Energy / Renewables Lead

Ridge and Partners LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Ridge and Partners LLP is seeking a Partner-level leader to grow our renewable energy and wider infrastructure offerings across the UK. The role requires strong client relationships, sector credibility and the ability to develop opportunities with major energy clients and capital programmes.

The successful candidate will shape strategy, lead cross-disciplinary teams and drive long-term growth while aligning with Ridge’s multi-disciplinary capability in property and construction consultancy.

Qualifications

• Senior leader with partner-level experience in consultancy or energy sector.
• Strong client relationships and sector credibility.
• Proven track record of growing multi-disciplinary work across major energy programmes.

Responsibilities

• Shape Ridge’s renewable energy offer across wind, solar, energy from waste and decarbonisation.
• Develop trusted relationships with energy clients, asset owners and investors.
• Lead business development and account growth across the energy infrastructure market.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver planning, procurement, and delivery.
• Represent Ridge externally to clients, partners and the energy market.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Energy sector knowledge

Stakeholder management

Job description

The UK’s energy transition is creating some of the most important infrastructure challenges of the next decade. Wind, solar, energy from waste and wider decarbonisation programmes all require clear thinking, strong delivery confidence and the ability to bring technical, commercial and programme expertise together around complex client needs.

Ridge is growing its Infrastructure business and is looking for a senior leader to help develop our presence across the renewable energy sector. This is a Partner-level opportunity for someone with strong client relationships, sector credibility and the ability to grow meaningful work across major energy clients, capital programmes and multi-disciplinary services.

This is a leadership role with real scope. The opportunity exists because Ridge sees significant potential to support clients who are planning, delivering and improving renewable energy and decarbonisation infrastructure. You will have the ability to shape the direction of this offer, build client relationships, develop opportunities and work with colleagues across the business to create joined-up solutions for clients facing complex investment and delivery decisions.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to build something with long-term value: a stronger national renewable energy offer within a growing Infrastructure team, supported by the wider capability of one of the UK’s leading multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancies. You'll likely be commutable to either our London, Oxford, Birmingham or Manchester offices.

The Role

As a senior leader within our Infrastructure business, you will work closely with the UK Head of Infrastructure and colleagues across Ridge to grow our work in the renewable energy sector.

Your Role Will Include

• Shaping and growing Ridge’s renewable energy offer across areas such as wind, solar, energy from waste and decarbonisation programmes.
• Developing trusted relationships with energy clients, asset owners, operators, public bodies, investors, developers and major programme teams.
• Identifying opportunities for Ridge to support clients across multi-disciplinary services, including project and programme management, cost consultancy, engineering, sustainability, health and safety, planning-related advice and specialist advisory services.
• Leading business development activity, client engagement and account growth across the renewable energy and wider infrastructure market.
• Working with senior colleagues across Ridge to bring together the right technical expertise around major client opportunities.
• Building and leading multi-disciplinary teams that can support clients through planning, procurement, delivery and long-term asset improvement.
• Helping to shape the future structure, capability and recruitment priorities required to support growth in this sector.
• Representing Ridge externally with clients, partners and the wider energy infrastructure market.

This is a role for someone who enjoys the strategic and commercial side of consultancy, but who also understands the realities of delivery. You will need to be credible with senior clients, confident in identifying opportunity and able to turn broad sector potential into focused, practical growth.

About You

You are likely to be operating at Partner, Director or senior leadership level within a consultancy, infrastructure advisory business, energy organisation, developer, client-side capital programme environment or related professional services setting.

You Will Bring

• Strong experience in business development across the renewable energy or wider energy infrastructure sector.
• Sector exposure across one or more of wind, solar, energy from waste, decarbonisation programmes or related energy transition work.
• Established relationships with energy clients, asset owners, operators, public bodies, developers, investors or major programme stakeholders.
• A track record of growing client accounts and identifying opportunities across complex organisations.
• Experience working within or alongside major capital programmes, infrastructure portfolios or significant energy projects.
• The ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and bring different technical specialists together around a common client objective.
• Strong commercial judgement and an understanding of how consultancy services grow sustainably.
• Credibility with senior clients and the confidence to advise, challenge and influence at leadership level.

You do not need to have worked across every part of the renewable energy market. We are more interested in your ability to build trust, open doors, understand client priorities and create a clear direction for growth.