Head of Projects - UK & Ireland

Do you share our passion of renewable energy for a greener and sustainable future?

Nordex has an exciting opportunity to join our team as Head of Projects covering the UK and Ireland region.

Contract Type:  Permanent Role

Location: Based at our UK Head Office in Didsbury, Manchester

How can you make a difference?

As the Head of Projects, you will ensure strategic projects within the UK and Ireland follow a clear project plan, outlining all technical and commercial aspects along with the transportation and site execution plans. 

You will lead an internal and external project management team ensuring all projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest standards.

What will you be doing? 

Key responsibilities for this role include: 

• Functional management of the projects team which includes Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Planners and any other associated roles
• Optimising project outcomes through rigorous contract management, claim management and risks and opportunities management, creating necessary transparency to potential optimisation and risks in cooperation with Commercial Project Management. 
• Building strong and constructive relationships with customers ensuring customer satisfaction
• Development and delivery of a Projects to Site Operations execution
• Working closely with key suppliers including erection and transportation companies to ensure projects remain on time and within budget
• Ensuring the handovers from the Sales team to the Projects team are delivered in a timely fashion post contract activation
• Working with our colleagues in the Service function to ensure a timely handover of the project in accordance with Nordex procedures
• Identifying and driving continuous improvement across the projects function
• Responsibility for the driving the safety-first culture on all Nordex sites ensuring compliance with regulatory and legal requirements, while avoiding harm to our people and the environment
• Chairing monthly progress meetings for all projects, ensuring the team are meeting all KPI’s for the projects
• Developing project lessons learnt for all relevant functions
• Managing performance objectives for the projects team
• Acting as point of escalation for all stakeholders, clients and sub-contractors where required

What are we looking for? 

The successful candidate will have experience in a similar level role within a projects team and will have had full responsibility for multi-million Euro contracts and a portfolio of projects

You will have extensive and complex project management experience including full turnkey projects and have a technical background with a degree level qualification in engineering or an equivalent discipline. 

Ideally, you will be a proven leader with experience of working in a fast-paced environment within the energy sector. 

Other essential skills and behaviours required or this role include:

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Strong planning and risk management skills
• Willingness to constantly drive a portfolio of complex projects to achieve positive business outcomes
• Desire to work in a fast paced, quick changing environment
• There is a requirement to travel to sites and offices across the UK, Ireland and Europe on a regular basis
• There is a requirement to hold a full UK/EU driving licence

What we can offer you?

Time Off - Our teams recieve 33 days annual leave including bank holidays. After two years continual service you will be entitled to an additional day‘s holiday per annum (Maximum 5 days). Plus an extra day off for your birthday.

We also offer our employees the opportunity to purchase up to 5 day of additional annual leave every year too.

Car Allowance – There is a car allowance as part of the benefits for this role

Health & Wellbeing – Health and Wellbeing is incredibly important at Nordex, which is why we have different benefits for our employees including:

Employee Assistance Programme (offering therapy sessions)

Bike2Work Scheme

Paid Eye tests & contribution towards Glasses

Company Sick pay scheme

The option to purchase Private Healthcare

Volunteering - All our employees can use 2 paid working days per calendar year to carry out volunteering activities in your local community.

Family friendly  -  Our family friendly policies include, Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave. Compassionate Leave, and Life Insurance.

Memberships - Nordex will reimburse the cost of one annual professional subscription fee to one professional institution relevant to your work.

Recruitment Process

The closing date for this role is Tuesday 31st March 2026, however, please be aware that this role could close early if we receive an overwhelming response.

The first stage of the recruitment process requires you to submit your CV via the Apply Now button.  The recruitment team will then review your application and be in touch to confirm if you have been successful in reaching the next stage of the process. 

We appreciate all the applications we receive and will be in touch with you as soon as we can, so please watch out for our emails or phone calls (which maybe from a withheld number)

Nordex Values, Diversity & Inclusion

Here at Nordex we interact with a variety of people and cultures. Our values of Integrity, Respect, Colleagueship, and Ownership are the unifying force for all departments and regions around the world, these are the standards we walk by. 

Our mission is to offer cutting edge, reliable products, and services, generating value for our customers and stakeholders​ …. All whilst protecting the environment.

Join the #TEAMNORDEX and shape the future of energy with us.