Project Manager - Canada Projects

Edinburgh or Orkney (hybrid working, with travel to Canada) About Orbital

Orbital Marine Power is a visionary Scottish renewable energy company focused on the global application of its pioneering floating turbine technology that can supply predictable power from tidal streams and ocean currents, every day, regardless of the weather. The technology has already been proven at full scale, with the company operating the world’s most powerful tidal turbine since July 2021. This provides invaluable operational insight while clearly demonstrating the technology’s commercial viability.

With global interest in tidal energy accelerating, Orbital is expanding its team to support larger‑scale manufacture, multi‑turbine delivery and the next stage of commercial growth.

The company recently secured an additional £7m investment and won a major new project in Canada that will see at least six turbines deployed in one of the world’s most promising locations for tidal energy generation. Orbital enters this next phase with strong momentum and a clear pathway to larger deployments and long‑term expansion.

You will take ownership of the day‑to‑day management of development activities that support the deployment of Orbital turbines at the FORCE site in Canada. This includes managing technical work across multiple disciplines, coordinating internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring delivery is aligned with programme expectations.

This role suits someone who enjoys structured project delivery, thrives on technical coordination, and is motivated by supporting large‑scale renewable energy deployments in an international context. Although UK‑based, the role will involve periodic travel to Canada for site surveys, supplier discussions and stakeholder engagement.

• Owning the day‑to‑day delivery plan for Canada activities, coordinating technical work streams and development inputs.
• Managing pre‑FEED and FEED studies to support project design and decision‑making.
• Maintaining schedule, budget, resourcing, milestones and dependency baselines, and driving progress through action tracking and early risk escalation.
• Managing structured change control across scope, schedule and resources.
• Coordinating technical delivery with engineering managers, ensuring work is planned, resourced and sequenced across mechanical, electrical, controls and other disciplines.
• Managing interfaces between internal teams and external partners, ensuring clear inputs, outputs, assumptions and data handovers.
• Supporting senior teams with analysis of trade‑offs, options and delivery risks.
• Managing Work Package budgets, monitoring costs and taking corrective action where required.
• Overseeing external consultants and subcontractors to ensure defined scope, timelines and quality.
• Coordinating subcontractor performance and supporting relationships with local supply chain and regulatory stakeholders.
• Managing creation and review of technical deliverables to ensure clarity, quality and timely submission.
• Maintaining risk and issue registers, progressing mitigations, and capturing lessons learned to improve future delivery and strengthen reusable best‑practice tools.

• A degree in engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in renewables, offshore or related sectors (tidal, wave, offshore wind).
• Knowledge of engineering FEED processes.
• Strong project management fundamentals: planning, scheduling, budgeting and resourcing.
• Excellent organisational skills including version control, action tracking, meeting management and audit‑ready documentation.
• Confident communication skills and the ability to maintain delivery momentum.
• Proficiency with MS Project, Excel budget trackers and structured document management practices.

• Leading or managing at least one FEED study for a marine renewables site.
• Understanding of survey requirements such as ADCP, wave measurements, geotechnical surveys and visual survey methods.
• Minimum of 5 years industry experience.

This role gives you the opportunity to support a landmark international deployment at the FORCE site…