Green Gas Development Manager

The Development Team is responsible for securing the necessary permissions to enable the construction of renewable energy projects, including but not limited to onshore wind, solar, energy storage and anaerobic digestion (green gas).

The overall purpose of this role is to secure and develop sites for Green Gas.

The role will be responsible for:

• Identifying new technically and commercially viable sites for green gas generation;
• Securing option to lease agreements with landowners;
• Managing the preparation, submission and approval of green gas planning applications;
• Managing planning appeals if necessary;
• Discharging planning conditions;
• Securing feedstock supply agreements.
• Managing the Green Gas development pipeline.

• Experience of negotiating complex land lease agreements;
• Demonstratable - commercial acumen, budgetary responsibility and reporting skills;
• Applied knowledge of the UK planning process and experience with managing external consultants;
• Ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stake holders;
• Knowledge of renewable energy policy and a comprehensive understanding of anaerobic digestion processes and practice;
• Ideally degree qualified, preferably within a relevant field of study such as surveying or planning.
• Professional accreditation is an advantage.
• Possess a full driving license and be willing to travel across the UK to meet with landowners and their agents as required.

What's in it for you...

Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
Volunteering day
Hybrid working
Various company discounts (including shops, days out and events)
Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days
Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available

As a valued member of the team you will be supporting the Group Environmental policy and its associated targets to make the Green Britain Group net carbon neutral by 2025

Flexibility statement

The fast moving nature of the company's business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad hoc basis. This allows the company to use it's people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make make their contribution in a changing environment.

Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company. When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity- the green kind.

Our mission was, and remains, to change the way energy is made and used in Britain- by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy.

We don't just supply green energy, we use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too- we build windmills and sun parks in Britain. We call this 'bills in to mills'. In 2021, we started work on building two new solar parks, and now, in 2023, we're bringing geothermal energy to our customers' fuel mix, a first in the UK. We're also developing green gas mills which will generate 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of- grass.

We don't just focus on energy though- we built Electric Highways, Britain's leading network of electric vehicle charging points, we helped Forest Green Rovers become the greenest football club in the world, and, in partnership with RSPB, we launched Britain's greenest mobile phone service, Ecotalk.

Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all