Junior Renewable Energy Consultant

We’re excited to be hiring a Junior Renewable Energy Consultant with a focus on the Italian solar and storage sector. The position is based in Italy, with flexibility on location. You will be joining a growing and dynamic international team, already well established in the Solar sector in UK, France, Spain and Portugal and growing fast in Italy. You will be supported by our wider international team, already experienced in Wind, Solar, Green Hydrogen and Energy Storage in Europe, bringing expertise to local teams in renewable energy projects.

Salary: A competitive basic salary related to your experience, plus pension scheme, annual profit share and route into company ownership.

Location: Milan, Italy, working in our Italian office. Remote working possible after initial office based period.

Hours: Normal office hours with a healthy level of flexibility. Preference for 5 days per week but will consider candidates who would prefer part-time with a minimum of 4 days per week.

Everoze is different

We’re more than just a technical and commercial consultancy, specialising in renewables, storage, green hydrogen and wider energy flexibility. We live our values. We’re passionate about accelerating the transition to a decarbonised energy system. We have no bosses or formal hierarchy. We are free to pursue opportunities that deliver our strategy. We take ownership of our own development and support one another along the way. Our pay is transparent and set by our peers. We, the employees, own the company and we share a portion of our profits equally. We believe that a strong and healthy work life needs a strong and healthy home life. We encourage flexible working practices for all to be there for the kids’ swim lessons, a favourite hobby, or learning new skills.

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Your role

Your work will be mainly technical and commercial consultancy services to solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, Battery Energy Storage System projects and in hybrid projects. You will be advising developers, operators, lenders and investors in the Italian markets as well as supporting other geographies like Spain, Portugal, France and the UK. Specific activities will include:

• Leading technical and commercial due diligence for PV, BESS and hybrid projects/ portfolios – both as a project director, project manager and in supporting roles. Specifically:
  • Assessment of risks which could result in a deviation from the project or portfolio financial model, particularly lower energy yield, delays to the project timeline, higher Capex and Opex, and then to propose relevant mitigation measures
  • Assessed areas would typically cover: land securement, administrative authorisations, environmental constraints, project design, tariff scheme, grid connection, construction and operation contracts, project timeline.
• Conducting solar resource and energy production assessments using state-of-the-art simulation software. This will include solar data checking and processing, statistical and long-term analysis, PVsyst modelling, assessment of energy losses, and uncertainty analysis;
• Construction and operational monitoring;
• Business development to build client relationships and win work;
• Managing multiple projects with internal and external resources; and
• Ownership of budget and profitability of projects.

We would like to hear from you if you meet the following requirements

Ethos

• You are already, or you are motivated to become, recognised as a senior solar consultant (ideally with some storage expertise) with a reputation for delivering high quality work, adding value to clients and possessing a solid understanding of complex technical and commercial interactions on projects;
• You share our core beliefs of entrepreneurship, partnership and quality;
• You are excited to work in an open, non-hierarchical environment;
• You are self-motivated and will take advantage of the autonomy to shape your own career;
• You want to use your skills to change our energy system for the better; and
• You are comfortable being either a project manager or a team member.

Essential skills and qualifications

• Engineering degree, Physics, Mathematics or similar;
• Native/fluent in Italian and English;
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in consultancy, including:
  • Awareness of technical due diligence process and specific technical review areas for solar PV.
  • Capable of determining commercial implications of technical risks for different transactions (equity / debt etc.).
• Understanding of the Italian local requirements and country specific topics (i.e. grid, land, environmental, permits etc) in solar;
• Demonstrating good consultancy skills, for example:
  • Comfortable adapting work and priorities to meet deadlines / clients’ needs;
  • Enjoys working as part of a team and supporting colleagues;
  • Able to write clear, concise and accurate reports in English;
  • Able to manage concurrent & different tasks and prioritise workload; and
  • Track record of developing and building lasting client relationships.
• Willingness to travel as part of project work; and
• Self-driven and able to work at a commercial pace to meet our clients needs.

Nice-to-haves, any of the following

• Experience in other renewable technologies (in particular: Storage, Hybridization, Wind).
• Owner’s engineering, construction monitoring or asset management experience.
• Expertise in Spanish and/or Portuguese markets or in other European and worldwide markets.
• Additional language skills (Spanish and/or Portuguese).

How to apply

Everoze embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. For this reason, we are only accepting applications for this position made through the BeApplied platform which is designed to avoid any unconscious bias. You will be asked to answer 3-5 short questions designed to give you the opportunity to demonstrate the core skills we are looking for. These will be reviewed anonymously, before reviewing your CV, your details or even your name, and the highest scoring applicants will be invited for interview.

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