Project Developer

Ditrolic Energy Group; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ditrolic Energy, a renewable energy infrastructure company headquartered in Malaysia, seeks a Project Development Coordinator to support pre-development activities for solar, wind, and storage projects. You will coordinate land due diligence, site surveys, and regulatory submissions, while liaising with landowners, authorities, and consultants.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Legal, Regulatory, and PMO teams, and requires frequent travel for site engagements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, land development, environmental science, project management or related.
• 2–5 years in project development, site development, renewable energy, infrastructure or utility projects.
• Experience with land matters, permitting, ROW, planning submissions, or stakeholder engagement is an advantage.
• Familiarity with solar PV, power infrastructure, transmission lines, or large-scale development projects preferred.
• Strong coordination, documentation, follow-up, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of pre-development activities for the project.
• Coordinate site identification, preliminary site assessment, land suitability review, and development feasibility.
• Support land due diligence, including land title searches, ownership verification, boundary checks, and encumbrance reviews.
• Coordinate with landowners, land agents, surveyors, consultants, and stakeholders on land access and development matters.
• Assist securing land access rights, easements, ROW for transmission lines, and interconnection facilities.
• Coordinate site surveys, geotechnical investigations, and environmental studies with consultants.
• Prepare, submit, and follow-up planning and development approvals with local authorities.
• Liaise with government agencies, local councils, land offices, and utility providers to facilitate approvals.
• Monitor deliverables from planners, surveyors, environmental consultants, and other service providers.
• Maintain records of land documents, permits, approvals, and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate with PMO, Engineering, Legal, Regulatory, and Commercial teams.
• Support readiness assessments and stage-gate reviews toward Financial Close and construction.

Skills

Project coordination

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Written & verbal communication

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Land/Property Development, Environmental Science, Project Management, Renewable Energy or related

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Project tracking tools

Job description

Headquartered in Malaysia and established in 2009, Ditrolic Energy is a renewable energy infrastructure company backed by one of the world’s largest global fund managers. The company operates across the Asia-Pacific region, with offices in Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, China and Bangladesh and brings extensive experience in developing and delivering clean energy projects across multiple markets.

Ditrolic Energy offers integrated solutions spanning solar PV, wind, energy storage and energy management, supported by comprehensive end-to-end EPC capabilities. Through its projects, the company partners with organisations to optimise energy usage and advance their transition towards net zero‑carbon targets.

Reporting to: Head of Project Management Office

Key Responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of pre-development activities for the project.
• Coordinate site identification, preliminary site assessment, land suitability review, and development feasibility activities.
• Support land due diligence, including land title searches, ownership verification, boundary confirmation, encumbrance checks, and land documentation.
• Coordinate with landowners, land agents, surveyors, consultants, and relevant stakeholders on land access, lease, acquisition, and site development matters.
• Support the securing of land access rights, easements, wayleave, and Right-of-Way (ROW) for transmission lines and interconnection facilities.
• Coordinate site surveys, topographical surveys, geotechnical investigations, environmental studies, and other technical assessments with consultants during the pre-development stage.
• Support the preparation, submission, and follow-up of planning and development approvals, including Planning Permission (KM), Development Order (DO), and relevant local authority approvals.
• Liaise with government agencies, local councils, land offices, utility providers, and regulatory authorities to facilitate project approvals.
• Coordinate and monitor deliverables from town planners, surveyors, environmental consultants, engineering consultants, land consultants, and other appointed service providers.
• Maintain and update land, permit, authority approval, stakeholder, consultant deliverable, and ROW trackers.
• Monitor pre-development milestones, critical activities, dependencies, risks, and potential delays against the approved project schedule.
• Identify land, authority, stakeholder, environmental, and site development risks and coordinate the required mitigation actions.
• Conduct regular site visits to verify site conditions, access constraints, surrounding infrastructure, development progress, and stakeholder issues.
• Prepare meeting minutes, progress updates, approval status reports, action trackers, and supporting papers for management review.
• Maintain proper records of land documents, authority correspondence, consultant reports, approval letters, site records, and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate with internal Engineering, Commercial, Legal, Regulatory, EHS, Contract Management, and PMO workstreams.
• Support project readiness assessments and stage-gate reviews leading towards Financial Close (FC), Notice-to-Proceed (NTP), and construction commencement.
• Support stakeholder engagement activities involving landowners, local communities, government agencies, project partners, and other affected parties.
• Escalate critical issues, approval delays, land constraints, and stakeholder concerns to the Project Development Manager or Project Lead

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Land/Property Development, Environmental Science, Project Management, Renewable Energy, or a related discipline.
• 2–5 years of experience in project development, site development, renewable energy, infrastructure, property development, or utility projects.
• Experience in land matters, authority approvals, permitting, ROW, planning submissions, or stakeholder engagement is an advantage.
• Familiarity with solar PV, power infrastructure, transmission lines, substations, or large-scale development projects is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of Malaysian land, planning, environmental, and local authority approval processes.
• Strong project coordination, documentation, follow-up, and stakeholder management skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify development risks and recommend practical mitigation actions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills when dealing with authorities, consultants, landowners, contractors, and internal teams.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and project tracking tools.
• Able to manage multiple activities, priorities, consultants, and stakeholders within tight project timelines.
• Possess a valid driving licence and willingness to travel frequently for site inspections, authority engagements, and stakeholder meetings.