Business Development Manager Renewable Energy United Kingdom and Ireland

Job Description

Location/s: Brighton, Edinburgh, Glasgow, or Bristol; UK
Recruiter contact: Maria Marchidan

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit
The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission and distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle, from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we are helping to deliver the energy transition globally. Overview of the role Owing to continued growth and high demand for our services, we are looking for a Renewables and BESS Portfolio Manager in the UK and Ireland. The Renewables Portfolio Manager is ideally an engineer or other technically educated professional. A dynamic person with entrepreneurial and business management spirit, and willingness to develop and grow our Renewables and BESS business in the UK and Ireland, engaging with clients, winning new projects, securing contracts and creating long-standing relationships. The Renewables and BESS Portfolio Manager shall have leadership and charisma, a person capable of motivating the team and attracting further staff to join our team. This person shall have good knowledge of the renewables and BESS industry and the market in Ireland and the UK, main stakeholders, potential customers, competitors, etc. As a Renewables and BESS professional within Mott MacDonald you will provide technical support to a wide variety of stakeholders including developers, investors, contractors, and financing institutions. The role is varied in its nature and will include working on a range of regional and international renewable projects providing:

• Owner's engineering, construction supervision and design services
• Technical advisory and due diligence for lenders, developers and investors
• Concept and FEED design engineering
• Feasibility studies

By joining our team, you will have access to the largest, most exciting and innovative assignments in the UK and Ireland, as well as globally. The work is extremely varied, as will be your role. You will be working within a strong renewables and BESS energy team and with other discipline professionals delivering prestigious projects. Candidate Specification Essential:

• Established network with developers on renewables and BESS for the UK and Ireland
• A bachelor's degree in engineering (electrical, mechanical, civil, or industrial) or a related field; a master's degree is preferable but not required
• Dynamic person with entrepreneurial and business management spirit, and motivation to develop the renewables and BESS business
• User-level office suite skills, particularly Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint and SharePoint
• Extrovert personality eager to engage with clients and partners, win new projects and create long-standing relationships
• Good knowledge of the renewable and BESS energy industry, and in particular the markets in Ireland and the UK
• Leadership and charisma, a person capable of motivating the team and attracting further staff to join our team. Demonstrable understanding of people motivation and situational guidance styles
• Experience in people or portfolio management in a consultancy environment, and in a client-facing role
• Evidence of technical capabilities, self-motivation, ability to use own initiative, and a flexible or problem-solving approach
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary and multicultural engineering environment
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in English, both verbally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to explain technical issues to non-engineers, including clients

Desirable:

• Demonstrable experience in project management
• Working experience on renewable energy projects, either wind or solar, ideally as Owner's Engineer, otherwise as Technical Advisor or Lenders' Technical Advisor
• Able to express and communicate technical aspects to a non-technical audience
• Ability to produce and review technical reports for clients
• Ability to lead, chair and present at meetings
• Other languages

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. #LI-MM2

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.