Development Associate

I’m working with a growing renewable energy business that is looking to hire a Development Associate into its development team.

This would suit someone with 1-3 years’ experience in the energy or renewable energy sector who wants to broaden their experience across the full development lifecycle.

The role will provide exposure to a range of renewable energy projects across the UK and Europe, supporting activities across land, grid and planning.

A particularly important part of the role will be grid coordination – working directly with DNOs, following up on actions, chasing responses and making sure projects continue to move forward.

You’ll be involved in:

• Supporting renewable energy projects through the development lifecycle
• Land, grid and planning activities
• Coordinating with DNOs and other external stakeholders
• Following up on grid applications, queries and actions
• Keeping projects and stakeholders organised and moving forward
• Supporting senior members of the development team across a range of projects
• Helping identify and resolve development issues as they arise

What they’re looking for:

• 1-3 years’ experience within energy, renewables or a related infrastructure environment
• Exposure to project development is highly desirable
• An understanding of land, grid and/or planning processes
• Strong communication and coordination skills
• Someone comfortable picking up the phone and speaking to/chasing DNOs rather than waiting for things to happen
• Organised, proactive and commercially minded
• Someone who enjoys working across multiple projects and getting stuck into whatever needs doing

? London – 3-4 days per week in the office

This is a great opportunity for someone relatively early in their renewables career to gain broad development experience across multiple areas of project development, rather than becoming siloed into one particular discipline.