Project Manager UK Solar and Batteries

Are you passionate about driving the growth of solar and battery projects to support the UK’s transition to a fossil-free future? Do you want to play a key role in shaping sustainable energy solutions?

At Vattenfall, we’re looking for a Senior Project Manager who will be primarily engaged in the development phase of hybrid Solar and Battery projects and help further build the project portfolio. The role sits within Development Solar and co-located Batteries.

This is your chance to turn your ambition into action by helping expand our portfolio of hybrid Solar and Battery projects. Together, we’ll push the boundaries of what’s possible in renewable energy and make a lasting impact on the energy transition.

Join us and be part of a mission to build a brighter, sustainable future.

Within Vattenfall we have the clear goal to enable a fossil free society within one generation. This ambition includes for example electrification of the transport sector and CO2-emitting industries, but the core of this ambition is to have sustainable electricity production. Vattenfall is now ramping up its growth within renewables, making the fleet fossil free. 

Vattenfall’s Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfall’s Onshore and Offshore Wind as well Solar PV and Batteries. Today we develop, construct and operate renewable assets in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK and we are a leading player in several of our markets. 

 
What will you do? 

You will help make a strategic plan about building out the solar project portfolio within a short time and develop several projects. During the development phase, you will execute project development activities by taking a senior role in the identification, development and management of solar projects (with co-located battery) from feasibility to financial close in a cost effective, safe and timely manner to achieve pre-defined company targets. Your work will concern a wide range of project activities, helping to build up in a short time a solar and battery portfolio fit for a positive investment decision. 

Your responsibilities and summary of tasks: 

• Help shaping a strategic plan and rolling this out to build up a project portfolio
• The development of projects via the origination, identification, development and management of solar (and co-located battery) projects from feasibility to financial close in a cost effective, safe and timely manner; 
  • Fill and progress the UK large scale Solar and co-located battery portfolio
  • Check and assess grid connection applications, specific the option for co-development with wind projects
  • Source new sites, liaising with land agents (heads of terms) and/or partnerships (joint development agreements) 
  • Sync with the UK Onshore wind Development team with regards to development to find synergies and opportunities, and minimize risk regards to stakeholder management 
  • Manage all stakeholders including land agents, authorities and civil servants, JDA partners, external consultants and internal and external legal resources 
  • Initiate any required environmental and technical assessments to support the project feasibility and consent applications 

Location  

In the London UK office, or one of our offices in Hexam or Pen Y Cymoedd, with the opportunity to work partly from home as well.