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Join the renewable energy revolution as a Senior Development Manager at Field and shape the future of clean energy infrastructure
Overview
Salary
£85000 - £105000
Location
Field, Fora Montacute Yards
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Field is at the forefront of renewable infrastructure, internationally recognized for constructing, owning, and operating green energy projects. With a recent £200 million investment, Field is poised for global expansion, aiming to become Europe's leading clean energy entity. The company boasts a diverse, innovative team committed to proving the viability of battery energy storage systems (BESS) as part of our future energy solutions.
- Lead the project management of BESS projects from inception to construction readiness.
- Deliver high-quality planning applications with a strong focus on environmental and community engagement.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage external consultants for project execution.
- Handle land agreements and liaise with landowners to secure project sites.
- Minimum 4 years of renewable energy development and consents experience.
- Expertise in project management, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Proficiency in UK consenting regimes and environmental assessments.
- Strong leadership skills for managing project teams.
- Understanding of grid connections, BESS design, and land-related project development.
- Experience with BESS is highly desirable.
Field offers a competitive salary range of £85,000 - £100,000, an employee share scheme, hybrid working, and a comprehensive benefits package including parental leave, fertility treatment leave, performance bonuses, pension contributions, generous holiday allowance, learning and development budget, mental health resources, and a dog-friendly office among other perks.
Senior Development Manager
Department: Development
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: UK - London
Compensation: £85,000 - £105,000 / year
Description
A bit about Field
Field is an international builder, owner, operator, of renewable infrastructure. Our Founder and CEO is a successful entrepreneur who previously co-founded a green energy supplier. We have robust pipelines of BESS projects across the UK, Italy, Spain, and Germany - and strong financial backing. Our most recent fundraise was a £200 million investment from DIF Capital Partners. This will support our mission to grow internationally, and ultimately to build and develop a robust global BESS portfolio.
We are an eclectic team with varied backgrounds. Our team has experience scaling billion dollar tech start-ups and building energy companies, as well as deep specialisms in the energy markets. You will learn from and work with a bunch of fun, curious, and entrepreneurial people who really want to make an impact. Together, we will show that batteries are a totally viable part of our energy infrastructure - now, not in some distant future. We have ambitious plans to become the defining new clean energy player in Europe over the next few years, gradually expanding beyond batteries into new asset types.
Your Mission
The Senior Development Manager role is critical to the success of Field’s UK pipeline of battery energy storage system projects. In this role, you will be responsible for the project management of a number of our greenfield development projects, covering all areas of project management and taking projects from concept design phase through to construction. You will deliver a pipeline of ready-to-build projects ready for handover to construction.
The right candidate should have a strong consenting background and be fully competent in delivering high quality planning applications. With responsibility for delivering all elements of a number of development projects, candidates will also need strong project management skills and knowledge of necessary land agreements and experience in landowner negotiations. Experience in battery energy storage systems (BESS) and an associated knowledge of grid connections and BESS design is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
What you’ll be doing
This is a broad and varied role with the opportunity to have massive impact. Key responsibilities include:
- Project management of a number of our greenfield development projects, including:
- Creation and ongoing management of project programmes to ensure timely delivery of planning applications;
- Leadership and coordination of core project teams comprising design, grid and land work packages;
- Budget and risk management; and
- Reporting and escalation
- Delivery of high quality planning applications for greenfield projects including:
- Procurement and day-to-day management of external environmental and planning consultants to deliver all assessments needed to support a planning application; and
- Stakeholder engagement with key statutory consultees and local communities
- Design management
- Working knowledge of relevant civils, electrical and safety design requirements for BESS;
- Management of external consultants to deliver site investigations and surveys to inform site design; and
- Coordination of in-house grid and design teams to act as Principle Designer in developing site specific designs suitable for planning.
- Landowner engagement, including:
- Experience in all necessary land agreements required for development projects;
- Working with in-house land teams to ensure that land agreements are secured in line with project programmes; and
- Landowner liaison.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
A bit about you
- You have excellent project management skills - acting fast and delivering projects to programme is critical, so you’ll need to have proven drive and project management skills
- You’re a great leader who can work autonomously to lead a team. You know how to get people motivated, aligned and delivering.
- You have good attention to detail to deliver plans, designs and technical assessments to a very high standard
- You’re an open, clear communicator capable of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders
- You’re a team player who enjoys working collaboratively. You will be responsible for coordinating input from a lot of teams, including external consultants
- You’re enthusiastic, curious and knowledgeable about the energy storage industry
The skills you’ll need
- 4+ years experience in the project development and consents, within the renewable energy industry
- Project management skills, including experience in programme, budget and risk management
- Strong understanding of consenting regimes within the UK, including environmental assessments
- Experience in managing a project team and leadership skills
- Experience of managing external consultants and stakeholder engagement
- General understanding of grid, design and land elements of project development in order to manage inputs from technical specialists
BESS experience highly desirable
Benefits
Salary: £85,000 - £100,000
We’re offering a competitive compensation package, including participation in our employee share scheme which rewards all employees for the growth of the business.
Other benefits include
- Enhanced parental leave, for all new parents:
- 6 months fully paid primary carer leave
- 3 months fully paid secondary carer leave
- 10 days fully paid leave for fertility treatment
- Up to 10% company wide bonus based on company performance
- Hybrid working (blend of home and office working to suit individual needs)
- Nest pension (8% combined contributions) on qualifying earnings
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- £2,000 annual learning & development budget to spend on whatever best supports your growth
- 1 month a year ‘work from anywhere in the world’ policy
- Spill: our mental health benefit allowing every Fielder access to equal and unrestricted therapy and resources
- Green leave: paid time off to do something good for the environment
- Fun co-working office space in Shoreditch, London
- Dog friendly office (with some regular furry friends already in the team)
- Free team lunch once a week
- Regular team socials
- Birthday carbon offset: a gift from Field to the world to celebrate your birthday
- & many more on the way!
