Full-time / London / Hybrid – 3 days in office
IONATE is a deep tech scale-up building the hardware and software backbone for smart grids. Our mission is to transform power systems – from grids and microgrids to renewables and datacentres– unlocking the massive potential in this under-innovated sector that touches every aspect of our modern lives.
We’relooking for someone who is comfortable working in a fast-paced start-up environment where priorities can evolve rapidly, and individuals are expected to take ownership beyond their immediate responsibilities.Working closely withprojectengineers, engineering teams,suppliersand customers, you will helpleadproject activities across the full lifecycle, from concept and prototyping through to installation,commissioningand commercial operation.
Drawing on your experience inhardwaredevelopment,design,manufacturingand deployment,you will play a key role in coordinating customer projects and supporting product development initiatives, helping to take concepts and prototypes through to commercial products.This position may involve occasional travel within the UK and internationally to support customer meetings,site testing,projectdeploymentsand sitecommissioningactivities.
What You Will Do:
ProjectDelivery
- Lead/ Managingthe planning, coordination and delivery of customer projects, product development activities,and pilot deployments.
- Maintain project schedules, action trackers, riskregistersand project documentation to ensure activitiesremainon track.
- Coordinate activities across engineering, operations, manufacturing,suppliersand external stakeholders.
- Monitor project progress and provide regular updates on schedule, risks,dependenciesand key milestones.
- Coordinate issue resolution activities by tracking actions, aligningstakeholdersand escalating blockers whererequired.
- Ensure project documentation, approvals and deliverables aremaintainedthroughout the project lifecycle.
- Build strong working relationships with customers and support the delivery of a positive customer experience throughout project execution.
Stakeholder and Supplier Management:
- Support communication with customers, suppliers,partnersand contractors throughoutthe project lifecycle.
- Coordinate meetings,workshopsand progress reviews, ensuring actions and decisions are documented and tracked to completion.
- Assistwith supplier management, procurementactivitiesandlogisticscoordination.
- Help ensure technical, commercial and deliveryobjectivesremain aligned across stakeholders.
- Support customer reporting and project status presentations.
Project Governance:
- Maintain project management tools,dashboardsand reporting systems.
- Support risk management activities including the identification, tracking,and mitigation of project risksand issues.
- Support lessons-learned activities and continuous improvement initiatives across the project team.
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure project activitiescomply withcompany and customer health and safety requirements.
- Help improve project management processes,templatesand ways of working as IONATE continues to scale.
Procurement and Supply Chain:
- Create and manage purchase orders,monitorsupplier progress, and track equipment deliveries to site.
- Coordinate procurement activities across multiple projects, ensuring materials and services are ordered in line with project schedules.
- Coordinatelogisticsfor transportation, customs clearance, and on-site receipt of materials.
- Support the coordination of factory acceptance testing (FAT) activities, ensuring equipment, documentation andlogisticsare prepared in advance.
It would be highly valued if you have:
- Experience working in energy, utilities, renewable energy, power systems, industrialtechnologyor hardware development environments.
- Familiarity with project management methodologies such as PRINCE2, PMP, Agile or equivalent.
- Experience supporting supplier management,procurementorlogisticsactivities.
- Knowledge of project budgeting,forecastingand risk management practices.
- Employee Option Plan: You getequity in IONATE, so as we succeed so do you.
- Private Medical & Dental Insurance: From day one, we provide you with full, comprehensive private medical and dental cover through Bupa. You also have the option to add any dependents to your cover. Please ask us for more details.
- Company pension: a flexible, and sustainable pension product to help you plan for your future.
- Career Development:It’s important to us that you have the opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth. You will receive an annual budget for professional development and work with your team to set and reach goals every year.
- Flexible working schedules: You will be based in our modern West London offices and have the flexibility for hybrid work-from-home arrangements. Talk to us at the application process about this.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: Low carbon travel is important for everyone, so we have in place a cycle scheme to help you purchase a bicycle.
- Slow travel: We believe in a low carbon future, so if you wish to travel by a lower carbon method – but it takes much longer than flying – we will give you an extra 2 slow travel days per year.
- Degree in Engineering, Project Management, BusinessManagementor a related discipline.
- Experience supporting the delivery of engineering, technology,infrastructureor construction projects.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities simultaneously.
- Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project,Zoho orequivalent.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability tomaintainaccurateproject documentation.
- Comfortable working with multidisciplinary technical teams and communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proactive,self-motivatedand comfortable operating within a fast-paced start-up environment.
- Willingness to travel occasionally to customer and project sites.
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