Principal Due Diligence Consultant

JR United Kingdom; Aberdeen City; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable energy company seeks a Principal Due Diligence Consultant to join their Advisory team. This role involves managing due diligence projects across Wind, Solar PV, BESS, and Hydrogen, along with mentoring team members. Ideal candidates will have a degree in engineering and significant experience in renewable energy advisory work.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

30 days holiday plus company closure days

Work from anywhere up to 25 days a year

Discretionary Bonus

Ongoing professional development opportunities

Private Health insurance

Life Assurance and Income Protection

Pension at 10%

Enhanced maternity and paternity policies

Dog friendly office

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in renewable energy technical advisory.
• Demonstrable track record of managing due diligence work on UK renewable energy projects.

Responsibilities

• Managing and delivering technical reports with opinions on risks and opportunities.
• Reviewing contracts, lease agreements, and PPA agreements.
• Articulating and presenting findings and recommendations to senior management.

Skills

Project Management

Client Management

Problem Solving

Education

Degree in Engineering or other technical discipline

Job description

Client:

Locogen

Location:

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

2

Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

Job Description:

Remote UK or Hybrid working (Edinburgh).

Locogen is a renewable energy company. Our vision is a world powered 100% by renewables; where everyone has access to affordable, sustainable energy and clean air. Our work is innovative and varied across Wind, Solar PV, Battery Storage (BESS) and Hydrogen. We have grown significantly over the last year and have ambitious plans. There’s lots to do!

We are now looking for a Principal Due Diligence Consultant to join our Advisory team.

About our Principal Due Diligence Consultant role:

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys a varied Due Diligence consultancy role. You will be using your experience to deliver Due Diligence projects for our clients, acting as Project Manager for Lenders Technical Advisor (LTA), Acquisition and Vendor DD projects across Wind, Solar PV, BESS and Hydrogen. You will also be helping to train and develop some of our team and helping us be the very best that we can be.

Some of the things you may find yourself doing:

• Managing and delivering technical reports with opinions on risks and opportunities.
• Reviewing contracts, lease agreements, PPA agreements.
• Undertaking or coordinating reviews of technical project risks.
• Articulating and presenting findings, recommendations, and risk assessments relating to energy technology to senior management and clients, including lenders.
• Managing a team to analyse technical documentation, engineering designs, asset management, permits and contracts to identify critical technical aspects and interpret business plan recommendations.
• Leading or supporting proposals, including preparation and contributing on proposal go/no go decisions.
• Communicating with clients prior to and during proposal process to identify client needs and desires and then throughout projects.
• Assembling and managing project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, monitoring budgets and procuring necessary resources.
• Managing work on assigned projects to meet contract requirements, appropriate regulations, regulatory compliance and/or enforcement requirements, and industry best practice.

Skills and experience required:

• Degree in Engineering or other technical discipline.
• Significant professional experience in a renewable energy technical advisory role.
• Understanding of consulting, project delivery, and technical subject matter expertise.
• Demonstrable track record of managing and delivering due diligence work on UK based renewable energy projects, which have involved understanding energy generation, electrical grid infrastructure and connections, operations, and cost implications.
• Demonstrable track record in technical advice to project finance / M&A transactions for renewable infrastructure projects, involving lending banks and/or international investors.
• Demonstrable experience of client management including JVs and SPVs stakeholder management.
• Demonstrable experience of strategic planning and market developments in renewables industry.
• Demonstrable experience in commercial and project risk management and evaluation.
• Demonstrable experience of problem solving in a consultancy environment.

The following are desirable:

• Renewable Energy qualifications are desirable but not essential.

What is it like to work at Locogen?:

This role can be based in our Edinburgh office or can be undertaken in a remote / hybrid capacity depending on where you live. The office is dog friendly, modernly kitted out and has free parking.

We are a multidisciplinary team of friendly, innovative, and creative people who are passionate about renewable energy. We are informal, non-hierarchical, inclusive, open, and collaborative. Locogen is a place where everyone can grow and develop supported by experienced people, doing innovative and interesting work.

We love what we do and believe in empowering and trusting each other to deliver. We learn from our experiences, take accountability, and hold others to account. We are client focused and inspire each other to do the best we can. We like a chat and value communication with each other and our clients. We are a social bunch so there is always something going on – we have regular organised socials and get togethers.

Some of our benefits:

• Flexible working hours: core hours are 10am – 4pm – if you make up your weekly hours then we don’t mind how you manage your time.
• 30 days holiday plus 4 company closure days (25 and 26 Dec, 1 and 2 Jan).
• Work from anywhere up to 25 days in a year.
• Discretionary Bonus
• Ongoing professional and personal development opportunities – training, memberships and education costs covered.
• Private Health insurance with vitality which includes perks for steps!
• Life Assurance, Critical Illness, and Income Protection options.
• Pension at 10% (5% employee/ employer contribution split). We are flexible for employees who want to opt out or contribute more of their salary.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.
• Cycle to Work & EV Car Scheme.
• Dog friendly office

Please apply or get in touch for more info.

No candidate will meet every single desired criterion. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

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Created on 31/05/2025 by JR United Kingdom