Development Manager - Renewables

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United Kingdom - Bristol - BCLtime type:
Full time posted on:
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R3546

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:

AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe. At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation.

Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.
** About Bristol City Leap
** Bristol City Leap is an innovative 20-year partnership between Bristol City Council and Ameresco which will accelerate green energy investment in Bristol and help towards decarbonising the whole city.

Bristol City Leap is a world first, game-changing approach towards decarbonisation at city-scale and will deliver a transformative boost in the amount of renewable energy and decarbonised heat powering our city, which in turn means a cleaner, greener and healthier place to live, learn, work and play.

Over the next five years, Bristol City Leap will invest nearly £500 million into low carbon energy infrastructure, such as solar, wind, heat networks, heat pumps and energy efficiency measures – all of which will help support Bristol to achieve its carbon reduction target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.Alongside this investment, Bristol City Leap will deliver over £60m of social value over the next five years alone.

This is truly an initiative with social value at its heart and the range of activities include:
* Creating over 1000 jobs, apprenticeships and work placements.
* Launching a new Community Energy Development Fund worth £1.5m.
* Working towards a just and inclusive transition through an embedded EDI strategy.
* Supporting initiatives to tackle fuel poverty in Bristol.

More information on Bristol City Leap can be found at:
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* Job Description:

** This is a new opportunity for a Renewables Development Manager within Bristol City Leap’s Development Team.  This role will play a key role in the development of Bristol City Leap’s portfolio of low carbon energy projects across Bristol City Council’s estate and with other clients, covering the full suite of low carbon technologies including Grid connected solar PV & Wind, energy efficiency, heat pumps, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, batteries etc, during the development phase        (from sales through to contract award).Strong

project and/or programme management as well as excellent technical and organisational skills are fundamental, as is the ability to liaise with people at all levels of the organisation.

This position is based in Bristol City Leap’s offices in Bristol, United Kingdom.
** Responsibilities:
**** Project Development:
*** Develop renewable projects in particular ground mount solar PV and onshore wind.
* Lead on  land transactions, planning and consents, surveys, grid connection and lease agreements.
* Manage project timelines, budgets, and deliverables to ensure successful project development including management of budgets.
* Coordinate different work streams and resources such as design, planning, procurement, commercial, engineering, and delivery during development phase of the project.
* Improve the success rates and timelines for projects reaching the start of construction.
* Control the  project programme and the project risk management process.
** Commercial
* ** Negotiate contracts and sub contracts, including Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) agreements,  land leases and other contracts.
* Stay informed about market trends, policy changes, and emerging technologies to identify new…