an exciting opportunity to join an innovative wind energy companythis role will be responsible for securing and consenting development sites for our client the candidate must be able to demonstrate a strong track record in the development of onshore wind projects from site appraisal and acquisition to final investment decisionthe candidate will be expected to support clients uk projects and dealers and developers in the windiest parts of the uk especially scotland with regular travel required the role will be based in a new office to be established within the central belt of scotlandto build on recent sales we are now looking for people like you to fill senior permanent roles to help us grow our business we are a small dynamic firm and we are offering you a great opportunity to take on responsibility to make a real difference and to share in our successdevelopment managerrequired development skills include negotiation of contracts for site rental a deep expertise in those aspects of the planning process relevant to onshore wind including visual noise aviation ecology heritage the grid connection process indepth financial modelling and project appraisaltheir experience will ideally have been gained in midsize wind energy but could also be from larger scale onshore wind energyknowledge of the following areas would be an advantage wind speed assessment the uk feed in tariff funding of capital projects budgeting for operational wind projectsthe salary and benefits will be competitive with a basic of up to