 
• Ongoing learning and career development opportunities

Octopus Australia has built an exciting and inclusive high-performance culture where employees feel empowered. We also understand the value of diversity, and we are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace environment. We would welcome people of all backgrounds to apply. 

Our Values 

At Octopus Australia we don’t just focus on what we do but also how we do it. Everyone to shares our values of being straightforward, helpful, bold and empathetic. Our culture is critical to our success and is built around four principles that underpin how we pursue our goals:

• Be Bold – We like people who make decisions quickly and are OK changing their mind if it turns out there’s a better way of doing things.
• Be Helpful – We like People who behave like it always day one and who remember without our customers there is no business.
• Be Straightforward – We like people who have opinions and express them in a way that’s respectful and easy to understand.
• Be Empathetic – We like people who care about others and take the time to understand different perspectives. It’s about listening, supporting, and creating.