Senior Staff Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

• We are looking for a senior renewable-energy professional to lead and support Technical Due Diligence (TDD) and M&A advisory activities across Latin America, with a particular focus on the Brazilian market.
• This is a people-leadership position: the successful candidate will be responsible for running and developing a small team of 3-5 engineers and advisors across Latin America, setting priorities, ensuring the quality of delivery and acting as the main technical and managerial point of contact for the team, while remaining hands-on in key client assignments.
• The role combines strong technical expertise with project leadership, client interaction and business development. The successful candidate should be comfortable working across the lifecycle of renewable-energy projects and interacting with developers, investors, lenders and other project stakeholders.
• The position will have a strong initial focus on Solar PV and Onshore Wind, while the ability and willingness to develop capabilities in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) will be increasingly important.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Run and manage a team of 3-5 engineers and advisors based across Latin America, taking day-to-day responsibility for their priorities, workload allocation, delivery quality and performance.
• Plan resourcing and capacity for the LATAM team, allocate people to assignments based on skills and availability, and contribute to hiring and onboarding of new team members.
• Coach, mentor and develop team members, setting clear objectives, providing regular feedback, supporting career growth and building a strong, collaborative team culture across countries and time zones.
• Lead and coordinate technical due diligence assignments for renewable-energy projects and portfolios.
• Provide technical advice in support of project financing and M&A transactions.
• Review project risks from the perspective of investors, lenders and project owners.
• Coordinate technical inputs and quality assurance across multidisciplinary teams.
• Support clients throughout transaction processes and communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Assess Solar PV and Onshore Wind projects across different development and financing stages, and develop capabilities in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
• Review key project documentation and technical aspects associated with development, construction and operation.
• Evaluate EPC arrangements and associated technical requirements and conditions, and understand the interaction between technical matters and key project agreements.
• Support projects throughout Latin America, with Brazil as a core market, as well as assignments in other relevant LATAM markets such as Mexico.
• Partner with the North America and EMEA due diligence teams, as transactions will require multi-regional teams to support our clients with portfolios in multiple locations, ensuring a coordinated approach, consistent methodologies and seamless delivery across regions.
• Act as a senior point of contact for clients and build long-term relationships based on strong technical delivery, transparency and trust.
• Develop relationships with local and international clients operating across the region, and identify opportunities for recurring advisory services.
• Support the continued expansion of the renewable-energy advisory business in LATAM and work closely with the wider international Renewables Advisory organization.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams, working effectively across technical, commercial and project-finance functions, and ensure consistent methodologies, technical review and quality assurance across all team deliverables.
• Support the development of the LATAM advisory capability and its people, acting as the team's link to the wider Renewables Advisory leadership on strategy, resourcing, performance and business targets.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Significant professional experience in renewable energy.
• Strong technical background in Solar PV and/or Onshore Wind, ideally with exposure to both.
• Experience with Technical Due Diligence, project finance and/or M&A transactions, including direct experience supporting portfolio transactions.
• Strong understanding of renewable-project development and the project lifecycle.
• Experience reviewing or negotiating EPC and other key project contracts.
• Experience acting as a technical interface between engineering and project-finance teams, or representing an owner, investor or lender during technical DD or M&A.
• Good understanding of the Brazilian renewable-energy market, ideally with a strong network within it, and experience across additional LATAM markets.
• Ability to communicate effectively with project developers, investors, lenders and internal technical teams.
• Strong client-facing and relationship-management capabilities, combining technical credibility with business-development skills.
• Proven people-management experience, ideally leading or coordinating a small team of 3-5 engineers or advisors, including in a multi-country or remote setting.
• Ability to lead across cultures and countries, building trust, accountability and team cohesion among colleagues in different LATAM markets.
• Strong project-management, planning and resource-management skills, with the ability to balance the delivery of multiple concurrent assignments and deadlines across a distributed team.
• Management and leadership skills: ability to set direction, delegate effectively, prioritize and allocate work, give constructive feedback, coach and motivate team members, and manage performance.
• Interest in expanding into emerging technologies, particularly BESS, with familiarity or a clear ability to expand into storage.
• Portuguese is important for the Brazilian market, English is required for an international advisory environment, and Spanish is highly valuable for the broader LATAM remit.
• Based in Brazil, with local market presence, and responsibilities extending across LATAM.

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