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Responsible for leading the Development Team to develop market leading renewable energy projects across all technologies (wind, solar and storage) and NEM States in Australia. Focused on joint ventures.

Responsible for leading the Development Team to develop market leading renewable energy projects across all technologies (wind, solar and storage) and NEM States.

Developing utility scale PV sites in NSW Australia.

Secondment to RES Japan (Tokyo) supporting the Development Team

Responsible for all aspects of project development, from landowner relationship management, contractor commissioning and management, statutary consultee liaison and negotiation. Currently working on a large mid-Wales wind farm which is part of a conjoined public inquiry.

Project Engineering and CAD support to all RES markets including Australia, New Zealand, USA/Canada, France, Turkey, Sweden and South Africa. Focused on the companies core business of onshore wind farm development and construction.Responsible for project engineering for England, wales and new markets. Managing a team of Project Engineers and CAD technicians. Responsible for all aspects of Engineering from initial site selection through the planning process, financial close and hand-over to the construction team. Meeting with Highways Agency, planners, attending public exhibitions, undertaking site access and site layout assessments, attend and sign-off project phase approvals, commission and manage all external engineering work, third party project reviews for possible portfolio acquisitions or partnership opportunities.

Running and maintaining the hydraulics test laboratory. As well as a large amount of testing and analysis work, I was required to carry out evaluation and reporting for ABB associate companies around the world.