Operations Specialist

Role Summary

• The Operations Specialist will play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of Discovery Green's renewable energy generation portfolio from project negotiation and financial close through construction, commissioning and operational go-live.
• The role is responsible for coordinating delivery across generation projects, monitoring progress against critical milestones, identifying and mitigating risks, and helping ensure projects achieve their Scheduled Commercial Operation Dates (SCOD) where possible. Working closely with the Generation, Legal, Commercial, and Technical teams, the successful candidate will support the progression of both current and future generation opportunities.
• In addition, the role will drive operational readiness across the customer and generation portfolios, ensuring testing, metering, data integration, and operational requirements are completed ahead of renewable energy go-live. This person will help identify and resolve delivery risks to ensure Discovery Green is ready to successfully deliver renewable energy to customers.

Key Outputs / Job Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Support the delivery of Discovery Green's generation portfolio from negotiation and financial close through construction, commissioning and commercial operation.
• Coordinate with IPPs, advisors, consultants and internal stakeholders to track project progress and drive delivery outcomes.
• Review and input into project agreements and commercial arrangements from an operational and delivery perspective.
• Monitor progress against key milestones, including financial close, construction schedules and COD, proactively identifying and escalating risks.
• Facilitate project governance forums, status meetings and reporting to ensure clear accountability and effective decision-making.
• Drive delivery readiness activities for generation and customer go-lives, ensuring testing, regulatory, operational and technical requirements are completed on time.
• Coordinate metering, generation data integrations and operational readiness activities across customer and generation environments.
• Track enablement plans, operational testing and key dependencies, ensuring risks are actively managed and resolved.
• Support the establishment of operational monitoring, reporting and governance processes for newly operational plants and customers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance project delivery, operational readiness and execution excellence.

Personal Attributes & Skills

• Strong delivery mindset with a passion for achieving outcomes.
• Highly organised with excellent project management and coordination skills.
• Strong commercial and operational acumen.
• Collaborative and relationship-oriented, with the ability to work across stakeholder groups.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and risk-management capabilities.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and drive outcomes without formal authority.
• Proactive, self-motivated and accountable.
• Strong attention to detail combined with a focus on execution and results.

Education

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree required.
• Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Commerce, Finance, Law or a related field preferred.
• Postgraduate qualification in Energy, Business, Infrastructure or Project Management would be advantageous.
• Formal project management certification would be advantageous.

Required Skills and experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience in project delivery, programme management, infrastructure, renewable energy, utilities or related industries.
• Experience managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience managing schedules, risks, dependencies and delivery performance.
• Experience working on renewable energy projects, project finance transactions, financial close processes or IPP engagements would be advantageous.
• Experience managing testing, commissioning, customer enablement or operational go-live activities would be advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilities.
• Strong commercial, contractual and operational understanding.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and driving delivery through influence.
• Strong reporting, governance and project controls capabilities.
• Experience engaging with senior leadership and executive stakeholders.