Senior Developer at Leap29

The Senior Developer will be ultimately responsible for ensuring that projects are developed and reach financial close within budget and timeframe.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement wind and/or solar projects from site control stage through to financial close, managing technical, commercial, and financial workstreams
• Ensure timely acquisition of all project rights including permits, consents, land, and leases.
• Lead the development of technical concepts and solutions of the projects, identifies optimal solutions from a technical, commercial and execution perspective including civil, mechanical, and electrical aspects of solar PV and wind plants, interconnection and high-voltage design and yield assessments.
• Lead interactions with local interest groups, landowners, I&APs during EIA processes
• Assist PPA/offtake teams to bid, and secure PPA and assist with related matters.
• Manage the compliance of consent and lease obligations and ensure timely acquisition of all project rights including permits, consents, land & leases.
• Create and maintain strong relations with local communities, landowners, government agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders
• Leading the project interface between the various work packages (finance, legal, technical, permitting, grid connection, etc.)
• Manage junior developers

Key Tasks

• Secure all project permits & consents to enable project progress according to schedule
• Secure acquisition, servitude, and lease agreements of required land parcels
• Ensure communication and engagement of stakeholders to ensure local project support enabling a smooth development process
• Interface with the Off-Take team to drive the Power Purchase Agreement process
• Co-ordinate with REIPPP & Commercial Bid Manager and/or Senior Business Developer (who will do the bid co-ordination) and be responsible for putting their respective bids together and will have ultimate responsibility for preparing the inputs into the financial model.
• Ensure inputs are updated and have ultimate responsibility of financial model.
• Provide project progress reporting to internal stakeholders and shareholders
• Provide budget, risk, and schedule updates within development activities

Skills and Education

• Master's degree in engineering, project management or other relevant field
• 7+ years’ experience working with large renewable energy projects
• Experience from similar role with same level of responsibility and tasks
• Strong project management, communication, and relationship skills towards external project stakeholders to ensure project progress
• Leadership skills to be able to manage junior developers