Senior Development Engineer

OnPath Energy is one of the UK’s leading land-based renewable energy developers, committed to powering a sustainable future. We develop and operate onshore wind projects across the UK, managing every stage from site identification and planning to construction and operation. We already operate twelve wind farms delivering clean electricity to thousands of homes and businesses. Through our “OnPath Together” approach, we place people and planet into the heart of everything we do- building long-term partnerships, supporting biodiversity, and investing in community initiatives.

Join us and play a part in creating a greener future, together.

Location: Bellshill

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Package: Competitive package

The Senior Development Engineer plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering OnPath Energy’s portfolio of onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage projects across the UK.

Reporting to the Head of Technical, the role provides technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from opportunity identification and project feasibility through development, consenting, pre-construction and delivery. The postholder will combine engineering expertise, commercial awareness and strategic thinking to unlock project value, manage technical risks and support investment decisions that contribute directly to the UK’s energy transition.

Working collaboratively across Development, Planning, Grid, Construction and Commercial teams, the Senior Development Engineer will influence project outcomes, manage specialist consultants and help create technically robust, commercially attractive and deliverable renewable energy projects. This is an opportunity to play a leading role in developing nationally significant clean energy infrastructure while helping shape technical best practice within a growing and ambitious renewable energy business.

Initial project assessment – Working with the Business Development Team identify and secure profitable and deliverable development opportunities through to Key Review B, including:

• Providing technical assistance and advice to the Business Development and Project teams including, where agreed, providing initial outline site designs considering and highlighting design opportunity and constraints (e.g. access/transport, topography, aviation, flooding, ground conditions, telecom links, yield etc)
• Actively participate in project reviews to advise on the interpretation of technical information and assessment of risk, including provision of technical reports for Key Review stages A and B where applicable.
• Appointment and project management of expert 3rd party technical consultants where required to enhance the technical advice on prospects or projects.
  
  Interpretation and incorporation of consultants’ output within the wider project team.

Project development – Provide support to the Projects teams for the development of projects through to pre-construction stage, this service to include:

• Ensuring all technical risks are managed and successfully resolved in line with the project and business objectives
• Enabling best commercial value through site design in line with the project and business objectives.
• Deliver all necessary technical approvals and consents in line with agreed project programmes.
• Attending public exhibitions and providing technical input to public consultations.
• Participation in project reviews to advise on the interpretation of technical information.
• Work closely with the OnPath planning team in review and submission of planning application technical chapters and appendices.
• Appointment and project management of expert 3rd party technical consultants where required to enhance the technical advice on prospects or projects.
  
  Interpretation and incorporation of consultants’ output within the wider project team.
• General management of technical project budgets, preparation of forecasts and cashflows, programmes and cost estimates etc.

• Liaise with the internal and external delivery team to resolve outstanding technical issues. Including…