Vertex Search Hiring! Full Time Technical Director (IPP) in - Ricebowl

Location:

Singapore, with regular travel across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

About the Company:

Our client is a well-organized platform company focused on onshore utility-scale Solar PV and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) asset class projects across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

Role Overview:

This is a senior techno-commercial leadership role responsible for guiding IPP (utility-scale Solar PV and BESS) projects from early-stage development through execution, construction and into successful commercial operations, with a particular focus on the Philippines market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior technical and commercial leader for the company's onshore utility-scale Solar PV and BESS project development, construction and operational activities across APAC, with particular focus on the Philippines.
• Lead projects through the full lifecycle: from origination, feasibility and development, through financial close, execution and construction, to successful commercial operations.
• Provide techno-commercial leadership on project feasibility studies, technical due diligence and M&A activity for acquisitions, joint ventures and new market entry opportunities across the region.
• Ensure projects comply with National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) requirements, grid codes, permitting and other relevant regulatory frameworks across target markets.
• Lead and participate in internal technical working groups, ensuring regional considerations are integrated into company-wide strategies.
• Provide specialist advice on electrical engineering matters such as network design, power system studies, power transformer and switchgear specification, electrical hazards and electrical safety programs.
• Assess projects for technical performance, lifecycle and cost, including market-specific factors across APAC.
• Monitor and analyse emerging technologies, market trends and regulatory developments across key APAC markets, providing insight on commercial potential.
• Conduct comparative technical and commercial evaluations of equipment suppliers, with a focus on regional supplier networks.
• Support investment teams on technical due diligence and commercial screening for acquisitions, project development pipelines and operating assets across APAC, ensuring alignment with global standards.
• Support financing initiatives, including supervision of technical studies led by asset owners.
• Manage and lead operational and technical requirements for the integration of new businesses, investments and ongoing support in joint ventures and partnership agreements.
• Oversee value engineering processes to validate underwriting assumptions in financial models and ensure proper valuation of existing and prospective assets.
• Advise on facility configuration, equipment selection and design strategies tailored to local market and regulatory contexts.
• Share best practices on design, construction, operation and asset management, incorporating learnings from projects across the region.
• Maintain strong relationships with industry stakeholders, regulators and technical experts across Singapore and the wider APAC region.
• Represent the company at relevant conferences, technical forums and stakeholder engagements across the region.

Knowledge and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Recognised professional engineering designation preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of IPP experience in renewable energy or related fields, with significant exposure to APAC markets and demonstrated success delivering projects in the Philippines.
• Strong techno-commercial leadership experience, with a track record of taking Solar PV and BESS projects from development through execution and construction to successful operations.
• Strong knowledge of project feasibility, technical due diligence and M&A processes.
• Solid understanding of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) requirements and other relevant regional grid codes and regulatory frameworks.
• Deep technical knowledge of power generation, electricity T&D, and renewable energy generation and storage facility design, construction and operations.
• Strong contractual knowledge and proven competency in equipment supply, construction and operations third-party agreements.
• Broad understanding of global and regional energy transition challenges and opportunities.
• Demonstrated success working as a senior leader in complex, cross-border environments.
• Proven experience in pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, development and construction of renewable and/or low-carbon energy projects.
• Demonstrated success in technical due diligence for investment decisions, including risk assessment and mitigation.
• Proven ability to define good practice in construction and operations, and to lead implementation of such practices.
• In-depth understanding of the development lifecycle from origination to execution, including stage gating for investment decisions and commercial business case aspects.
• Familiarity with climate-related physical risk assessments and resilience strategies for assets in the region.
• Exceptional influencing skills, with the ability to balance technical and business considerations and gain stakeholder support.
• Confident, with strong conviction when expressing positions and points of view.
• Willingness to travel regularly across the APAC region.