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Join the renewable energy revolution as a Project Developer with Field and contribute to building a sustainable future
Overview
Salary
£37000 - £50000
Location
Field, Fora Montacute Yards
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Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: Field is a pioneering force in renewable infrastructure, specializing in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across Europe. Led by a visionary entrepreneur and backed by a £200 million investment, Field is on a mission to prove the viability of batteries in the energy sector and become a leading clean energy player. With a diverse and talented team, Field offers a dynamic work environment where innovation, impact, and growth are at the heart of what they do.
- Integral role in developing the UK's BESS projects.
- Work on projects from inception to construction handover.
- Focus on planning consents, collaborating with grid, land, and design teams.
- Experience in BESS, grid connections, and design is desirable.
- Expert in planning applications and environmental assessments.
- Autonomous delivery of key planning application elements.
- Engagement with stakeholders and community consultation.
- Understanding of land agreements and design requirements for development.
- 4+ years of relevant experience, ideally in renewable energy consents.
- Strong project management skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills and a passion for renewables.
- Experience with BESS is highly desirable.
Benefits: Competitive salary (£37,000 - £50,000), employee share scheme, enhanced parental leave, company-wide bonus, hybrid working, Nest pension, 25 days holiday, annual learning & development budget, 'work from anywhere' policy, mental health resources, fun office in Shoreditch, and more.
Project Developer
Department: Development
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: UK - London
Compensation: £37,000 - £50,000 / 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 Project Developer role is integral to the success of Field’s UK pipeline of battery energy storage system projects. As part of the Project Development team, you will work across our development portfolio working on projects from greenfield development right through to handover to construction. The role will have a strong consenting focus, however you will work closely alongside the grid, land and design teams to gain an oversight of all areas of project development.
Experience, or an eagerness to learn, in any of these areas is requied. Experience in battery energy storage systems (BESS) and an associated knowledge of grid connections and BESS design is also highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
This is a broad and varied role with the opportunity to have massive impact. Key skills/responsibilities include:
- Competence in planning regulations to support delivery of planning applications and gain consent for projects
- Highly experienced in planning applications and environmental assessments
- Ability to work autonomously to deliver some key elements of a planning application e.g. heritage assessment, including management of external consultants
- Procurement of consultancy services, including non-intrusive survey work. Knowledge of method statements and safe working practices to instruct and oversee survey works
- Experience of post-consent phase, including planning amendments and discharge of conditions
- Stakeholder engagement
- Experience with key planning stakeholders; ability to represent Field in stakeholder meetings on planning matters
- Experience of local community engagement; ability to deliver and attend consultation events
- BESS experience and project design
- Basic knowledge of BESS design; capable of identifying all BESS components and a basic understanding of electrical design
- Understanding of relevant safety requirements e.g. fire regulations
- Can apply knowledge to review designs and work with design team to ensure safe, constructable and operable designs
- Landowner
- Basic knowledge of necessary land agreements required for development and accompanying knowledge of redline terms for agreements.
- Can apply knowledge of design and construction requirements to review land plans
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
A bit about you
- You know your stuff; you’re an expert in planning applications who is now looking to broaden your knowledge to cover all elements of project development
- You have excellent project management skills. We act fast and delivering projects to programme is critical; you’ll need to have proven drive and project management skills to manage planning and technical consultants and deliver planning elements to programme
- 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 enthusiastic, curious and knowledgeable about renewables and the energy storage industry
The skills you’ll need
- 4+ years experience in consenting, ideally within the renewable energy industry
- Strong understanding of consenting regimes within the UK, including environmental assessments
- Experience of managing external consultants and stakeholder engagement
- BESS experience highly desirable
Benefits
Salary: £37,000 - 50,000
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!
