Senior Manager, Wind Farm Project Development

Freshwater Group is seeking a Senior Manager for Wind Farm Project Development in Melbourne, VIC. The role involves managing all project development stages for a significant wind farm, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring effective risk and budget management. Candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in wind farm project development in Australia. Travel to regional areas and occasionally internationally is required.
Senior Manager, Wind Project Development

FWG49003

Victoria

This global renewable energy company, with a 6GW portfolio, operates across the renewables value chain, including development, financing, construction, and asset management of wind, solar, and storage projects. Their main strategy involves partnering with original developers, taking equity stakes and offering expertise in project development, EPC contracts, project financing, and grid connections. The majority ownership positions they take gives clear ownership that allows a simple decision-making process that is not driven by short-term objectives to generate capital gains but is guided by a long-term and integrated vision of the value chain.

In Australia, they are co-developing a number of large wind farm and BESS projects. They also have a number of greenfield wind and BESS opportunities they are looking to develop themselves. The site for a significant wind farm in Victoria is about to be secured and they now require a Senior Manager, Wind Farm Project Development to manage its development through DA, EPBC to FID. This is a unique opportunity as this project is well positioned to be able to be progressed quickly.

Responsibilities
• Directly manage all stages of development from initial site acquisition through to FID, ensuring an owner’s perspective is taken during decision making to mitigate risks and ensure prudent budget management.
• Manage internal and external specialists in grid connection, design and engineering.
• Provide a strategic overlay to project plans and decision making.
• Coordinate with all project stakeholders including landowners, consultants, public administrations, communities, as well as internal stakeholders.
• Report on the projects’ status: risks, budget, schedule.

Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business or similar.
• Previous experience in wind farm project development within the Australian market is essential, with the capability to take full ownership of responsibilities.
• Understanding of the key financial concepts behind project development including IRR/NPV.
• Excellent verbal communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Well-developed business acumen and organisational capabilities.
• A hands-on approach and a collaborative team player.
• Able, and willing, to travel to regional areas as well as interstate, and occasionally internationally to the HQ.
• An Australian citizen or permanent resident ideally.