Head of Project Development for Photovoltaics & Battery Supplies (m/f/d)

Not only do you want to develop individual projects, but you want to control a project development portfolio and a team in such a way that, from good locations, actually practicable and viable PV and BESS projects?

Solibra System Montage GmbH develops, plans and implements photovoltaic-free area systems and battery storage projects (BESS) throughout Germany. For the management of our project development, we are looking for an experienced management personality with profound industry expertise, high decision-making competence and demonstrable success in the development of complex energy infrastructure projects.

The role

• You take over the operational management of our project development for photovoltaic outdoor systems and battery storage systems.
• You are responsible for the technical and organizational management of the project development team, the structured management of our project portfolio, as well as the time-right and quality-proof implementation of the development processes.
• You recognize project risks at an early stage, develop self-solving approaches and prepare essential technical, strategic and economic decisions for the management.
• The basic technical and economic decisions remain in the management. Within this framework you have an independent operational responsibility area with clearly defined competences.
• Our claim is a result-oriented project development, in which projects are not only managed, but are consistently guided to the maturity of approval and realization.

Your responsibility

• overall responsibility for the operational control and further development of the project development of PV-free area and BESS projects – from acquisition and area evaluation to the RTB-capable transfer to implementation.
• specialist management, prioritization and performance management of the project development team; clear responsibilities, dates and regular project reviews.
• Management of the project portfolio with milestones, resources, risks and decision requirements; transparent reporting to management.
• Responsibility for project development portfolio, milestone planning, resource allocation, economy, risk assessment and quality assurance
• Support and escalation management in complex construction planning, approval, area, trace and expert topics as well as in critical stakeholder situations.
• Guided negotiations with municipalities, licensing authorities, network operators, property owners and strategic project partners
• Control of external expert planners, experts and other service providers as well as ensuring reliable development documents.
• Creation or quality assurance of project exposés and project data rooms.
• Development of resilient decision bases for project releases, investment decisions and management
• Continuous optimization of development standards, processes, interfaces and internal control instruments

Your profile – our binding requirements

• Completed studies e.g. in engineering, space/city planning, geography, energy management or a comparable qualification with relevant practical experience.
• Multiannual, proven successful professional experience in the project development of PV open space systems, BESS or comparable energy infrastructure projects in Germany.
• Successful reference projects developed to RTB in Germany PV min. 300 MW and BESS min. 100 MW power supply- anonymized reference list must be attached to the application.
• experience in the technical and disciplinary management of internal and external employees and in the management of several parallel projects.
• Very good knowledge of construction planning and approval processes, as well as a reliable understanding of land security, road and network connection topics.
• Safe and professionally sound handling of specialist authorities in the participation of the carrier
• Secure control in, and well-founded knowledge of B-plan procedures and construction planning
• experience with legal hurdles and administrative resistances and the development of negotiation strategies for obtaining approval.
• Understanding network connection procedures and experience with EVU, VNB and TSOs
• understanding of feed-in and reference performance and technical and economic evaluation of grid connection commitments and TABs
• Safe handling of appointment, risk and portfolio management as well as a good economic and contractual understanding.
• Embossed strategic and analytical skills, entrepreneurial thinking, negotiation security and high enforcement strength, as well as a structured and consistent way of working
• negotiating security and sovereign appearance towards municipalities, authorities, owners, network operators and project partners; Ready for project-related dates in Germany.

This position requires comprehensive practical experience and proven leadership skills. There is no provision for a transverse entry or entry without corresponding technical and management experience.

Additional qualifications – a clear advantage

• experience in project processing and realization of PV, BESS or comparable infrastructure projects.
• Experience at the interface between project development and EPC/Construction and a good understanding of what development decisions later influence costs, dates and construction.
• Experience with due diligence, project sales, data rooms or investor/bank-side testing processes.

What awaits you with us

• A key position with direct influence on project portfolio, team and the further development of our project development processes.
• Projects that do not end up in the building process: Solibra develops, plans and implements PV and BESS projects – you see how development decisions go into implementation.
• Direct cooperation with the management - short decisions
• A wide range of tasks between leadership, portfolio control and hands-on support for demanding projects.
• Attractive performance-oriented remuneration and a long-term development perspective in a growing business field.

About Solibra

Solibra System Montage GmbH specialises in the planning, development and realization of photovoltaic outdoor systems and battery storage projects. We accompany projects from land security, grid connection and approval planning to the constructional implementation and commissioning.

Interest on this leadership task?

Then we look forward to your application with a CV and a meaningful overview of your previous project and leadership experience at [for e-mail see the original ad].

Projektentwicklung (m/w/d) – PV & BESS

Joblocations:

56070 Koblenz am Rhein, Ernst-Sachs-Str. 27, RHEINLAND_PFALZ, GERMANY