Senior BESS Project Developer

Astraea

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!🔆