← Back to site

Executive dossier · Belgineer

Bahtiyar LeventBelgin

Senior Project Management Executive · General Manager & Principal Consultant

Thirty-five years delivering energy and infrastructure across EMEA — more than a decade of it in executive leadership. PMI PMP trained and PM@Siemens certified, Levent has led every phase of high- and low-voltage delivery: renewables, conventional generation, transmission and smart infrastructure. He is known for financial discipline, risk control and complete contract management, with headline responsibility for the $1.3B Bilkent Integrated Health Campus.

Bahtiyar Levent Belgin
Fig. 01 — Principal, Belgineer

Document

Executive dossier

Doc. no.

BLG-DOS-001

Revision

2026.1

Status

Issued for information

Email

levent.belgin@belgineer.com

Tel

+90 533 348 4583

Languages

Turkish (native) · English (fluent)

Key figures

6.5+ GW

Generation capacity delivered across his project record

35+

Years in power-sector delivery and leadership

$1.3B

Largest single programme — Bilkent Integrated Health Campus

600+

Personnel led on a single project

50+

Projects taken to Final Acceptance

Career

  1. 2024 — 2025

    EMTA Elektrik

    Deputy General Manager, HV Projects

    4 projects · 175 MWe

    Highlights

    • Takeover projects renegotiated: final cost projections cut by 50%+ and delivery accelerated by two years, avoiding penalties
    • TEİAŞ Tarsus OSB 400 kV substation negotiated at target margin, with procedures for future scope from Enerjisa
    • EÜAŞ 7 × 25 MWe MobilePac upgrades, Selimiye GIS warranty period and Hacıhıdırlar 154 kV scope
    • Key hires, a restructured financial position and ₺3B+ secured in two new HV and transmission tenders

    Delivered in this role

  2. 2021 — today

    Belgineer

    General Manager & Principal Consultant

    3 projects · 35.5 MWe

    Highlights

    • Senior project management consultancy for EMEA clients across WPP, SPP, BESS, HEPP, CCPP, GIS and OHL
    • Siverek SPP + BESS, Hungary SPP and BOTAŞ Silivri underground gas storage for Eninde Energy

    Delivered in this role

  3. 2016 — 2021

    Siemens Smart Infrastructure

    Project Group Manager

    6 projects · 1 MWe

    Highlights

    • Ultimate accountability for the legal, financial, technical and EHS scope of the $1.3B Bilkent Integrated Health Campus
    • Organisation of 600+ personnel, including a core Siemens team of 50+, on a ~$54M systems contract
    • Final margin raised from a projected <10% to over 17% through financial control
    • 20+ low-voltage systems — IT and network, BMS/SCADA, life safety, healthcare — to FAC, followed by a 10-year service contract

    Delivered in this role

  4. 2006 — 2016

    Siemens Power Generation

    Project Manager

    18 projects · 5,100.5 MWe

    Highlights

    • Fourteen hydroelectric plants taken to Final Acceptance — EBoP, I&C and 154 kV switchyards
    • Airres4 (19 × 3.2 MWe) and Poyraz (10 × 3.2 MWe) wind farms with 154 kV switchyards
    • Iraq-5PP: ~4 GWe of EBoP engineering, design and supply across five combined-cycle plants
    • Acarsoy CCPP and TEİAŞ Hayrat 154 kV switchyards with overhead lines

    Delivered in this role

  5. 1996 — 2006

    Siemens ICG

    Project Controlling & Site Manager

    19 projects

    Highlights

    • 154 kV switchyard extensions and 380 kV breaker renewals for TEİAŞ — İkitelli, Çerkezköy, Ambarlı, Habipler, Kırklareli, Çorlu
    • Installation and commissioning at the Grand National Assembly: conference, biometric voting and simultaneous translation
    • Integrated security and fire systems for Siemens Kartal, Arçelik, BSH Profilo (10,000+ points) and the Selatin Tunnel
    • Offers, O&M manuals and operator training across the security and communications portfolio

    Delivered in this role

  6. 1989 — 1994

    Simko · Siemens AG

    General Supervisory Representative

    1 projects · 1,350 MWe

    Highlights

    • Test and commissioning across the major systems of the 1,350 MWe Ambarlı combined-cycle plant in its final phase
    • Primary and secondary testing of the 380 kV switchyard, MV switchgear, 6 kV SF6 breakers and 6/0.4 kV transformers
    • TELEPERM ME control system programming, signal conditioning, control room and mimic panels

    Delivered in this role

Project footprint

51 projects · 52 mapped sites

By sector

  • Transmission19
  • Infrastructure16
  • Hydro13
  • Thermal & Gas8
  • Wind3
  • Solar3
  • Storage1

6,662 MWe · 51 projects

Competencies

  1. 01Executive leadership & strategy
  2. 02Programme & portfolio leadership
  3. 03Full lifecycle delivery — engineering to O&M
  4. 04P&L ownership & margin protection
  5. 05Contract strategy, variations & claims
  6. 06Stakeholder orchestration — utilities, OEMs, EPCs, regulators
  7. 07Risk, quality & compliance
  8. 08EHS leadership & ISO 14001
  9. 09Schedule & controls — WBS, critical path
  10. 10Strategic sourcing — HV / MV / LV equipment
  11. 11Recovery & acceleration
  12. 12Business development & tendering
  13. 13Power systems — EBoP, GIS, OHL, I&C
  14. 14Smart infrastructure — BMS, SCADA, life safety

Professional development

Project management

6

  • PMI PMP
  • PM@Siemens
  • Program & Portfolio Management
  • Advanced Project Management
  • PM Board Preparation
  • Project Management Methodologies

Leadership & commercial

5

  • Global Siemens Business Conference
  • Positive Power & Influence — Berlin
  • Leadership in Projects & Social Competence
  • Contract Management (×2)
  • Process Management & Improvement

EHS & compliance

5

  • EHS (multiple) · EHS for Site Works
  • ISO 14001 Environmental Management
  • Business Conduct Guidelines
  • Disaster Preparedness · Fire Fighting · First Aid
  • Information Security · Social Engineering Protection

Technical

3

  • MS Project (Advanced)
  • Excel (Advanced)
  • AutoCAD

Education

Graduated 2011

BSc Economics

Anadolu University — Faculty of Economics

Graduated 1988

BSc Electrical & Electronics (Technical Education)

Trakya University

Languages

  • Turkishnative
  • Englishfluent
belgineer.com

BLG-DOS-001 · Revision 2026.1 · Issued for information

levent.belgin@belgineer.com · +90 533 348 4583