Grid Connection Manager

Employment contract: long-term Experience required: 5 years
Place of work : Northern Italy
Sector: Photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric
Field: Project management, engineering, planning
Start Date: As soon as available

Company presentation Elements

• Elements is a company that develops, builds, and eventually operates renewable energy projects in three sectors: onshore wind, photovoltaic, and small hydro.
• 50 employees spread over 3 agencies in France (Montpellier, Perpignan and Paris) and 2 agencies in Finland (Helsinki and Vaasa).
• Elements develops its expertise along the entire renewable energy project chain. It has been developing its territorial presence and project portfolio since 2015.

Elements is a fast-growing French start-up with a family spirit in which human relationships among employees and the involvement of everyone are key elements.
The company benefits from the equity participation and technical and financial expertise of the Noria Group, a family office that invests in green technology. This partnership supports the company's financial strength.
What is special about Elements is that it develops projects with a strong focus on citizen participation/consultation and the integration of partners into projects. The company's values are geared toward this collaborative approach to projects and people.

As part of its growth, Elements is looking for talent to contribute to the now-needed energy transition. Elements would like to strengthen its operations team by integrating a Premitting Manager.

Role

As part of developing a pipeline of utilty scale renewable source plant projects, the resource will be responsible for :

• Prepare preliminary sizing and layout of Wind and PV plants;
• Prepare manufacturability studies of Wind and PV plants,
• Completely independently make connection requests (TICA) complete with all attachments and technical tables,
• Draft, and in collaboration with external technical consultants, analyze preliminary designs of RES plants in the company's pipeline,
• Prepare cost quotation requests from technology suppliers (e.g., panels, inverters, structures, turbines, etc.) including operating costs once in operation,
• Actively participate in negotiating the engagement of external technical consultants useful for final and executive design,
• Perform analysis of documentation provided during any due diligence for the acquisition of non-greenfield initiatives in M&A processes,
• Support other business units in RES business analysis and evaluation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Energy Engineering or equivalent qualification. Candidates with at least 5 years of experience in RES and grid connection will also be considered in the absence of the above degrees,
• Qualification to sign projects from the Order of Engineers,
• Knowledge of CEI, UNI, EN and generally normative technical standards applied to the design and connection of RES plants,
• Mastery of the use of Office applications (MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Outlook, MS Office 365) and software for PV plant sizing,
• Good knowledge of the English language,
• Strong propensity for sharing and teamwork,
• Aptitude for innovation and strong achievement motivation,
• Willingness to travel (short) trips.

Offer

• The offer includes permanent employment with annual salary commensurate with the candidate's proven experience.
• Place of work: Northern Italy

Contact

Grégoire Petit
gregoire.petit@elements.green