Specialist recruitment across development and origination in renewable energy infrastructure
Development and origination teams are responsible for identifying opportunities and progressing renewable energy projects from initial concept through to ready-to-build and investment decision.
Sustain works with developers, IPPs and renewable energy platforms to recruit development and origination professionals across the UK renewable energy infrastructure market.
Our work spans solar, energy storage, onshore and offshore wind, biogas and other renewable energy infrastructure.
Across the development lifecycle
We support hiring across the development lifecycle, from identifying and securing new opportunities through to progressing projects towards construction.
Our work includes:
- Project and site origination
- Development management
- Land and site acquisition
- Planning and consenting
- Grid connection and development
- Stakeholder and community engagement
- Late-stage development and project acquisition
This can include greenfield development, early and mid-stage projects, late-stage opportunities and the acquisition or origination of ready-to-build projects.
Roles we support
We recruit development and origination professionals from Manager through to senior leadership level, including:
- Development Directors and Heads of Development
- Development Managers
- Senior Development Managers
- Origination and Acquisitions professionals
- Land and Site Origination professionals
- Planning and Consenting professionals
- Grid Development professionals
Understanding the development market
Development experience can vary significantly depending on technology, project stage, geography and the responsibilities an individual has owned.
Some professionals specialise in originating opportunities, while others lead projects through land, grid, planning and consenting. At more senior levels, roles can combine development leadership with acquisitions, commercial decision-making and portfolio responsibility.
Our approach is built around understanding where a project sits, what needs to be achieved and the experience required to take it forward before approaching the market.
Who we work with
Our Development & Origination work is focused primarily across:
- Renewable energy developers
- Independent power producers
- Renewable energy platforms
- Investors with development-stage portfolios
We support established development teams as well as growing platforms building capability as their project pipelines expand.
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Hiring within Development & Origination?
Whether you have an immediate requirement, are expanding a development team or would value an informed view of the available talent market, get in touch for a confidential conversation.