Renewables Development Manager – Wind
Location: Flexible UK
Salary: Negotiable
Job type: Full Time
Start date: ASAP
Company
Our client is at an exciting stage in its progress in shaping a Net Zero world. Renewables is one of the most important pillars of their joint strategic ambitions and their aim is to deliver more than 1 GW growth p.a. by 2025. The UK is a core growth area for them and they have a unique opportunity for a passionate, innovative and experienced Renewables Development Manager to join their growing UK team and to help shape and accelerate their journey to delivering their goals.
Responsibilities
- Work in a team to identify and grow our onshore wind pipeline across UK and RoI through acquisitions, partnerships, and greenfield development
- Identify, negotiate, and secure development partnerships
- Undertake detailed assessments of a site’s renewable development potential, including a detailed examination and interpretation of environmental, policy risks and business case
- Manage the full project process from conception, EIA production and review and application submission, potential appeal, and discharge of consent conditions in a diligent and effective manner
- Able to manage project lifecycle, produce project programmes, manage budgets, and produce high quality status reports
- Ability to manage and communicate effectively with external consultants and be able to understand and interrogate third party information
- Be experienced in managing the consultation processes, including preparing for and attending pre-application council consultations, managing statutory and non-statutory consultees
- Liaising with the public and organising and delivering public consultation events and concisely presenting projects to surrounding communities
- Understands the relevant planning processes in each UK jurisdiction and how cost, time and policy factors influence projects commercially or economically
- Be an active member in the growth of the renewables team locally and across the EU
You
- Degree (BSc and Masters) in relevant environmental, business or planning discipline
- Previous experience within Wind Development Projects, or other renewables experience
- Experience in identifying and delivering new development projects in the UK and RoI
- Track record of developing business to business relationships and acquiring development partnerships
- Demonstrable experience in delivering planning approvals with UK and Irish planning systems
- Experience of NGET/DNO connection processes
- Experience in managing consultants and external suppliers
- Using GIS systems as well as third party/statutory sources of spatial, environmental and planning information
- Excellent communication skills in an international environment and the ability to influence effectively at all levels
- Willingness to travel to existing sites, councils and regions within EU
- Prepare and write high quality concise documents to convey project progress, status and financial information to internal and external project stakeholders
- The ability to manage and prioritise workloads to deliver projects on budget and to time.
Desirable
- Experience in other renewable technologies such as hydrogen, BESS or hydro would be highly desirable
- Member of a relevant professional body
- Able to converse in another European language
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Pension Scheme
- Holiday trading
- Supportive and entrepreneurial work environment that fosters collaboration
- Performance related benefits
- Childcare vouchers
- Share Incentive plan
- Discounts to high street vouchers, health and dental care, holidays and more