Elgin Values
Core behavioural responsibilities for all employees | Agility | We Lead with Agility |
| Integrity | We Act with Integrity |
| Excellence | We Empower Excellence |
Integration of our three core values into our employment processes and frameworks allows Elgin to recognise and respect individual employees for their personal contributions to their roles, their colleagues, stakeholders, and ultimately to the renewable energy sector. We see sustainability as every employee’s responsibility and weaving sustainable practices into our values is paramount to the culture we seek to create.
Job Description
The role: Elgin Energy is accepting applications for our 2024 Town Planner Graduate Programme.
The successful graduate would be expected to start in September 2024.
Our Town Planner Graduate Programme provides an intensive 18-month learning journey with the pre-construction team. The programme aims to give you experience across all areas of the development and construction process, preparing you for the role of Planning Project Manager.
Day to Day Activities:- Project manage and coordinate the submission of planning applications.
- Review and discharge planning compliance. Appoint required consultants e.g. ecologists, archaeologists.
- Submission of Section 5 applications.
- Undertake research, answering queries and assisting in the preparation of reports and technical due diligence.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary project team in Elgin Energy. Work closely with the Development, Legal, Construction, Grid, and Asset Management team.
- Liaise with external bodies e.g. CRU and ESB to obtain licenses.
- Engage with local authorities throughout the country to address queries.
- Ensure that the provisions of Health and Safety are complied with.
- Site visits.
What you should expect to learn in this role:- Knowledge of the UK and Ireland Solar industry
- Understanding the grid network infrastructure and technical requirements to connect a PV project to the grid.
- Project management skills.
- Communication and negotiation skills.
- Presentations skills.
- Engagement with a diverse group of stakeholders.
- Understanding project risk.
- Working within a team.
- Confidence working in a large fast passed organisation.
- Communication with senior management.
Your profile
What we need from you:- An IPI and/ or RTPI accredited Planning degree.
- Valid driver's license.
- Be curious about renewables and passionate about contributing towards a more sustainable future.
- Good administrative, interpersonal and communication skills.
- The ability to multitask, manage competing demands, and maintain a solution-orientated mindset.
- Knowledge of the Irish planning system, and the interaction of planning and environmental legislation including EIA and AA.
- Identifying problems and contributing to solutions.
- Motivation and positivity as part of a team.
Instead of a cover letter, we would ask applicants to send in their CV and answer the following questions (max 100 words per answer).
- Why do you want to work in the solar industry?
- Why do you want to work for Elgin Energy?
- What knowledge, skills, characteristics, or previous experience would make you a great candidate?
- What do you like to do for fun?
About us
Elgin Energy is a full-service, utility scale, solar+storage platform bringing projects from origination through to energisation. Elgin is active across the project lifecycle from project origination through to construction management and operational asset management. The company has over 12GW of solar and storage projects across our three key markets of the UK, Australia, and Ireland.
As of 2022, Elgin Energy agreed to sell the UK’s largest solar PV transaction to date consisting of a portfolio of 12 projects with a combined capacity of 519MW of projects including 70MW of collocated energy storage capacity to Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global utility Iberdrola Group.
In 2021, Elgin Energy secured financing with Berenberg Green Energy Fund for the development of solar PV projects totalling 1.36GW in the UK and Ireland and also raised £25 million via Focus Capital Partners to fund its growth strategy across its core markets. In 2020, the company partnered, in separate transactions, with both Foresight Group and Metka-EGN in relation to two portfolios to deliver a total of 276MW of UK solar development projects and was successful with two Irish solar projects in Ireland’s first solar auction, RESS-1 – Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS). In addition to the above, Elgin Energy delivered 21 solar projects, totalling 230MW, before the UK Government’s Renewables Obligation (ROCs) scheme ended in 2017.
Elgin Energy works with long-term strategic partners to deliver projects to the energization and provides asset management services through their operational life. The company has expanded internationally over the last 14 years with a professional team of engineers, accountants, and lawyers located in its London, Dublin, and Sydney offices. Elgin has a 98% success rate through planning across all its markets.
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