Technical Director - Renewable Energy

Overview

Climate
17 is partnering with a rapidly growing energy transition investment platform seeking to appoint a Technical Director to join its senior leadership team. Our client is an active investor, developer and asset owner operating across renewable energy and energy infrastructure sectors throughout Europe. Backed by an experienced leadership team and significant capital, the business is pursuing an ambitious growth strategy focused on acquiring, developing and scaling renewable energy assets across multiple European markets.

This is not a traditional engineering leadership role. It is a highly commercial position sitting at the intersection of investment, project delivery and asset management, with significant influence over investment decisions, portfolio strategy and value creation initiatives.

The Technical Director will act as the principal technical authority across the platform, supporting investment activities from acquisition through construction, operations and eventual exit. Working closely with the investment team, senior leadership and external advisors, you will lead technical due diligence on renewable energy and energy transition investments across Europe, helping to identify opportunities, assess risks and unlock value throughout the asset lifecycle.

The successful candidate will bring a combination of technical expertise, commercial judgement and transaction experience gained within an infrastructure fund, IPP, renewable energy developer, asset owner or technical advisory environment.

• Lead technical due diligence for acquisitions of Ready-to-Build, under-construction and operational renewable energy assets across Europe.
• Provide technical input into investment committee decisions, transaction structuring and risk assessment.
• Manage external technical advisors, independent engineers and specialist consultants.
• Oversee technical aspects of financing, refinancing and disposal processes.
• Support portfolio companies and operating partners in delivering construction, operational and optimisation objectives.
• Identify technical and operational value creation opportunities across the portfolio.
• Monitor technology developments, market trends and emerging risks across European energy markets.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on technical and investment matters.

We are interested in speaking with senior professionals who possess:

• Significant experience within renewable energy, infrastructure or energy transition investing.
• A strong track record leading technical due diligence on renewable energy transactions.
• Experience operating within an infrastructure fund, IPP, asset owner, developer or lender's technical advisory environment.
• Exposure to multiple European markets and cross-border transactions.
• Deep understanding of utility-scale solar PV and/or battery energy storage systems. Exposure to other infrastructure sectors such as data centres, power infrastructure or adjacent energy transition technologies would be advantageous.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, financings, asset management and exit processes.
• The ability to assess technical risk through a commercial and investment lens.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience engaging with investors, lenders, boards and senior executives.

This is a rare opportunity to join a highly entrepreneurial investment platform and play a key role in shaping investment decisions across a growing pan-European renewable energy portfolio. The role offers significant exposure to senior decision-makers, direct influence over transactions and the opportunity to help build a leading energy transition investment business.

Climate
17 is proud to be managing this search on an exclusive basis.

For a confidential discussion, please contact David Blake at Climate
17.