Voltis Renewables
Development Lead
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ABOUT VOLTIS
Voltis is a small, entrepreneurial renewable energy business in a period of rapid growth. Since being founded in 2019, our eight-person team has secured a pipeline of approximately 4,080 MWac of solar, wind and battery storage projects across the UK — built on agreements with nearly 60 landowner partners covering over 17,117 acres.
We are now entering the next stage of our growth, transitioning from a developer into an independent power producer and building a long-term portfolio of owned and operated projects.
Our ambition is to build a significant renewable energy business while retaining the pace, ownership and entrepreneurial mindset of a small team.
THE ROLE
This is deliberately not a planning role, a land role or a grid role. It is the role that pulls all of those together — alongside design, delivery planning, project economics and route to market — and makes the project as valuable and as deliverable as it can be.
It is an unusual opportunity for someone whose ability and ambition are running ahead of their current job title.
WHAT YOU'LL OWN
Commercial ownership of the project
You will set the commercial strategy for each project you lead — target configuration, technology, route to market, delivery or transaction route — and maintain a clear view of value, spend, risk and probability of success. You will make the call on whether a project should be progressed, redesigned, accelerated, delayed, partnered, sold or stopped.
Planning and consenting
Leading the consenting strategy — TCPA or DCO/NSIP, depending on the project — and engaging with the substance of it: reviewing the documents and considering the development envelope, land powers, compulsory acquisition, requirements, mitigation commitments and consenting risk. The objective is a consent that is commercially usable, not merely obtainable.
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Grid
Owning the connection strategy: connection offers, obligations, securities, curtailment and programme. Tracking connections reform and queue policy, challenging network companies where assumptions or timescales don't stand up, and testing alternative connection and phasing routes.
Land
Making sure the project holds the rights it needs for development, construction, operation, access and connection — options, leases, easements and wayleaves — with enough flexibility left in them for the design to keep evolving.
Technical integration
Working with engineers and technical specialists on layout, technology selection, sizing and connection infrastructure — challenging assumptions and proposals to optimise project value. Bringing construction and operational reality into development early.
Investment case and route to market
Owning the business case and the assumptions behind it. Preparing projects for investment committee, financing, partnership or sale, and being able to explain the value proposition, the risks and the open decisions to a board or an investor without hiding behind advisers.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
You are likely to be an ambitious development professional ready for broader commercial accountability. You may not have held a Development Lead or Development Director title yet — that matters much less to us than your judgement, your rate of learning and your drive to get things done.
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We are looking for someone who:
- Is commercially minded, focused on creating project value rather than hitting development milestones.
- Is passionate about delivering projects and about the wider energy transition.
- Is an exceptionally quick learner — deeply curious, and willing to go a long way outside your own discipline to understand how the whole project works.
- Is highly accountable, and unwilling to let a difficult issue drift because it isn't formally yours.
- Is hardworking, resilient and energetic, and able to sustain momentum across long development programmes.
- Is excited by using AI to do the work of a much larger team — we expect it to be part of how you work.
EXPERIENCE
You should be able to evidence several — not all — of the following:
- Renewable energy, energy infrastructure or major infrastructure development.
- Planning and consenting of complex projects (TCPA, DCO/NSIP or Section 36).
- Land acquisition and property rights.
- Electricity grid connections and connections policy.
- Commercial evaluation and financial modelling.
Direct experience of every area is not required. What matters is evidence that you can get to mastery of an unfamiliar subject quickly and then use it commercially.
THE OFFER
- Base salary: On application
- Performance bonus: On application
- Location: Based in our Hoxton office. We are a small team and work closely together, so this is principally an office-based role.
- Growth: Significant responsibility from day one, with the opportunity for the scope of the role to grow rapidly with the business.
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