Head of Development

**Who We Are**

Bluestar Energy Australia Pty Ltd (BEA) is an Australian managed subsidiary of Bluestar Energy Capital LLC.

The energy transition is accelerating, broadening, and deepening. But bottlenecks remain. High-quality development projects, advanced by management teams with the experience and capital necessary to deliver investable infrastructure at scale remain a scarce resource in many global markets.

Bluestar Energy Capital is focused on addressing this scarcity. Through a combination of our regional development platforms as well as investments in existing platforms, our mission is to be one of the largest investors of project development capital globally.

Owned by a management team with an extensive global track record in wind, solar, and storage, we bring both institutional scale and an owner’s attention to detail, to manage project and market risk.

We are patient, creative, and invest at the scale needed to drive the energy transition.

BEC is headquartered in Chicago, IL with subsidiary offices in Austin, TX, Dublin, Ireland, and Sydney, Australia.

Our management team and Board understand that development is a combination of hustle, patience and investment in and empowerment of the people on the ground.

**About the Role**

As one of Bluestar’s first Australian-based team members and a key member of the management team, the Head of Development reports to the Managing Director and is responsible for leading development of our current project portfolio through key milestones whilst identifying other greenfield and acquisition development opportunities. We are renewable technology agnostic, you might specialise in one technology or be more of a generalist so your experience in wind, solar, battery or pumped hydro is welcome. You will understand the process of electricity generation project development intimately and have a strong understanding of the National Electricity Market, its participants and their roles. If something needs to be done, you know who is good at it.

You have the opportunity to help shape the team and culture of BEA as well as your own role within the BEA team. The BEA team will play to individual strengths while providing the opportunity to build on your existing experience in a dynamic team environment.

The role is based in our Sydney CBD office with work/life balance flexible policies in place.

This is an externally focused role and the local team will be well resourced, additional legal and technical support and collaboration opportunity is available from related organisations.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Identify, recruit, mentor and lead a team of development professionals in support of a portfolio of early to mid-stage development projects, carrying them to investment decision
- Identify areas suitable for the development of utility-scale renewable energy and/or storage projects.
- Advance project development activities, both through individual contributions and by

land acquisition, fatal flaw analysis, discretionary permitting, grid interconnection, field-based environmental and engineering studies, initial design, energy resource analysis, stakeholder engagement and management, and project marketing.
- Negotiate power purchase agreements
- Prepare project plans and regularly report on project budgets, schedules, and financial

metrics to ensure company leadership have a clear understanding of the project
- and portfolio-level risk and status.
- Represent, BEA with landowners, state and local government, regulators, utilities, and other stakeholders to ensure effective communication throughout the

project development process with a high level of accuracy and integrity.
- Work with the BEC team to understand and influence the market for developing a suitable supply chain for wind, solar, and battery projects.

**About You**

You have proven success leading early, mid, and late-stage projects simultaneously and reaching key milestones.

**Qualifications**:

- Australian citizenship
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, law, business or another relevant field
- 10+ years of experience in renewable energy development
- Extensive knowledge in one or more of the following renewable energy technologies: Wind, Solar/PV, or Battery Storage (BESS)
- Highly collaborative with focus on creating a positive and inclusive team environment
- Analytical thinker and creative problem solver
- Ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders across cross-functional
team
- Superior communication skills both verbal and written
- Collaborative and inclusive team player
- Willingness and flexibility to travel to sites

**A diverse and inclusive team is critical to innovation. Please get in touch even if you don’t match these qualifications 100%.**#LI-DNI