Department: Business Development
Reporting to: Environmental & Social Planning

About Lightsource bp

Lightsource bp (LSbp) is a global leader in the development and management of solar 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 ever changing 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
Collaborate with the in-country business development team on sites, projects & portfolio acquisitions including Co-Development and Greenfield projects. This role will involve leading on and managing Greenfield project permitting process from site finding through to operational. Regarding Co-Development projects, this role will focus on identifying, tracking and reporting permitting/license risks at the project and portfolio level, as well as analysing and addressing gaps in processes – to ensure alignment with LSbp’s global standards and lender requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Interface with Co-Developers and external advisors and collaborate on permitting processes and partake in permit review sessions with authorities

• Lead and manage Greenfield project permitting process and co-ordinate external consultants, advisors and service providers

• Review the viability and challenges of project development timelines and propose optimal permitting route/s

• Stay on top of renewable policies, implications and remedies

• Manage and supervise Co-Developer permit and licensing processes and their responses/solutions to flagged risks

• Review Due Diligence, Fatal Flaw Analysis/Feasibility Studies undertaken by external Technical and Legal Advisors, and comment critically on the permits and licenses, environmental and social constraints, fishery PV management, community engagement findings of these reports

• Review and assess projects from a development standpoint (land, community engagement, permits and licenses)

• Maintain and develop strong working relationships with third party developers 2

• Interact with land owners, local developers and municipalities

Knowledge & Experience

• Prior experience in permitting within Taiwan

• Ideally experience within renewables and/or aqua culture Solar PV projects

• Hands on experience in managing permitting process within Taiwan: site constraints analysis, environmental permitting, fishery PV management, administrative authorisations, stakeholder engagement etc.

• Solid understanding of environmental constraints and land requirements

• Good knowledge of the main players within the industry

• 7+ years’ experience in permitting or project development ideally some of which in the solar industry in Taiwan Who we’re looking for

General Skills/Attributes

• Team-player used to work in cross-functional teams

• Excellent communication and written skills

• Attention to detail

• Ability to work autonomously and multi-task

• 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 preferred;

• Full Driving licence;

• 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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