Project Development Director for US Mid-Atlantic projects

Do you want to be part of the growing offshore wind industry in the United States?

Join us and become Project Development Director in the US Project Development team where you’ll be responsible for developing and maturing projects by securing offtake/customer agreements, land rights, grid connections, and permits. You’ll manage a highly qualified project development team and will be deeply engaged in stakeholder outreach in order to ensure support for the project from a large variety of stakeholders.

US Project Development is responsible for maturing projects to the point at which the company can make a final investment decision. This requires, at a minimum, obtaining the required revenue/customer agreements, permits, real estate/site control, and interconnection agreements.

Your key tasks will be to

• secure and manage offtake/customer agreements
• manage and maximize the project business cases
• manage a multidisciplinary team to ensure that survey work is completed and necessary permits, real estate, and grid interconnection agreements are secured
• work collaboratively with the Ørsted market and construction teams and with partners and key stakeholders to realize key project deliverables and milestones
• develop and manage project schedule(s) and ensure that development milestones are met.

Your competences include that you

• have, as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree within a relevant field, e.g. business, engineering, or other related disciplines
• have experience with developing energy, real estate, or infrastructure projects either as business developer, market developer, or project developer
• have experience with leading teams in the pursuit of excellent results in a highly competitive industry
• employ a problem-solving and results-driven approach
• have experience working proactively with stakeholders and are a trustworthy and impactful communicator.

Additionally, you’re expected to be willing and capable of working as part of a team with a diverse background, you thrive in an international environment, you can create good relationships with stakeholders, and you have a high level of integrity. Furthermore, you’re expected to deliver excellent results in a rapidly changing environment, and you master the Microsoft Office suite.

The ideal candidate is not only a good project manager, but more importantly a good leader. A person with the will to win – by taking responsibility and delivering on all the expected tasks, while motivating the team to ensure that they deliver. Experience with the development of energy projects and/or offshore projects in the United States is preferred.

Working at Ørsted
Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy. This ambitious goal relies on maximizing the talents of a truly inclusive workforce that brings diversity of thought, perspective, knowledge, and background to our business.

To be the frontrunner in the green energy transformation, we invest significantly in innovation and empower our employees to help shape the renewable energy technologies of the future. We cultivate a collaborative, dynamic, and diverse work environment and encourage career-long learning and development so our people can realize their full potential.

Would you like to help shape the renewable technologies of the future?
Send your application to us as soon as possible and no later than December 2, 2019, as we’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis.

Please don’t hesitate to contact the Recruitment Specialist by email on us_recruitment@orsted.com if you’d like to know more about the position.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages.

You should expect frequent traveling in relation to your work.

You must be legally authorized to work in the United States.