COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Do you want to work in the exciting and rapidly growing energy industry? Do you thrive in the fast-moving and entrepreneurial environment where you can see the impact of your work in real time and be rewarded for it? Are you ambitious and results oriented? If so, Renewable Connections are looking for you.

Renewable Connections is an Armstrong Capital owned company and holds several partnerships with leading renewable funds and developers to deploy a significant solar and battery portfolio within the UK. We are expanding our Origination and Development teams countrywide to increase our reach and help us achieve our ambitious goals.

ROLE: Land Acquisition Manager for Scotland

FUNCTION / AREA: Origination - Development

REPORTING TO: Head of Land

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

Identifying, securing, and qualifying new opportunities for large scale Solar PV, Battery Storage and Hydrogen projects. In addition to this, the following tasks will be required.

• Securing landowner consent for grid connection applications and exclusivity
• Liaising with the Grid team to identify target areas
• Forging relationships with landowners, land agents and Introducers to release potential opportunities exclusively to the company
• Negotiating option/lease/cable & access easement/license heads of terms with landowners
• Supporting negotiation of land legal transactions to progress contracts through to completion
• Supporting Development team with land related matters
• Supporting Power Green (Private Wire division) with origination in Scotland
• Production of funder progress reports
• Weekly team meeting (office/remote)
• Logging and tracking of leads data on company’s CRM

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: An ideal candidate will have/be:

• Three years’ experience in the energy or real estate industry with a land focus
• Experience in face-to-face lead generation/sales
• Experience in securing land rights on targeted land (lease, option, license, easement)
• An understanding of Planning Policy and how this may impact identified development opportunities
• An existing network of relevant contacts preferable
• An existing book of landowner contacts preferable
• An understanding in Distribution/Transmission Networks preferable but not essential
• Highly self-motivated with an ability to work autonomously and meet individual targets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to approach landowners as a ‘cold’ lead
• Very well organised both in time management and record keeping, and comfortable in generating and handling multiple leads at any one time
• UK driving license
• Competent in using Microsoft Suite and Google Earth (further training will be provided on more specific land searching tools)
• Driven, with desire to succeed
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to be assertive when appropriate
• Appropriate knowledge of all relevant regulatory and legal requirements applicable to the position

PAY / BENEFITS:

• Competitive Salary with attractive bonus structure
• Following successful completion of probation you will be enrolled on a Pension Scheme and private medical insurance as well as other benefits
• Exposure to exciting fast-moving energy industry with multi-million-pound projects
• Training and support to improve personal development

Contract type: Full-time

Location: Hybrid / London Office Location (EC2)