Project Development Manager

ib vogt APAC; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 600,000,000 - 900,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ib vogt APAC in Jakarta seeks a Project Development Manager to lead land acquisition, permitting, and site studies from tender through Ready-to-Build. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across Engineering, Investment, and Business Development to secure timely deliverables.

You will manage cost breakdowns, vendor coordination, and KYC/compliance checks with local stakeholders and authorities, ensuring robust documentation and transparent reporting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience in power plant development in Indonesia.
• Experience with land acquisition, permitting, and vendor management.
• Strong budgeting and cost-control capabilities for land acquisition and permits.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with local authorities and landowners.
• Proficiency in English and Indonesian, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Create and coordinate land acquisition steps, cost items, and progress.
• Create and coordinate permitting steps, cost items, and progress.
• Develop TORs related to land acquisition, permitting, and site studies.
• Coordinate communications with local stakeholders and external parties.
• Conduct KYC and compliance checks on external outsourced parties.
• Coordinate information sharing with Engineering, Investment, and Business Development teams.
• Support the Project Integration Manager with reports and paperworks for overall project development progress.

Skills

Land acquisition

Permitting

Vendor management

Communication

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Indonesian proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in management or engineering design

Job description

Project Development Manager is responsible in conducting and supporting the coordination of all the development workstream tasks from tender/project award stage to Ready-to-Build (RTB).

Responsibilities:

• Create and coordinate the outline of land acquisition steps, calculate the cost items, procure the external outsourced parties (if any), manage the progress, deliverables, paperworks, and related reports.
• Create and coordinate the outline of permitting steps, calculate the cost items, procure the external outsourced parties (if any), manage the progress, deliverables, paperworks, and related-reports.
• Develop and coordinate internal documents (ToR) related to land acquisition, permitting, and site studies
• Coordinate the communications and relationships with local stakeholders and external relevant parties related to land acquisition and permitting
• Conduct KYC and compliance check on the exteral outsource party to avoid compliance and reputation risk of the company.
• Coordinate the obtainment of information with to other teams (Engineering Team, Investment Team, Business Development Team, etc) to achieve all the conditions required for land acquisition and permitting completion
• Support the Project Integration Manager in producing reports and paperworks related to the overall project development progress (PPA, land acquisition, permitting, technical studies)

Qualification(s) & Requirements of This Role:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in management or engineering design
• Min 5 years of relevant industry experience in power plant development in Indonesia, with a strong understanding of land acquisition, permitting, and vendor management.
• Proficiency in developing, vetting, and managing land-acquisition and permit progress and deliverables, including timeline and cost-control
• Proficiency in calculating detailed breakdown of budget to conduct land acquisition and permit
• Proficiency in communication and relationship management with local stakeholders (land owners, government admins, and local vendors)
• Proficiency in the use of government-owned tools for land variable vetting (zones, ownership, etc) and permit applications
• Proficiency in developing and creating Terms of References (TORs) with in regards to land acquisition and permits
• Understanding in land and permit technical variables that affect engineering design and constructability
• Proficiency in English and Indonesian, both written and verbal