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Senior Director, Development – West Region
March 22, 2024 | Comments Off on Senior Director, Development – West Region
Senior Director, Development - West Region
Remote
Competitive salary and benefits
The successful applicant can either be fully remote within proximity to an airport for ease of business travel or near the US headquarters of Houston, Texas.
If you are an experienced, utility scale renewable energy project developer with a commercial mindset then we want to hear from you. Join us and help make a meaningful contribution to the energy transition that the world needs.
About Renewco Power:
Renewco Power is a renewable energy developer established in 2021 and backed by Corran Capital with funding from SSE Plc. Our focus is on developing utility scale solar PV, onshore wind, BESS, and green hydrogen projects across four primary markets: UK, US, Spain, and Italy. We are committed to the energy transition by continuing to build a leading renewable development platform and to develop more than 12GW of construction ready projects across these technologies and countries within the next 5 years.
Renewco's leadership is a highly experienced and entrepreneurial group with over 120 years of combined renewable energy development and investment experience, having successfully developed more than +15GW of renewable energy in over 50 countries, and raising more than $2.4 billion in project finance. During the first 18 months of Renewco, we have secured more than $55M in funding, established a strong, diverse team of +40 energy professionals with a shared focus and commitment that we will make an impactful contribution to the global renewable energy marketplace.
We believe that our seasoned team, our shared multi country execution strategy, and our partnership approach to business coupled with our flexible mandate, will enable Renewco to originate and develop viable renewable energy projects and make a meaningful contribution to the energy transition that the world needs.
The role:
Reporting to CDO you will be responsible for the development of Renewco's greenfield renewable energy portfolio in the US. Your initial focus will be development of the US portfolio directly and in due course recruitment of a team of developers with a focus on several key US markets within WECC.
Key responsibilities:
* Provide hands-on leadership in building and leading a team of project developers who are creating and managing a utility scale, solar and energy storage pipeline of projects in key US markets.
* Work with the CDO to develop and execute the US greenfield strategy.
* Greenfield development process, managing team members to get to construction ready within strategic timescales.
* Manage multiple projects through the project development process with internal and external resources involving market and interconnection analyses, real estate assessments, landowner relationship building, environmental studies, property tax abatement, required permits, land surveys, title curation, regulatory support, execution of interconnection & power purchase agreements, and commissioning support.
* Collaborate in the building and refinement of internal processes, securing and managing external consultants, defining project's schedules and budgets, representing the firm at industry conferences, and participating in the leadership of the US Development team.
* Completing due diligence on acquisition targets of renewable energy projects in select markets.
* Support the refinement and adjustments as required of the execution strategy in your market.
* Transparent and timely project reporting.
* Responsible for managing the overall project schedule and budget.
* Explore potential fit of new software platforms supporting project development.
About you:
* +8 years of development experience with renewable energy projects.
* Able to thrive in remote, entrepreneurial work environment.
* Comfortable leading a team of internal colleagues and external consultants focused on making continual progress on several projects through different stages of development.
* Deep understanding of the target market's trends and developments.
* Approachable and lead by example with a high degree of integrity and professional drive, balanced with empathy.
* Effective, agile thinker and leadership contributor with relentless drive and a focus on the details.
* Works well within multi-disciplined teams across several time zones.
* Goal-orientated while maintaining an organized leadership style to enable team empowerment and accountability.
* Able to problem solve by communicating with management your option analysis and recommended solution.
* Demonstrated grit and determination to lead team toward project milestone goals.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills especially in remote work environment.
* Willing to travel up to 30% domestically, with occasional trip to Europe.
* Business, engineering, energy related, or similar bachelor's degree preferred.
Apply today in confidence and we will get back to you.
Closing Date: April 18 2024
By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.