Senior Asset Manager - Octopus Australia

- Full-time

Company Description

We’re excited to offer an opportunity to become part of the Octopus Australia team in our Sydney office.

The successful applicant will join Octopus Australia on our mission to harness capital and expertise to accelerate the renewable energy transition.

The successful candidate will have a strong commercial and technical understanding of the operation of Wind, Solar and Storage assets and be responsible for driving operational performance of a diverse portfolio of assets. Whilst ensuring that best practices for contract, governance, and financial management with support from the finance function.

This role extends beyond asset management delivery and requires an individual who can lead teams, develop people, drive operational excellence, and implement scalable systems and processes to support the continued growth of the portfolio. The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong commercial acumen, while working across multiple assets and stakeholders to maximise performance, manage risk and deliver value for investors.

As the operating portfolio continues to grow, the role will be instrumental in embedding data-driven decision making, digital systems and AI-enabled processes to improve operational efficiency, performance insights and reporting capabilities. The candidate will also support the development of the Asset Management team, fostering a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

This role will report to the Assets Lead based in Sydney with site visits and occasional interstate travel required.

Octopus Australia

Established in 2018,



Octopus Australia is a renewable energy fund manager and developer. Our dynamic multi-disciplinary team of over 70 highly skilled people has the expertise required to manage a renewable energy fund and operate a renewable energy and storage portfolio.

We have an existing multi‑GW portfolio of operating and development assets, including utility‑scale solar, wind and battery storage facilities across the country. We are continuing to grow to create a long‑term business that can deliver a firmed energy product to meet the evolving needs of Australia’s energy future.

The role is focused on technical and commercial asset management of our renewable assets including solar, wind and storage. The role will at times become ‘hands on’ in solving issues across multiple assets, and at other times require technical and contract oversight of service providers. Applicants must be confident and comfortable in this role and effective at delegating and managing the underlying technical activities carried out by third parties.

Key job functions include:

- People Management: Lead and mentor Asset Managers and technical specialists across a growing portfolio of renewable energy assets. Foster a high-performance culture focused on safety, ownership, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Compliance:



Promote a culture of compliance focused on health, safety, and setting. Oversee all compliance activities at operational assets.
- Community Engagement: Work with the community and stakeholder engagement manager to develop and implement the community engagement strategy and initiatives.
- Technical: Oversee the technical and commercial performance of multiple wind, solar and battery assets. Identify asset performance improvement opportunities and support implementation initiatives to maximise availability, reliability and generation outcomes. Lead complex technical investigations and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to resolve performance issues with urgency and accountability.
- Problem solving: Strong problem-solving capabilities to work through operational asset performance issues and bring multiple stakeholders together to resolve with a sense of urgency.
- Relationships: Proactively build strong relationships with external stakeholders, regulatory bodies (i.e. AEMO), Asset Managers and key project stakeholders. Work collaboratively with internal teams to ensure effective communication and alignment across operational activities.
- Contract Management: Ensure timely delivery of services under Asset Management, O&M; and 3rd party contracts. Work within the Assets team to set-up performance metrics for all contracts.
- Procurement: Prepare and run tender processes for all 3rd party contracts, as required.
- Opex Budgets: Support the finance function and 3rd party asset managers to prepare and manage yearly Opex budgets including reporting and insights.
- Develop: Create and implement bespoke technical asset performance opportunities t

📌 Senior Asset Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Octopus
📍 Sydney