Elgin Values
Core behavioural responsibilities for all employees:| Agility | We Lead with Agility |
| Integrity | We Act with Integrity |
| Excellence | We Empower Excellence |
| Care | We Value Care |
Integration of our four 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. Our values are paramount to the culture we seek to create.
Job Description
The Role:Elgin is accepting applications for our 2025 Graduate Programme
The successful graduate would be expected to start in September 2025.
Our Graduate Programme provides an intensive 18 month learning journey with the project development team. The programme aims to give you experience across all areas of the development process, preparing you for the role of project manager.
What you will do: - Identifying new solar sites
- Environmental Constraints Analysis
- Liaising with contractors and landowners
- Project viability
- Grid capacity identification
- Preparing project feasibility packs
- Site visits to the UK and ROI
- Liaising with other teams in the business
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 landowners
- Understanding project risk
- Working within a team
- Confidence working in a large fast paced organisation.
- Communication with senior management
Your profile
What we need from you:- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or related discipline.
- Valid driver's license for UK & Ireland.
- Be curious about renewables and passionate about contributing towards a more sustainable future.
- Knowledge of the German or Italian language is desirable but not essential.
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 for Elgin?
- What interests you about Project Development?
- What knowledge, skills, characteristics, or previous experience would make you a great candidate?
- What do you like to do for fun?
About us
Elgin is a leading international solar & storage company, bringing projects from origination through development to energisation. The company has a portfolio of projects in late-stage development totaling 15GW+ across four key markets: the UK, Australia, Ireland and Germany.
Elgin Energy is an entrepreneurial business with a strong culture, pipeline, and future growth trajectory. The company has expanded internationally over the last 15 years with over 115 professionals located in its London, Dublin, Munich, Madrid and Sydney offices. Elgin has a 98% success rate through planning across all its markets. Please visit our website to learn more; www.elgin.com or check out our LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/company/elgin-energy-limited/
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