Senior Asset Manager, New Zealand
Job Title: Senior Asset Manager
Department: Asset Management
Reporting to: Head of Asset Management APAC
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.
For over a decade we’ve been actively working to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We work to safely deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to help the world decarbonise.
Our growing business is constantly innovating and investing to help drive the energy transition. Our people and projects are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and energy security.
Lightsource bp operates with five core values: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability, and Drive.
We seek to attract and hire individuals who share our commitment to creating a safe workplace, uphold the highest standards of integrity, and demonstrate respect for colleagues, communities, and the environment. Our recruitment process promotes sustainability by valuing long-term growth and responsible practices, while seeking candidates with the drive to innovate and lead in the global energy transition.
Together, these values shape how we engage, assess, and welcome talent to join us in delivering transformational solar power solutions worldwide.
Lightsource bp was fully acquired by bp in 2024.
What You’ll do (the role)
SUMMARY
As Senior Asset Manager you will lead all asset management activities in New Zealand for a growing portfolio of large scale solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) assets.
Working with the Head of Asset Management APAC, you will agree and implement the NZ asset management strategy, act as the day-to-day point of contact for local stakeholders, and work with the APAC team to ensure consistent, high quality service delivery across the portfolio
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES
- Lead all asset management activities in New Zealand, ensuring alignment with APAC strategy and local regulatory requirements.
- Serve as the primary local contact for landowners, regulatory authorities, network service providers, EPC contractors, O&M providers and other stakeholders.
- Prepare annual budgets, monitor spend against forecasts, approve variances and implement cost control measures.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to coordinate delivery, resolve issues, and align priorities across the asset lifecycle.
- Oversee operational delivery and contractual performance of EPC and O&M contractors, ensuring compliance with contract terms and timely resolution of issues.
- Prepare and deliver regular asset management reporting for internal stakeholders, lenders, regulators and market operators.
- Collaborate with the APAC asset management team to develop, implement and roll out systems, standard policies, procedures and systems to support scalable service delivery.
- Drive process automation and administrative efficiency to reduce manual workload and improve data quality and transparency.
Why you’ll make a great member of the team
Education & Knowledge Required
- Educated to Degree level in a subject applicable in the renewable industry, preferably engineering.
- Strong understanding of key contracts and the critical stakeholders involved.
- Good knowledge of the New Zealand energy market.
- Understanding of the financial and commercial aspects of projects, including revenue drivers, and cost control measures.
- Knowledge of the solar (and preferably BESS) asset lifecycle
- Technical knowledge of utility scale solar PV and BESS operations.
- Strong process focus and technical IT skills
Experience Required
- 7 years of experience working in operations management, preferably in the solar/BESS market
- The ideal candidate may have worked for financial investors active in the renewable space internationally, and IPP or a vertically integrated developer
- The ideal candidate will have proven track record managing EPC and O&M obligations
Personal and Work skills
- Team working skills
- Problem solving and proactive attitude
- Detailed oriented and well organised
- Able to work efficiently and effectively under the pressure of tight deadlines
- Fluency in English is essential
- Effective track record in managing successfully sites from remote location
- Process oriented
- Strong technical IT skills (Excel, SCADA, PowerBI, etc.)
- Able to visit project sites across New Zealand as required and travel to the Lightsource bp office in Sydney.
- Ideally based in Auckland.
Why you’ll want to work for us
Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.
Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.
Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values – from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible.
Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.
Be inspired: Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. These include our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project, or volunteering on our VIBES committee to name a few.
Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.
For further information on our career opportunities and life at Lightsource bp, please visit https://www.lightsourcebp.com/careers/