Development Project Manager

Overview

As Project Development Manager, you will lead greenfield BESS projects through development and pre-construction in the UK. You will own the development lifecycle, coordinating cross-functional teams and external partners to move projects from early-stage ideas to construction-ready assets. You will shape grid connection strategies, planning and land activities, and risk-managed programmes that deliver tangible energy storage capacity. This role offers ownership, impact on deployment scale, and a clear path from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead greenfield BESS projects through the development lifecycle
• Support grid applications, connection strategy and engagement with network operators
• Manage planning applications, environmental assessments and consents
• Support land agreements and maintain relationships with landowners
• Oversee site investigations, surveys, design development and constructability
• Own programmes, budgets, risks and project reporting
• Coordinate internal teams, consultants and external stakeholders
• Support projects through development and into construction

Key requirements

• BESS/battery energy storage development experience
• Renewable energy project development experience
• Grid connections experience and collaboration with network operators
• UK planning and consenting experience
• Land acquisition/land agreements experience
• Managing technical, environmental and planning consultants
• Experience taking projects from early-stage development through to construction

• stakeholder management
• effective communication
• cross-functional collaboration
• grid connections
• planning and consenting processes
• land agreements

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