Renewable Energy Development Lead, Ireland

Would you like a challenging career that builds on your existing renewable energy development experience with a higher degree of autonomy and responsibilities? Does it motivate you to be on the frontline of a growing renewable energy business? Then we have an interesting job for you.

European Energy is an international green energy company experiencing exponential growth. We develop, construct, and operate wind and solar PV projects globally and are at the forefront of the emerging green hydrogen/Power-to-X sectors. Our core values are the foundation of everything we do: In it together, Trust and Courage, Ambition, Excitement, Inclusion, and Agility.

Your New Team- At a Glance

You will be a part of European Energy Ireland, but you will also work closely with the HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark. You will become familiar with technical as well as financial and administrative details of our renewable energy assets and manage internal and external workstreams.

We are a committed and motivated team where respect, collaboration, and a sense of shared and individual responsibility describe the very core of our cooperation. We have a flat hierarchy with an open and honest dialogue, and when you are given a mandate, we trust in your abilities.

Your New Role- Accelerate Your Career

Our project pipeline in Ireland is in rapid growth and seeks an experienced Renewable Energy Development Lead for our activities in greenfield and existing pipeline projects. You will be hands-on in many technical, organizational, and commercial aspects and will form a key part of the Irish team.

You will become our lead greenfield project developer across a range of technologies, and manage our pre-construction activities on brownfield (consented) acquisitions. In cooperation with your highly experienced and motivated commercial, legal, and technical colleagues, you will contribute to originating and assessing the feasibility and potential of projects and bringing them to the ready-to-build stage. This will involve interaction with land, planning, environmental and technical service providers and management of interactions with our development partners, as well as seeking out new opportunities in the Irish market.

European Energy Ireland has a number of projects in later stages of development with an intent to bring these through construction and as such will need to bring them through late developmental / pre-construction activities. You have solid interpersonal skills to negotiate with local suppliers, service, and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Take the lead on development of our Renewable Energy projects in Ireland from an early stage through the investment decision and handover to the construction & operations team
• Coordinate project managers and interdisciplinary project teams with internal departments and external service providers
• Participate in due diligence reviews of existing projects at various stages of development
• Originate new projects using market knowledge, in-house tools and your network connectivity
• Manage existing agreements with external developers
• Manage the permitting process on multiple projects and coordinate the team of involved internal and external providers and interact with all relevant stakeholder
• Oversee execution of land lease agreements with farmers and other landowners

Your Profile

• You have a bachelor´s degree in Engineering, Planning, Science or Project Management
• You have 5+ years renewable energy development experience preferably including; landowner interactions, planning permission development, technical due diligence, project M&A, the Irish electricity grid and grid application process, tendering and procurement, management of multiple projects and team members
• You have excellent initiative, communication and reporting skills
• You are fluent in English, both verbally and in writing
• You are familiar with MS Excel modelling, GIS and may have experience with project management tools

We Offer

• An entrepreneurial approach to our work. In daily life, it means it is not far from thought to action
• You will be part of an exponential growth adventure. European Energy is an international renewable energy company, and we have welcomed approx. 270 new colleagues in 2023
• Trusted responsibilities with long term opportunities to grow, both personally and professionally
• The opportunity to work with friendly, supportive, and collaborative colleagues who are actively contributing to a profitable, growing, and successful global group
• Competitive terms of employment

European Energy Group- The Power of Tomorrow, Today

European Energy Group is a privately owned company founded in 2004. We operate from the development, construction, operation, and selling of wind and photovoltaic (PV) farms on land and offshore globally. Further, we work with developing future energy solutions, e.g., Power-to-X, energy storage.

We have 720+ employees with 44 nationalities represented in 21 countries and over 60 GW of projects in various stages of development globally We all work for a common goal; to be the most innovative partner within the green transition and create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

Location: Flexible and remotely but your 'home' location will preferably be close to Cork. Travel to project sites around Ireland will also form part of the role.

Reporting to: Country Manager Ireland

Application: Please be aware that European Energy does not receive applications via mail. To be considered for a job, we kindly ask you to upload your CV directly via the "apply" button on the right.

Deadline: We evaluate applications continuously, and we will close the job ad when we have found the right candidate, so please send your application as soon as possible.

For more information: Contact Talent Acquisition Specialist, Camilla Astrup [email protected] or Country Manager [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your application!