Senior Project Development Manager
FWG49001
Sydney (Manly), NSW
This global renewable energy company, with a 6GW portfolio, operates across the renewables value chain, including development, financing, construction, and asset management of wind, solar, and storage projects. Their main strategy involves partnering with original developers, taking equity stakes and offering expertise in project development, EPC contracts, project financing, and grid connections. The majority ownership positions they take gives clear ownership that allows a simple decision-making process that is not driven by short-term objectives to generate capital gains but is guided by a long-term and integrated vision of the value chain.
In Australia, they are co-developing a number of large wind farm and BESS projects. They also have a number of greenfield wind and BESS opportunities they are looking to develop themselves. The Senior Project Development Manager will manage the relationship with the joint development partner for the three wind farm projects currently under joint development, ensuring an owner’s perspective is present throughout. Following DA, the Senior Project Development Manager will take a more hands-on development role for one or more of the projects taking them to FID.
Responsibilities
- Manage the relationship with the joint development partner ensuring an owner’s perspective is taken during decision making to mitigate risks and ensure prudent budget management.
- Manage internal and external specialists in grid connection, design and engineering.
- Provide a strategic overlay to project plans and decision making.
- Directly manage the development of one or more projects once DA is achieved, taking the project to FID.
- Coordinate with all project stakeholders including landowners, consultants, public administrations, communities, as well as internal stakeholders.
- Report on the projects’ status: risks, budget, schedule.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business or similar.
- Previous experience in wind farm project development within the Australian market is essential, with the capability to take full ownership of responsibilities within a few weeks.
- Understanding of the key financial concepts behind project development including IRR/NPV.
- Excellent verbal communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Well-developed business acumen and organisational capabilities.
- A hands-on approach and a collaborative team player.
- Able, and willing, to travel to regional areas as well as interstate, and occasionally internationally to the HQ.
- An Australian citizen or permanent resident ideally.
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