Senior Development Manager - London, United Kingdom - Climate17

Climate17

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our client is a well backed solar and battery storage developer with a small team based in the UK, backed by a large investment fund and is responsible for originating and developing up to 500MW of solar projects in the UK, year on year.

They are looking for a Development Manager to manage the development of ground mount solar and storage projects in the UK.

This involves taking sites that have grid connections and in principle land agreements, through to fully consented projects and onto RTB status for the delivery team.

The Development Manager will be expected to take ownership and lead on all technical, commercial, and consenting aspects involved with each project.

Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the Senior Development Manager and working closely with the wider development and origination team, including the Development Director.
Take responsibility for projects from validation all the way through to project financial close and handover to the delivery team.
Managing projects through each critical development phase including: obtaining planning approvals, securing legal and commercial agreements, managing technical on and offsite designs, managing electrical grid connections as well as other utilities, obtainingrelevant environmental permits, managing consultants, suppliers, and partners, anticipating and mitigating development risk, budgetary and development program responsibility and other related development requirements.
Work with the team on wider development challenges and opportunities
Work closely with their development partners

Requirements:

A driven and creative problemsolver
Development experience, ideally of energy projects or similar
A track record in consenting and managing numerous projects simultaneously
A solid understanding of the energy development processes in England, Wales, and Scotland
A working knowledge of project budgets and land agreements.
Experience of and participation in community and stakeholder engagement.
An exceptional communicator and well organised.

About Us
Climate17 is a purpose-led, international Renewable Energy & Sustainability recruitment firm.

We provide specialist talent acquisition services to organisations seeking to reduce their environmental footprint, as well as those working towards the decarbonisationof the energy sector.

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