ESS Delivery Project Manager - UK

UK - Milton Keynes

Full-time

Permanent employee

Your mission

Hello and welcome to Sungrow! We are excited to introduce a senior opportunity at the heart of the UK energy transition. As our ESS Delivery Project Manager, you will lead the successful delivery of utility-scale battery energy storage projects from contract award through commissioning and handover. Ready to make a visible impact? Let’s dive in:

Lead the end-to-end delivery of ESS and BESS projects across the UK, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, scope, and quality expectations.
Own the project execution strategy, including schedules, resource plans, cost control, risk registers, and mitigation actions.
Act as the primary point of contact for customers, EPC partners, subcontractors, and internal teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Manage contractual obligations, variations, claims, payment milestones, and project reporting in close collaboration with commercial and legal stakeholders.
Coordinate engineering, supply chain, logistics, service, commissioning, and quality teams to ensure seamless execution and successful site handover.
Lead project governance, resolve escalations, and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and post-project reviews.

Your profile

Sounds like a meaningful challenge, right? To thrive in this senior role and enjoy a long-term impact in the UK ESS market, your background could look like this:

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Project Management, or a comparable technical discipline.
+2 years experience in project coordination, project management, delivery, or operations, ideally within ESS, solar, electrical infrastructure, construction, or another technical environment.
Demonstrated experience delivering complex projects from contract award through commissioning, acceptance testing, and customer handover.
Strong knowledge of BESS technology, electrical systems, grid connection interfaces, construction activities, and commissioning processes.
Solid experience in contract management, budget ownership, change control, risk management, and stakeholder negotiation.
Confident leadership, communication, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage cross-functional and multicultural project teams.
English C1; additional European languages are a plus.
Willingness to travel regularly across the UK and occasionally within Europe.

Why us?

Join Sungrow’s Energy Storage Business Sector, where project delivery directly supports the growth of clean, reliable, and flexible power systems. You will work with experienced international colleagues on high-impact BESS projects, collaborate closely with engineering, service, logistics, and commercial teams, and help shape a rapidly expanding UK storage market. This is a senior role with real ownership, visible customer impact, and strong opportunities to grow within a global clean-energy technology company.

Über uns

We are a green tech company unlike any other green tech company. We are a team of lateral thinkers, young professionals, and creative minds. We are fighting every day to make our mission happen – Clean Power For All!

With nearly 250 GW of clean power presently installed worldwide,

Welcome at Sungrow

Sungrow is the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables. We are proud to look back to a success story that already began in 1997, but we never stopped striving for more. We want to give fresh impulses, inspire, and contribute to a sustainable development of our planet, that’s why we constantly improve our portfolio.
From floating solar plants to large-scale utility projects and to small residential products we always offer the best and most suitable solution. At Sungrow we hold more than 1500 patents – no wonder as we employ the biggest research and development team of the whole industry. 40 % of all Sungrow workforce is continuously investigating on how to further improve the existing portfolio.