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About the job

JD Ross Energy have partnered with a leading renewable energy client to help find a Development Manager focusing on utility-scale renewable energy projects across Australia.


Summary:


  • Job Title: Development Manager
  • Location: Melbourne OR Sydney
  • Employment: Full Time Permanent
  • Industry: Utility-scale Renewable Energy Projects
  • Salary: $$competitive + super + bonus
  • Start: March/April 2025
  • WFH: 3/2


Key Responsibilities;


  • Lead development projects after approval of concept to handover to construction.
  • Development actions may include:

o assessment of location and securing land access, securing environmental permitting and development approvals, ensuring positive community and stakeholder engagement, completing engineering design, and overseeing studies to secure grid connection approvals.

  • Coordinate project technical design and technical parameters, including contractual specifications and schedules.
  • Determine the optimal approval pathway, compile and submit the necessary approval documents.
  • Engagement and oversight of activities of third-party advisers, including (as necessary):

o technical / owner’s engineer, environmental consultants, grid connection consultants, and to legal;

  • Manage tendering processes for construction and operations partners for the project;
  • Lead the commercial negotiation of key contracts.
  • Develop project budgets, oversee expenditure and ensure budgets are adhered with.
  • Assist in the development, review and update of project business cases, ensuring that key assumptions are updated as the project progresses.
  • Prepare project reports and ensure project sponsor/steerco is well informed of changes to key assumptions and risks
  • Identify opportunities to enhance value from the project and reduce project specific risks.
  • Assist in the appraisal of new investment opportunities in renewable energy assets, in conjunction with the Investments Team.
  • Manage the handover to construction, including compilation of all commercial records within a contract database.
  • Regular travel to the development site(s).


If you’re interested in applying or would like to find out more, please feel free to send your CV (word format) to [email protected] or apply online via the link.

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