Join us in this role where you’ll develop onshore renewable energy projects including wind, solar and energy storage. You’ll manage the deliverables of consultants to ensure planning applications are lodged on time and in budget. You’ll monitor the business case and manage project risks and lead the planning consents element post-planning ensuring a smooth transition to the Delivery team. Additionally, you’ll report on project updates, risks, programme and budget to keep senior management informed and engage with a wide variety of external stakeholders to inform and de-risk the project development.

Welcome to Project Development
You’ll be part of Project Development where you, together with your colleagues, will manage the development of onshore renewable projects from any stage to get it to a ready to build state. As a team, we collaborate, share experience-based knowledge, and embrace learning opportunities for continuous improvement. Our objective is to build a strong team ethos to enjoy the challenges of project developme

You’ll play an important role in:

• working with Project Development team colleagues and other technical staff in scoping, preparing, reviewing and managing consultants to submit detailed planning and environmental assessment reports as a part of the planning application process
• you will manage projects from the perspective of the Client / Developer, ensuring Environmental Impact Assessment Reports, Appropriate Assessments, layout designs and general planning documents are optimised to produce a shovel-ready project.
• managing / contributing to / reviewing An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeals and Planning Compliance Submissions to Local Authorities
• working within a multidisciplinary team to produce and disseminate detailed reports which assess the commercial feasibility of sites for development which will include: energy yield assessments, gri
• managing and reporting on all project risks, ensuring leadership is kept fully informed of any significant developments.
• working with the Land team to assist with landowner negotiations and liaising with solicitors to help secure land agreements.
• liaising with external stakeholders e.g., planning authorities, community relations, statutory consultees and landowners.

To succeed in the role, you:

• hold a degree in environmental sciences, planning, engineering, or similar
• are an experienced renewable energy professional with a demonstrable track record of successfully managing the development of multiple projects, with a focus on pre consent stage
• are familiar with the planning requirements of large-scale infrastructure projects
• have proven experience of management, coordination and reviewing of Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIAR)
• possess in-depth knowledge of Irish planning regulations and policies, as well as a solid understanding of the concerns of key decision-makers and policymakers
• have an understanding of what makes a consented renewable energy project commercially viable Have excellent written and verbal communication as well as experience with Microsoft office and GIS applications.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.