WRS are recruiting for a Market Development Senior Manager to to join an offshore wind developer in Manila, Philippines.

This position will be responsible for taking the lead on measuring wind, surveying environment and ground conditions, mitigating constraints, and collaborating with local residents, other users of the sea, municipal decision makers and a range of government authorities.

Main tasks and activities:

• Identifying grid connecting options and managing system/distribution impact studies
• Working closely with our competence centers within supply chain, procurement, consenting and engineering to progress development of the offshore wind project portfolio primarily on Luzon. These resources are located across Taiwan, Korea, Australia, and Europe, which will require some travel and flexibility on time management.
• Delivering the workplans and meeting the development milestones of the offshore wind portfolio in the Philippines.
• Taking part of an expanding our platform, sourcing and executing domestic investment opportunities across renewable technologies out of the Metro Manila region and expected implement business case levers across the project portfolio and contribute to securing power offtake.

The successful applicant will:

• Have a university degree on at least bachelor level, perhaps from an international university.
• Are a Philippine national with international working experience or working for a foreign company.
• Have at least 5-10 years of energy sector experience, preferable in a broad hands-on role within renewables.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset pursuing aims with all means and not giving up meeting resistance.
• Aspire for a global career developing offshore wind markets and project.
• Be determined, ambitious and thrives with a high degree of responsibility, independence, and expectations.
• Be proactive and set the bar high.

With the acquired experience – unique to the Philippines – the candidate can over time grow into a broader role on the project portfolio, initiate work on further projects added to the portfolio or re-locate globally within the company to take roles fit for candidate experience and background. In this role you will gain hands-on experience with developing projects within the burgeoning offshore wind industry under challenging conditions in market where the technology is emerging. 


If you are interested in applying to this role, email me at sam.sargeant@worldwide-rs.com , or click the link provided in this post.