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The Senior Developer will be ultimately responsible for ensuring that projects are developed and reach financial close within budget and timeframe.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement wind and/or solar projects from site control stage through to financial close, managing technical, commercial, and financial workstreams
- Ensure timely acquisition of all project rights including permits, consents, land, and leases.
- Lead the development of technical concepts and solutions of the projects, identifies optimal solutions from a technical, commercial and execution perspective including civil, mechanical, and electrical aspects of solar PV and wind plants, interconnection and high-voltage design and yield assessments.
- Lead interactions with local interest groups, landowners, I&APs during EIA processes
- Assist PPA/offtake teams to bid, and secure PPA and assist with related matters.
- Manage the compliance of consent and lease obligations and ensure timely acquisition of all project rights including permits, consents, land & leases.
- Create and maintain strong relations with local communities, landowners, government agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders
- Leading the project interface between the various work packages (finance, legal, technical, permitting, grid connection, etc.)
- Manage junior developers
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Key Tasks
- Secure all project permits & consents to enable project progress according to schedule
- Secure acquisition, servitude, and lease agreements of required land parcels
- Ensure communication and engagement of stakeholders to ensure local project support enabling a smooth development process
- Interface with the Off-Take team to drive the Power Purchase Agreement process
- Coordinate with REIPPP & Commercial Bid Manager and/or Senior Business Developer (who will do the bid co-ordination) and be responsible for putting their respective bids together and will have ultimate responsibility for preparing the inputs into the financial model.
- Ensure inputs are updated and have the ultimate responsibility of the financial model.
- Provide project progress reporting to internal stakeholders and shareholders
- Provide budget, risk, and schedule updates within development activities
Skills and Education
- Master's degree in engineering, project management or other relevant field
- 7+ years’ experience working with large renewable energy projects
- Experience from a similar role with the same level of responsibility and tasks
- Strong project management, communication, and relationship skills towards external project stakeholders to ensure project progress
- Leadership skills to be able to manage junior developers
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