Senior Development Manager

Blue Power Partners is a global consultancy and project development company with a dedicated focus on developing renewable energy. Blue Power Partners is supporting worldwide leading developers, asset owners and technology companies within origination, development, construction, and performance optimization of onshore/offshore wind, solar, PtX and storage projects.

We are expanding our business and our development organization is growing and we are looking for an experienced Senior Development Manager to engage our Development team in Tokyo.

The right candidate will play an instrumental role in driving our regional large-scale portfolio of Wind and Solar projects cooperating with our experienced talents. As a global company with a global mindset, provided candidate is willing to travel and attend meetings as required by project needs.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Participate in the development of large-scale hybrid renewable projects.
• Hybrid work to achieve a great work-life balance.
• Career development framework.

Being part of Blue Power Partners means working in an open-minded environment that values freedom and responsibility. Our culture is based on trust, teamwork, and flexibility, and we encourage our employees to maintain a healthy professional/personal life balance to stay fulfilled and motivated at work.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your accountabilities are likely to vary, but your main tasks may include:

• Lead the development of wind and solar PV assets from early stage to construction handover, by effective planning, monitoring, controlling, and reporting. Special focus on workstreams such as design management, land securing, permitting, interconnection and procurement.
• Act as the representative of BPP to the client for a large-scale renewable energy generation project, encompassing both wind and solar PV assets.
• Lead a project team formed by engineers, designers, specialists, and project management roles.
• Manage outsourced engineering work, technical consultancy and all design and engineering interfaces within the project.
• Schedule and manage tasks and resources from different teams within the company and third-party consultants.
• Manage the project budget, schedule and planning of generating assets from early phase up to RTB.
• Provide technical and commercial input to the procurement strategy for all aspects related to Generating Assets.
• Support engagement and contract negotiation related to advisors, equipment suppliers, EPC and O&M contractors for the project ensuring all technical requirements related to all aspects related to the facility are scoped within the tender materials.
• Build and develop solid long-term relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide profound technical support to Investment Manager and Project Board of directors.
• Coordinate the handover process of Generating assets to the Construction Management team.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to the team, manage staff lifecycle matters, working closely with Management and People & Culture personnel.

ABOUT YOU

We expect you to enrich our business with the following competencies and skills:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the engineering, project management and/or construction of power generating facilities and/or transmission/electrical systems.
• Qualification in either Engineering, Project Management or equivalent industry experience.
• Knowledge of development methodology and approach for large-scale renewable project development (workstreams including conceptual design, real estate, environmental, permitting, interconnection and finance).
• Contribution to achieving successful investment decision of large infrastructure projects, preferably within the renewable energy sector.
• Involvement in major procurement such as EPC contracts.
• Ability to manage complex projects and interface between commercial and technical aspects.
• Key support of business case processes, budget management, project development plans.
• Experience within matrix structured project teams.
• Strong business acumen and commercial understanding/awareness.
• Agility in utilizing general software and systems, for example, GIS, CAD, SharePoint, etc.
• Manage team allocation to projects and support on tasks when needed.
• Proven leadership experience with the ability to manage staff lifecycle matters.
• Willingness to travel, domestically and internationally, if required by projects.

Besides, you contribute with the following personal traits:

• 100% Client-oriented, focused on customers and their needs, always prioritizing honesty and professionalism.
• Accustomed to having the big picture while keeping an eye for the detail.
• Open to work with cross cultural international teams, both on-site and remote, with presence in different time zones. Strategic and analytic by nature.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to complete tasks within designated timeframe and prioritise accordingly.
• Fluent in English (TOEIC 950 or more) and in Japanese(N1 or more).

We respectfully request no agency applications or approaches.

How to apply

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Contact
Blue Power Partners, Japan

Tokyo
Japan Tokyo