ESS Project Manager - UK
Sungrow Europe - Welcome traveler! · Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturing · 501-1,000 employees
About the role
The ESS Project Manager will establish PMO standards and governance to oversee the delivery of energy storage projects across the UK. They will coordinate project plans, manage risks, and provide executive reporting to ensure alignment across cross-functional teams.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates should have experience in PMO, project controls, or contract management within a technical or infrastructure environment. Proficiency in project management tools, Microsoft Office suite, and strong communication skills are essential for this role.
Full description
Your mission
Hello and welcome to Sungrow UK! We are looking for an ESS Project Manager to strengthen the planning, governance, and delivery of our Energy Storage Systems portfolio across the UK. Curious what this is all about? Let’s dive right in:
- Establish and maintain clear PMO standards, processes, templates, and governance for the UK ESS project portfolio.
- Coordinate project plans, contract reviews, milestones, resources, risk mitigation actions, and dependencies across multiple ESS projects.
- Deliver accurate portfolio reporting and executive dashboards that enable timely, data-led decisions.
- Partner with Key Account Management, Contract and Legal, Engineering, Procurement, Service, Logistics, Delivery Project Management, Finance, and external stakeholders to keep delivery aligned.
- Identify delivery risks and improvement opportunities early, ensuring actions are clearly owned and followed through.
- Drive continuous improvement in project controls, reporting quality, lessons learned, and operational efficiency.
Your profile
All right, that was intriguing, wasn’t it? To thrive in this role and create long-term impact, your background should look a lot like this:
- Experience in PMO, project controls, contract management, document control, portfolio management, or project management within energy, engineering, construction, infrastructure, or a comparable technical environment.
- Strong understanding of project governance, scheduling, reporting, risk management, change control, and budget tracking.
- Confidence working with diverse stakeholders and bringing structure to fast-moving, cross-functional project environments.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Power BI, CRM systems, and project management or reporting tools.
- Clear and practical communication skills, with the ability to translate project data into meaningful actions for varied audiences.
- A customer-focused and collaborative approach to resolving complex delivery and commercial challenges.
- English C1; additional European languages are a plus.
Why us?
Join Sungrow’s ESS PMO team and help shape the delivery of energy storage projects that support a more sustainable energy future. You will work closely with experienced colleagues across commercial, technical, operational, and project delivery teams, bringing structure and visibility to a growing UK portfolio. This is an opportunity to make a measurable impact through strong governance, collaboration, and continuous improvement. About us
We are a green tech company with young creative minds. We are fighting every day to make our mission happen – Clean Power for All!
With 870+GW of clean power presently installed worldwide, we are on the road to success!
Welcome at Sungrow
Founded in 1997 by University Professor Cao Renxian, Sungrow is a leader in the research and development of solar inverters with the largest dedicated R&D team in the industry and a broad product portfolio offering PV inverter solutions and energy storage systems for utility-scale, commercial & industrial, and residential applications, as well as internationally recognized floating PV plant solutions, NEV driving solutions, EV charging solutions and renewable hydrogen production systems.
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