Principal Renewables Consultant
Hydrock
- Edinburgh
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Overseeing project delivery for your own portfolio of schemes.
- Managing and developing key client relationships.
- Commercial management of projects.
- Resource management for the team.
- Team leadership, recruitment, and development.
- Net-zero carbon studies at project and master planning levels
- Planning application support documents including energy strategy and environmental assessments
- Climate change studies
- ESG strategy
- Life-Cycle Carbon and Cost Analyses (LCCA)
- Renewable energy development and consultancy
- Carbon management verification
- Distribution and Transmission grid connection application, negotiation, and delivery processes for FTM renewable developments (c20-500MW scale).
- Renewable energy and storage development including process, market, commercial structures, revenue streams, supply chains, routes to market, procurement, build out and energisation.
- Renewable energy revenue opportunities including grid services, ancillary markets, application process, auctions, etc.
- Strategic technical knowledge of feasibility and concept design, procurement and operation for renewable and energy storage technologies which may include – PV, Wind, Hydro, Anaerobic Digestion, Battery Energy Storage Systems. Long Duration Energy Storage, Hydrogen.
- Strategic TNO/DNO liaison, including at site finding/viability stage.
- Working with developers acting as key technical lead/development management lead for renewable energy projects
- Working knowledge of planning process for various development scales (LPA, TCPA, DCO, NSIP)
- Existing relationships for supply chain and partner engagement e.g. IDNO/ICP, equipment suppliers, specialist designers/consultants, DNO/TNO.
- Ongoing understanding of industry changes and opportunities these may present for our team e.g., Ofgem, NGESO, REMA, 5-point plan, network reforms, revenue markets.
- Business development and sales of consultancy services across the renewables sector, ideally larger scale/FTM.
- Team operations including resource planning and ensuring deadlines are met across numerous consultancy projects.
- Management and development of junior staff members.
- Development and improvement of in-house delivery processes and technical expertise.
- Inspiring and supportive colleagues
- Reward for progression and hard work
- An opportunity to develop your soft skills, as well your technical skills
- Competitive starting salary
- Excellent health benefits 25 days of holiday (buy/sell up to five days), accrue 1 day extra every 2 years, with bonus holidays too!
- An earlier finish on Friday (4pm!)
- An opportunity to give back: “Day off for good cause” (on a workday)
- A huge range of flexible benefits, including climate perks and an EV car leasing scheme
Department Smart Energy & Sustainability
Job Type Full time
Contract Type Permanent
Salary Competitive