Senior Project Manager

ACCIONA Energía is the biggest 100% renewable energy company with no fossil legacy in the world. With more than 30 years of experience and operations in 20 countries on five continents, ACCIONA Energía offers a wide portfolio of tailored energy solutions so that its corporate and institutional clients can meet their decarbonisation goals. This includes the development, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of renewable power plants -mainly wind and photovoltaic technologies-, energy sales and management and marketing, energy services, self-consumption, electric mobility and new technologies such as storage and green hydrogen. ACCIONA Energía is governed by the most demanding environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria.

Mission: Develop existing portfolio projects and support the growth of the project pipeline. Ensure the right quality in the permitting process.
Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain relations with relevant bodies such as local governments, environmental offices or other authorities and stakeholders important for the development process,
• Manage the environmental studies, reports and permitting process, quality assurance of developed documents,
• Apply, follow, and obtain all necessary authorizations from the administration, leading to obtain building permits,
• Communicate effectively across the organization, prepare assumptions and inputs required for other departments involved especially with regard to the project layout design and project optimization,
• Work with internal resources, such as the Legal, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Finance, Investment Analysis and Energy Assessment teams,
• Develop project budgets , manage project level expenditures and invoice processing,
• Maintains the registration, monitoring and report the status of the projects,
• Negotiate land leases and manage landowners' relationships to obtain land surface rights to design, permit, construct, operate, and maintain wind/solar power projects
• Monitoring the national and regional permitting legal changes, tracking the market trends, participation in the working groups of associations,
• Identify and verify prospective projects, support in M&A transactions (greenfield, close to RTB stage, etc) and due diligence processes
• Promote, analyze and coordinate potential co-development agreements
• Communicate information continuously and effectively to cross-functional team
• Performs the tasks entrusted to him/her with high quality and little supervision.
• Additional duties as required

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Profile: Engineer or University Degree familiar with environmental engineering, general project management and administrative procedures in development. Preferably familiar with wind or PV development procedures. English at advanced level writing and speaking. Good teamwork skills, open-mindedness, and willingness to learn. Target oriented. Able to travel frequently.

Additional:

QGIS or similar software training will be a plus

Wind Farm/PV administrative development training will be a plus but not mandatory

General development training in a formal administrative procedure: planning, environmental, and building permits will be a plus but not mandatory

General project management training will be a plus but not mandatory

As a company that values diversity as a source of talent, we work to foster an inclusive environment that promotes respect, belonging and engagement so that all people can participate on an equal opportunity basis. We invite everyone to apply regardless of origin, circumstances, background or condition.