Senior Permitting Manager/Project Lead - Germany

Department: DevCon

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Germany, Remote

• Owns and delivers BESS projects from site acquisition through to ready-to-build (RTB), with full accountability for timeline, budget, and project outcomes.
• Takes responsibility for complex BESS projects and drive them to success—technically, commercially, and strategically.
• Shapes our key projects through detailed programmes and risk registers to keep delivery on track and risks under control.
• Acts as the single point of accountability for projects, leading cross-functional teams across grid, permitting, engineering, and finance.

Key Responsibilities

•  Project Ownership 
  • Full ownership of project timelines, budgets, and delivery milestones
  • Leading project governance, including internal reviews and decision-making processes
  • Proactively identifying risks and driving mitigation strategies
    
    
•  Project Development & Management & Development
  • Identifying and evaluating potential sites for BESS projects ( e.g. grid analysis, site constraint analysis, legal framework & permissibility)
  • Coordinating permitting procedures (e.g. environmental approvals, building permits, preliminary building requests, B-Plan procedures)
    
    
• Stakeholder Management
  • Liaising with landowners, municipalities and authorities
  • Presenting projects to investors, partners, and decision-makers
  • Collaborating with internal teams (e.g. engineering, legal, finance)
    
    
• Documentation & Reporting
  • Maintaining accurate project documentation and ensuring audit-readiness
  • Preparing internal memos and project updates for senior management
  • Building and maintaining detailed project programmes to ensure on-time delivery
  • Creating and managing project risk registers to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks
  • Supporting due diligence processes for external stakeholders and financiers
    
    
•  Contract Management
  • Preparing and reviewing contracts (lease agreements, cooperation contracts)
    
    
• Delivery Focus
  • Driving projects towards RTB with clear milestone ownership
  • Ensuring readiness for procurement, financing and construction phases

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Demonstrated experience in project development through the entire lifecycle of a project (ideally in renewables or storage)
• Strong project management and delivery mindset with proven ownership of complex projects
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive decision-making in uncertain environments
• Experience managing project timelines, budgets, and risk registers
• Strong knowledge of relevant regulations and markets in Germany
• Independent and structured working style with high attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills in German and English
• Able to collaborate across disciplines and with multi-cultural, international teams
• Familiarity with construction permits,environmental impact assessments and the commissioning of required studies

Benefits

• Up to 10% company wide bonus based on company performance 
• 30 days of annual leave + public holidays 
• €2,000 annual learning & development budget to spend on whatever best supports your growth
• 1 month a year ‘work from anywhere in the world’ policy
• Spill: our mental health benefit allowing every Fielder access to equal and unrestricted therapy and resources 
• Green leave: paid time off to do something good for the environment
• Birthday carbon offset: a gift from Field to the world to celebrate your birthday
• Hybrid working (blend of home and office working to suit individual needs)
• Global gatherings with Summer and Winter away days 
• Funded team fun with events like team lunches, after work socials and quarterly get togethers 
• A great office space in Berlin-Mitte

• Genuine impact: You will actually be building and operating the renewable infrastructure we need to reach net zero. This is not a green CSR initiative, but a company that is taking a leading role in building one of the critical solutions to a generational problem.
• Make things happen: We are still a relatively early stage company, and you will have significant accountability to make things happen from day one. You will have a lot of autonomy, will learn quickly, and be given a LOT of room to grow.
• Define a new industry: The energy market is in a paradigm shift right now, evolving at a breathtaking pace, and you will play a leading role in defining how that market evolves and innovates over the next few years. 
• Exceptional team: We are an eclectic team with varied backgrounds. We have experience scaling billion dollar tech start-ups and building energy companies, as well as deep specialisms in the energy markets. You will learn from and work with a bunch of fun, curious, and entrepreneurial people who really want to make an impact. 

• Move fast - We’re finishers. Doers. Pragmatists. We take responsibility. We see things through and we always deliver on our promises. We roll up our sleeves and get things done. FAST.
• Know your stuff - We’re curious and pride ourselves on always learning, adapting and improving. There are no stupid questions here. We’re self-starters. We’re all learning and growing, always. And we take accountability for our own growth
• Do it right - We do things the right way and never cut corners. We always put safety above profit. We carefully manage the impact of our work on local communities and the broader environment. We are intentional and act with integrity at all times.
• Work for the team - We are friendly and approachable. We make time for one another, we lean on each other. We learn from one another, and we value diversity of thought and experience so we learn faster and get better