Project Manager – Pre-Contract / BESS

Location

• The role may be based in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, or Egypt.
• The position requires extensive travel across the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa region.

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Manage BESS opportunities from qualification and requirement clarification through proposal, bidding, negotiation, and contract signing.
• Lead RFI, RFQ, RFP, and major tender activities.
• Coordinate Sales, Engineering, R&D, Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal teams.
• Establish and track customer requirements for performance, grid connection, delivery, localization, warranty, and after-sales support.
• Identify and manage technical, cost, schedule, certification, grid-connection, commercial, and contractual risks.
• Lead internal project reviews and drive timely management decisions on critical open issues.
• Act as the primary project coordination interface during customer workshops, clarification meetings, and commercial negotiations.
• Organize structured handover to the execution team after contract signing, including scope, commitments, schedule, risks, and outstanding items.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Automation, Energy Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• At least five years of experience in renewable energy, power, BESS, or EPC projects.
• Experience in pre-sales project management, major tenders, project development, or contract negotiations is preferred.
• Working knowledge of utility-scale BESS, including battery systems, PCS, BMS, EMS, grid connection, round-trip efficiency, and availability requirements.
• Strong project planning, risk management, cross-functional coordination, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Fluent English and the ability to independently lead customer and internal project meetings.
• Willingness to be based in or travel extensively across the region.

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