Senior BESS Project Developer
Astraea
Software Engineering
Hamburg, Germany
Posted on May 2, 2026
Senior BESS Project Developer
📍Location: Hamburg - 2 x week in office
📉Salary: €75,000 - €100,000 (Depending on Experience) + Bonus
We have partnered with a German-founded IPP with deep roots in the German energy market, which has since expanded its footprint across Europe.
My client is looking for a Senior BESS Project Developer to support this expansion in Germany.
Key Responsibilities📝
- Responsible for the development of large-scale battery storage projects in Germany
- Structure, prioritise, and deliver projects from concept to completion
- Operate at the intersection of market, technology, regulation, and financing to turn concepts into realised projects
- Full project ownership, coordinate all phases through to final investment decision and handover to asset management
- Stakeholder management, collaborate with network operators, authorities, landowners, municipalities, and internal teams (Commercial, Engineering, Investment)
- Contracting & structuring, lead the structuring and negotiation of key project agreements
- Budget, timeline & resources, manage budgets, schedules, and external service providers
- Feasibility oversight, ensure projects are viable from regulatory, technical, and economic perspectives
- Reporting & approvals, prepare decision materials and manage internal approval processes
Requirements ✔
- Completed studies in relevant field such as; economics, engineering, environmental science.
- 3+ years of experience in project management for renewable energy, ideally BESS.
- Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and grid connection requirements
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a high level of ownership and a pragmatic, hands-on approach
- Fluency in both German and English
Sound exciting? Then apply now!🔆