Title: HVDC Commercial Manager - Offshore Wind

Location: New York / Boston

About NextWave
NextWave Partners is the Recruitment Partner of choice within the Clean Energy, Sustainable Infrastructure, ESG, Impact Investment, Climate-Tech & Technology sectors. We are committed to supporting industries battling climate change towards a net-zero future and a sustainable economy.

About the Role

NextWave are working with a leading renewable energy business on a key project they are developing in the US. They are looking to hire a Commercial Manager to be responsible for the pre and post contract commercial management of the entire HVDC Package.

Responsibilities;

• Managing the end to end execution of the HVDC contract in the project, ensuring that all key contractual requirements are complied with both by the project and by our contractors, and taking responsibility for contract administration and management of commercial issues, claims and variations.
• Undertaking contract reviews and advising the project team on how to interpret and apply key contract provisions on the day-to-day operational clauses of contracts.
• Providing analysis of commercial issues post-contract, preparing notes of advice and commercial drafting for post-contract claims and variations.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory provisions in the wind farm permitting, lease and power purchase agreements.
• Maintaining a contract management register to ensure a proper tracking of claims, payments, warranties, etc.
• Taking the lead on certain procurement activities, including implementation of sourcing strategies aligned with procurement objectives, with the approved budget and in compliance with governance and purchasing procedures.
• Support day-to-day or regular stakeholder management and commercial and contractual reporting towards project owners.
• Liaising with and managing the relationships with local stakeholders
• Coordinating with the finance department to ensure correct account payables and account receivables in accordance with contractual obligations.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or above in a Commercial, Financial or Legal field
• Minimum of ten [10] years of experience in the energy sector.

• Previous experience managing the commercial aspects of an HVDC project
• Due to project interface responsibilities, excellent communication and interpersonal skills in written and spoken English is key

Application
If you are interested in this position, please apply directly on the platform with your latest CV. We will review your application and revert back promptly.

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