Project Development Manager-Wind

Reporting to the Head of Wind Development- UK, we are looking for an influential, innovative and experienced Development Manager specializing in wind development to join our growing UK team and to help shape and accelerate our journey to delivering our goals. As a key member of the UK team the role will provide expert understanding of the wind market in the UK and be able to develop key development partnerships externally as well as undertake in-house greenfield development of wind projects. The role supports hybrid/remote working with an expectation to spend time with the team at our office in Edinburgh.     We are Uniper At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you! Your responsibilities •    Lead the development of utility-scale wind and BESS projects across the UK, Ireland and, where required, other Uniper markets, ensuring projects achieve commercial viability and are successfully progressed through all development milestones.  •    Manage the full project development lifecycle from origination through to Final Investment Decision (FD), covering both greenfield developments and acquired project opportunities.  •    Secure and manage critical development workstreams, including land agreements, permitting, environmental assessments, stakeholder engagement and grid connection activities.  •    Manage external development partners, consultants and contract developers to ensure delivery against agreed project objectives, schedules and budgets.  •    Lead project design and consenting activities, including environmental assessments, planning applications, appeals and the discharge of consent conditions.  •    Support business development and acquisition activities by conducting technical and development due diligence, assessing project maturity, risks and value creation opportunities.  •    Monitor, interpret and respond to regulatory, planning and market developments, ensuring projects remain compliant and commercially competitive.  •    Build and maintain strong relationships with landowners, permitting authorities, grid operators, community stakeholders, regulators and other key external parties.  •    Collaborate closely with Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Asset Operations, Commercial, Energy Offtake and other internal teams to ensure projects are developed with a clear pathway to construction and operation.  •    Contribute to the continuous improvement of…