EPC Director, Projects

Earlier this year, building on the strong foundation of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) as a fund manager, we introduced an optimized CIP Platform, with three platform companies providing services to CIP. To learn more, please refer to the CIP Platform section below.

In our optimized CIP Platform, CIP Terra Technologies – a project delivery company delivering projects from onshore wind, solar PV and battery energy storage systems, to bioenergy, thermal and transmission infrastructure – is currently looking for a EPC director, to join the team in Melbourne, Australia.

Team

The selected candidate will become part of the growing CIPTT team with offices across Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney & Brisbane. The team currently consists of ~25 employees with renewable energy backgrounds. The CIPTT team in Australia is delivering some of the largest renewable energy projects in Australia across BESS, onshore wind and pumped hydro. 

Role

We are looking for an EPC Director to manage key construction activities on a major (400MW+) onshore wind and BESS project in Queensland through the final stages of development, through construction and to COD. The project is in the final stages of development will have a 3–4-year construction period. This is a key role in the construction project organization, reporting to the Project CEO and responsible for the integrated delivery of all construction-stage contracts from FID to COD ensuring quality across multiple parallel packages. The role is responsible for coordinating and managing interfaces between contractors and work packages, ensuring alignment across programme, scope boundaries, and execution methodologies. The EPC Director will directly oversee package and interface managers to ensure delivery of the project on schedule within budget and in compliance with quality and HSE standards.

The EPC Director is not permanently site-based but is expected to maintain a clear and visible on-site presence during critical phases, providing leadership across contractors, critical interfaces and delivery functions to mitigate programme interface risks. The EPC Director is accountable for construction execution during late development and construction, contractor performance, delivery against schedule cost baseline, multi-contractor interface coordination, and early management of programme and interface risks.

Responsibilities will consist of but are not limited to:

Leadership:

The EPC Director is a key role within the project’s leadership team:

• Set up and lead the EPC project organization, with employees from both internal and external companies
• Establish and embed a clear interface governance framework, defining roles, responsibilities and escalation pathways across all construction contracts
• Ensure everyone in the EPC project team understands the project’s requirements and objectives
• Improve performance, productivity and issue resolution
• Establish highest performance and safety culture

Delivery & Execution:

• Oversee all engineering and design activities, ensuring alignment with operational requirements and robust interface definition and management across all project packages
• Ensure procurement activities are based on engineering inputs and manage procurement interfaces jointly with the Procurement Director
• Oversee site investigations, early works, and construction/installation activities, ensuring delivery on time and within budget
• Ensure all construction activities meet the highest HSE and ESG standards
• Drive QA/QC, commissioning, and ensure a smooth, documented handover to operations, including SCADA/IT access

Contractor Management:

• Manage the integrated project management team and owner’s engineer teams and contracts, ensuring alignment with project targets and risk profile
• Ensure all key suppliers deliver the scope under the various project agreements with clear alignment across contract boundaries and interface obligations
• Ensure all supplier contracts are managed and that claims and disputes are progressed and resolved
• Coordinate supplier and service provider communication during construction, ensuring alignment across interfaces, sequencing of works, and collaborative delivery between contractors
• Manage interface management across multiple construction contracts, ensuring contractors work cohesively and that interface risks are identified, allocated and actively managed
• Resolve cross-contractor conflicts and scope gaps to maintain progress against the construction schedule undefined.

Stakeholder Interface & Reporting:

• Ensure transparent EPC reporting in collaboration with other team functions, covering progress, schedule float, risks, asset integrity, HSE, ESG, contractor claims and improvement areas undefined.

You

We are looking for an experienced individual holding a relevant engineering degree or similar and a minimum of 10 years of full-time experience. Demonstrated experience in complex infrastructure project construction with comparable responsibilities. Renewable energy experience will be viewed positively.

We look for the following in a candidate:

• Leadership and team management across multidisciplinary project teams
• Experience managing complex infrastructure projects with multiple concurrent construction contracts and high-risk interfaces
• Effective execution focus with the ability to advance progress and manage risks effectively
• Deep understanding of CAPEX-intensive infrastructure project delivery
• Ability to balance lifetime cost, asset performance, and risk in decision-makingSkilled in stakeholder coordination and cross-functional alignment
• Effective communication and presentation skills for internal and external stakeholders
• Experience in managing engineering, procurement, and construction interfaces

The process

Please apply online as soon as possible as applications will be processed on an ongoing basis. For questions related to the role, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]. We do not include CV's and Cover Letters sent by email.

As we continue to improve our candidate experience, diversity and avoid unconscious bias, please avoid having a photo in your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality for all applicants.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations and ownership.

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CIP Terra Technologies’ commitment to diversity and inclusion 

CIP Terra Technologies is committed to securing a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels respected and heard. 

A diverse workforce allows CIP Terra Technologies to achieve results through different approaches and solutions to task execution and problem solving. We want all our employees to have equal opportunities for personal growth and career opportunities regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, nationality, and ethnicity. 

About CIP Terra Technologies 

CIP Terra Technologies is a project delivery company working for CIP. CIP Terra Technologies is majority owned by the funds managed by CIP, with the purpose of delivering best-in-class project development and execution services to the growing portfolio of land-based renewable energy assets. 

We engage in the energy transition through specialist project delivery, value creation, and collaboration with trusted third-party suppliers. Our core focus is the development, procurement, construction, and delivery of renewable energy projects, and we provide a variety of services including technical development, engineering, supply chain, construction management, and project execution. 

We provide global support and a local presence in our key markets, and our teams are continuously delivering and refining services tailored to a wide range of technologies – from onshore wind, solar PV and battery energy storage systems, to bioenergy, thermal and transmission infrastructure. For more information, please visit CIP Terra Technologies. 

Optimized CIP Platform 

Earlier this year, we introduced an optimized CIP Platform. With three platform companies providing services to CIP—and while maintaining our current relationship with Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP), CIP’s exclusive offshore wind development partner—we have effectively strengthened our organizational and operational capabilities, creating a platform scaled for growth and designing the CIP blueprint for the future.  

We have established CIP Molecule Technologies, a tech-focused project delivery company dedicated to molecule projects; CIP Terra Technologies, a tech-focused project delivery company managing a diverse portfolio of onshore projects; and CIP Fund Solutions, a delivery company with expertise in complex fund management and investment services. For more info on this, please see: Optimized CIP Platform.