Junior Project Manager BESS

Aquila Clean Energy EMEA is a leading European clean energy business. We deliver affordable clean energy to European consumers through innovative, technology enabled solutions.

Since 2006, we've developed and operated renewable energy projects, bringing over 2.5 GW to commercial operation. Our advanced development and construction pipeline exceeds 13 GW in solar PV, onshore wind and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across 12 European countries.

Aquila Clean Energy part of the Aquila Group . The Aquila Group is headquartered in Hamburg, and was incorporated in 2001.

Aquila is dedicated to investing in sustainable assets, with total assets under management of c. EUR 14.6bn invested across renewable energy, green logistics, data centers and real estate.

AQ Ampere is the business unit within the Aquila Clean Energy focusing on PV and Battery Storage Systems ( BESS ) developments in Germany.

For our office in Hamburg we are looking for a Junior Project Manager BESS.

Your responsibilities

• Support the local development and investment teams on technical and project management topics during project development and acquisition phases, respectively.
• Negotiations and exchange with grid operators as well als technical consultants.
• Collaboration with stakeholders such as landowners, municipalities and partners during the whole development process as well as during construction of the assets.
• Identify risks and address issues proactively to mitigate commercial and technical impact.
• Support negotiations and contracting supply / services agreements with BESS integrators, balance of plant, route-to-market, and other providers.
• Closely follow regulatory developments related to energy storage systems (UL / IEC / VDE) and carry out impact assessments.
• Create and provide investment decision papers to the respective Boards.

Your qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g. electrical engineering, engineering in general, physics).
• Up to 3 years of experience in the renewable energy market (in Battery Stotage Systems would be an add on).
• Good understanding of all external stakeholders and interfaces of a BESS or renewable project.
• Attention to detail with the ability to efficiently navigate complex technical topics and equally complex commercial negotiations.
• Good communication skills.
• Fluency in German and English.

Your prospects

The Aquila Group is a future-oriented company that combines focus, far-sightedness, ambition and independent entrepreneurial responsibility with team spirit and an outstanding corporate climate to create synergies.

Combined with our employees' talents, these synergies are the key to the long-term success of our company.