Development Manager

2 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Eku Energy Full time

Introduction to the role

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and motivated Development Manager to join Eku’s rapidly growing business and support the transition to a low carbon, sustainable global economy. Eku develops, constructs, operates, trades and maintains a rapidly growing portfolio utility scale storage assets globally.

The Development Manager is a key addition to the Eku’s APAC business. Eku Energy has grown rapidly in the past 18 months, we are looking for an experienced development manager to join the development team to lead the development of our secured portfolio of projects in Australia.

In this role, you will work closely with the engineering, commercial, markets and investment teams across all stages of development, but with a particular focus on mid to late stage development. You will report to Head of Development, Australia.

**Responsibilities of the role**:

- Lead the end-to-end development process for utility scale BESS projects with a focus on mid-stage and later stage commercialisation phase of projects
- Manage project teams of multidisciplinary internal and external experts, including planning, legal, grid, environmental and engineering advisors
- Lead the environmental planning and approval processes including obtaining approvals and working with the business to satisfy planning conditions for the projects
- Working with specialist teams to select advisors, consultants, OEMs and construction contractors and supporting contract negotiations where required as projects progress towards financial close
- Responsible for developing and implementing the development plan, including setting budgets, identifying key project risks and implementing a develop plan to schedule
- Where required, visiting project sites to manage project risks
- Landowner and community engagement where required
- Reporting of overall project status and project progress to senior management and escalation of any key issues

**Requirements**:
You will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in energy project development (directly on in an advisory capacity) ideally with experience managing the end-to-end development process for renewable projects including taking projects through to a final investment decision and financial close. You’ll have a good understanding of technical and commercial aspects of renewable energy projects and be comfortable jumping in and out of the detail and across workstreams to get a project over the line. You will understand how to craft a business case for an energy project and communicate new opportunities to senior executives.

You will have an excellent academic record with tertiary qualifications in a related field (e.g. engineering, law, finance, environmental science or project management). You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise at all levels and stakeholders. You will need to be ambitious, motivated and have the drive to succeed.

If you possess a strong sense of accountability, can focus on details while maintaining a holistic view, enjoy collaboration across functional and geographic boundaries, and want to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, we want to hear from you.

**Competencies required of all our people**

**Organisational**: Entrepreneurial thinking and acting - problem solving capability - innovation capability.

**Social**: Highly motivated with a versatile personality - excellent interpersonal skills - client orientation, communicative - collaborative - enthusiasm to knowledge share.

**Implementation**: Self-management - result and solution orientated - quality awareness - Welfare, Health, Safety and Environmentally focused.

**Culture**: Helps to build a foundation of trust - creates stability - instils kindness - provides structure - is and fosters accountability - cultivates a spirit of reliability - fosters respect.

**Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion**:
The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths. An inclusive and equitable workplace enables us to embrace that diversity to deliver more innovative and sustainable solutions for our people, clients, shareholders, and communities. At Eku, you will be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If you are inspired to deliver on our purpose of ‘empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future,’ we want you on our team. If you need adjustments made to the recruitment process, please let us know.

As an inclusive employer, Eku does not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race (including colour and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief.

Joining Eku means you will be able to work in a way that suits you best. With the right technology, support and resources, our people can work in a range of flexible ways. Talk to us about what working arrangements would help

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