Infrastructure Development Lead - Australia

Creandum; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Biannual bonus

Fully expensed tech

Job summary

Fuse Energy is building a fully integrated renewable energy platform in Australia, accelerating utility-scale solar and battery storage development. The Development Lead will steer projects from opportunity through energisation, ensuring grid connections and regulatory approvals are secured efficiently.

The role requires deep experience in solar and storage tech, plus familiarity with Australian planning processes and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience developing utility-scale solar, BESS, or large-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical understanding of solar PV and battery storage systems.
• Strong understanding of Australian planning frameworks and grid connection processes.
• Experience taking projects from early-stage development through design, permitting, and delivery readiness.
• Highly analytical, self-directed, and comfortable with significant ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead solar and BESS projects from early-stage opportunity through Ready-to-Build and energisation.
• Assess sites from technical, planning, grid, and infrastructure perspectives.
• Develop grid connection and power export strategies with AEMO, DNSPs, and network service providers.
• Support planning, permitting, and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Identify and mitigate technical and development risks across generation and storage assets.
• Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable, and aligned with construction and commissioning requirements.

Skills

Utility-scale solar

Battery storage (BESS)

Grid interconnection

Australian planning frameworks

Project development ownership

Job description

Renewable Energy Infrastructure Development Lead

Description

Fuse Energy is a forward-thinking renewable energy startup on a mission to deliver a terawatt of renewable energy – fast. We're combining first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system. We raised $210M from top-tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group and strategic angels like Nico Rosberg, the Co-Founder of Solana and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, Uber and more.

We're creating a fully integrated energy company: from developing renewable generation and grid infrastructure to powering the next generation of AI and compute-intensive industries. But we're not stopping there. We're also building the Energy Network: a decentralised platform of smart devices to electrify our homes, shifting usage to off-peak hours and helping balance the grid. This network strengthens grid stability - a critical foundation for scaling AI data centers and other energy-intensive industries.

As AI drives unprecedented demand for power and data center capacity, the bottleneck is no longer chips – it is energy, grid infrastructure, and the ability to deliver new capacity at speed.

Responsibilities

• Lead solar and BESS projects from early-stage opportunity through Ready-to-Build and energisation
• Assess sites from technical, planning, grid, and infrastructure perspectives
• Develop grid connection and power export strategies with AEMO, DNSPs, and network service providers
• Support planning, permitting, and stakeholder engagement processes
• Identify and mitigate technical and development risks across generation and storage assets
• Ensure projects are deliverable, scalable, and aligned with construction and commissioning requirements

• Experience developing utility-scale solar, BESS, or large-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects
• Strong technical understanding of solar PV and battery storage systems, including inverter architecture, storage integration, and grid interconnection, with the ability to evaluate engineering decisions and challenge technical assumptions
• Strong understanding of Australian planning frameworks and grid connection processes, including AEMO registration, DNSP negotiations, and relevant state-level approvals
• Experience taking projects from early-stage development through design, permitting, and delivery readiness
• Highly analytical, self-directed, and comfortable with significant ownership

• Competitive salary
• Biannual bonus scheme
• Fully expensed tech to match your needs