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Graduate Programme – Renewable Energy
March 27, 2023 | Comments Off on Graduate Programme – Renewable Energy
Graduate Programme - Environment & Renewables
Glasgow or Edinburgh Base / Hybrid
Competitive Salary
If you are interested in the environment, renewable energy and helping to make a difference regarding climate change then we want to hear from you.
The Renewco Power Graduate Programme allows you to experience working in all the departments that make up an end to end utility scale early stage development company.
From day one you'll be hands-on, guided by our experienced specialist teams (including wind, solar and storage) learning from and supporting them in all aspects of our projects. You will be developed through a full programme learning the fundamentals of renewable energy project development from securing sites, planning and other approvals as well as designing the optimal technical solution for the project and arranging finance. You'll gain an understanding of financial modelling in order to learn what and how a project 'stacks up', conduct new market entry studies and get involved in other exciting technical projects.
You will also be:
- Assisting in managing the planning, development and project management processes of assigned projects
- Visiting sites and reaching agreement with landowners through to instructing lawyers to conclude lease agreements
- Engaging with communities and stakeholders
- Progress and management reporting
What you'll need:
Qualifications and experience:
- Strong interest in the environment and renewable energy
- A desire to build a career in the renewable energy industry
- Technical skills, ideally working knowledge of CAD and GIS software
- Confident using Windows based software tools
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- An innovative approach to problem solving and be able to visualise and communicate ideas
- An interest in business and the environmental impact of design ideas
- Proactive and supportive member of the team
- On track to achieve a 2.1 or higher in a related degree
- A second European language would be advantageous
What we offer:
- Salary 28K
- 25 days annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Hybrid working - 2 to 3 days per week from home
- International travel
- To start in July but we will honour any pre-booked holidays
- Upon completion of an successful 18 month programme you will be offered a permanent role in the most suitable department relevant to your skill set choosing from development, technical or commercial departments
Please apply now:
About Renewco
Renewco Power is a renewable power business with plans to become a leading International clean energy platform. Renewco will focus on developing utility-scale solar, wind and storage assets across Europe, with the aim of maximising the potential in clean energy projects. The company is targeting the development of over 4GW of renewable assets within five years.
Our founders are a highly experienced and entrepreneurial group, The founders have over 100 years of combined renewables development and investment experience, having successfully developed more than 10GW+ of renewables in over 50 countries, raising more than £2 billion to finance these assets in the process.
Renewco Power is backed by a £24 million (€28 million) investment from Corran Capital who raised cornerstone funding from FT-SE 100 utility, SSE plc. SSE's financial support will enable Renewco to accelerate the implementation of the team's high growth strategy. Renewco will be based in Edinburgh, with a presence planned in other key markets such as Spain, Italy and the US.
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.