Reporting to the Co-development Senior Manager, your key responsibilities will include:
A. Environmental and Sectorial Permitting Analysis
Lead and coordinate Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA/DIA) processes for:
• PV + BESS hybridizations
• Stand-alone BESS projects
• Wind projects under co-development
• Select acquisition projects requiring environmental review
Ensure:
• Timely submission of complete environmental documentation
• Quality control of external consultants
• Alignment between environmental timeline and development milestones
Accountable for environmental readiness prior to investment/NTP gating (technical side only).
B. Hybridization & Storage Environmental Integration
Support the environmental permitting of:
• BESS hybridizations within existing PV portfolio
• Grid-charging analysis and environmental implications
• Layout adaptations required by storage integration
Ensure environmental constraints do not delay hybridization targets.
C. Environmental Risk Identification & Mitigation
Perform early-stage environmental screening to identify:
• Biodiversity constraints
• Red Natura 2000 risks
• Cumulative impact issues
• Curtailment-linked environmental limitations
• Compensatory measure cost exposure
Provide risk assessment inputs to the development and M&A team
D. Regulatory & Authority Management
Act as technical environmental interface with:
• Regional/national environmental authorities
• Water agencies
• Cultural Heritage and other sectorial bodies
• Biodiversity departments
Manage formal responses, public consultation processes, and technical clarifications.
Ensure full compliance with permitting conditions and governance documentation.
Attend events related to environmental regulation.
E. Development Budget & Devex Discipline
Support control of environmental-related DEVEX, CAPEX and OPEX by:
• Monitoring consultant budgets
• Distinguishing capitalizable vs non-capitalizable costs
• Ensuring environmental studies are aligned with approved development budget
• Estimation of environmental related inputs for financial modelling
Provide visibility on environmental cost exposure impacting project economics.
F. Construction Handover & Compliance Continuity
Ensure proper transfer of:
• DIA conditions
• Monitoring obligations
• Compensatory measures
• Environmental reporting requirements to Construction and Operations teams.
Minimize environmental-related claims, delays, or cost overruns post-NTP.
