Department: Environmental & Social Planning
Reporting to: Head of Environmental Planning, Northern Europe
Location: Warsaw office (Hybrid model)

About Lightsource bp

Lightsource bp (LSbp) is a global leader in the development and management of renewable energy projects. We are a 50:50 joint venture with bp with a mission to help drive the world’s transition to low carbon energy. With solar set to increase tenfold in the next 20 years, we are well-positioned to capitalize on this growth. By joining the Lightsource bp team, you will ‘be the change’ on the world’s energy transition to a more sustainable future. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit as we continue to push the boundaries of an everchanging energy landscape. By choosing a career with us, you can expect a challenging and fulfilling role surrounded by people who are passionate and have brilliant ideas about sustainable technology, innovation and making the world a better place.

What You’ll do (the role)

Summary
You will be leading on planning and environmental matters for our development pipeline of solar energy projects across Poland. This will include inputting into key decisions on site selection and individual project approaches, as well as ad hoc supporting team members on topics related with spatial planning regulatory.
At this role you will be closely collaborate with local communes and authorities.
We encourage close collaboration across teams, and you will work closely with other internal teams, including business development (BD), design, construction, grid, and marketing. You will also be part of the wider global environmental & social planning community at Lightsource bp, with the opportunity to get involved in company level initiatives that interest you.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage Greenfield project spatial planning process and co-ordinate external consultants, advisors, and service providers – ensuring we receive expected value and quality
• Provide expert planning advice to inform decision-making and strategy on-site selection, planning applications and stakeholder and community engagement
• Supervise Co-Developers and support internal BD Managers on the planning process, including the identification and mitigation of risks
• Review Due Diligence, Fatal Flaw Analysis/Feasibility Studies undertaken by external Technical and Legal Advisors, and comment on the planning and social impact findings of these reports
• Prepare and engage in handovers to Construction, to ensure planning, environmental and social obligations during construction and operation are clearly detailed and understood
• Maintain and manage strong working relationships with third party developers, authorities and other key stakeholders
• Collaborating with relevant departments to progress our development pipeline to achieve our targets, including identifying and reporting on permitting risks, and ensuring asks to other teams are clear
• Stay on top of relevant renewable energy policies, legislation changes and implications on planning

Knowledge & Experience

• At least 6 year’s hands-on experience in infrastructure and industry projects in Spatial Planning procedures is a must
• Preferably prior experience in permitting and business development within the solar PV or Wind industry other large scale commercial projects
• Extensive knowledge on large scale infrastructure projects development process, with focus on dependencies and role of environmental and planning scope in it
• Be in the loop of future legislation changes • Solid understanding of environmental constraints and spatial planning
• Good knowledge of the main players within the industry • Experience in a stakeholder’s engagement during project development with focus on municipalities
• Experience in external consultants management

Who we’re looking for

General Skills/Attributes

• Team-player used to work in cross-functional teams
• Ability to work autonomously and multi-task
• Excellent communication and written skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to forge long term professional relationships with third parties

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in related discipline

Why you’ll make a great member of the team

Personal Qualities

• Fluency in English is required;
• Full Driving licence;
• Thorough knowledge of GIS software applications for planning and related spatial design issues;
• Proactive, autonomous, flexible and driven;
• Forward thinking, a problem solver and solution provider;
• Proactive and being able to prioritise workload;
• Able to promote a positive working culture within the team;
• Strong organisational and good communication skills both verbal and written

Why you’ll want to work for us

Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow; a place where your ideas and opinions matter.
Be you
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.
Be responsible
Our culture is driven by our core values. From operating safely to ensuring our solar projects are responsible and promote biodiversity.
Be recognized
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.
Be inspired
Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. Initiatives to get involved with including our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project or our sustainability initiatives.
Our Core Values
Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects.Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.

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