Alex Birtwistle Email & Phone Number

Tokyo, JP

Adelaide, Australia

Developing a rapidly growing portfolio of greenfield solar, wind and BESS projects across the NEM.

Adelaide, Australia

• Driving technical project management for the South Australian Virtual Power Plant (SAVPP). As part of this role, I lead various projects, collaborating with an array of internal and external stakeholders, as well as.
• Overseeing contractors, upholding them to our technical standards/regulations and operational-level agreements.
• Implementing new processes that streamline deployment.
• Supporting contract process, working with various program stakeholders to develop SLA’s and OLA’s.
• Managing stakeholder relations with external contractors, project managers, energy retailers, government delegates, as well as end customers and relevant community members. Achievements
• Supporting operational strategy to close out SAVPP Phase 3A as efficiently as possible. Used relevant data to devise and implement processes that eliminated waste, reducing overall deployment time and cost.

Adelaide, Australia

• Key Responsibilities
• Managing key deliverables within the program (i.e. getting compliance certification, scheduling/coordinating various stakeholders, supporting customer experience process, project documentation, upholding program SLA’s).
• Working alongside technical team to optimise system design, to lower costs and/or improve system efficacy.
• Overseeing evaluation process of new sites to be added into the program.Achievements
• Appointed as Project Leader on a team of 10 to evaluate 7000 potential SAVPP sites. Implemented a new auditing process, ran training workshops, and worked alongside the design and engineering teams to define site.

Adelaide, Australia

• Supporting rapid business growth through the development and implementation of a project scheduling system.Key Responsibilities
• Consulting project management methods with team.
• Working with CEO on designing and implementing more efficient processesAchievements
• Implementation of project scheduling system that is used across their energy saving commercial fit out projects.

Adelaide, Australia

• At the not for profit organisation, Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Development.Research and drafting of newsletters and academic papers pertaining to renewable energy policy.Key Responsibilities
• Research assistance on renewable energy policy.Achievements
• Involved in drafting process of research paper that was submitted to several management academic journals.

Bachelor Of Project Management

Adelaide Business School Areas of study included Project Management, Economics, Corporate Finance, Renewable Energy Policy, Urban.

Bachelor Of Architectural Design