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Rondo Energy is seeking an experienced Project Developer to lead the development of large-scale industrial energy projects across Australia. Rondo manufactures Heat Batteries that convert low-cost renewable electricity into continuous, high-temperature heat and power, enabling industrial facilities to replace fossil-fired boilers without costly process changes. The company is commercially deployed and rapidly scaling, backed by investors including Breakthrough Energy, Rio Tinto, Aramco, Microsoft, and H&M.
In this role, you will own the integrated development pathway for projects under Rondo's Heat-as-a-Service (HaaS) model, taking qualified opportunities through development to final investment decision (FID) and structured handover to the Delivery team. You will bring together grid, land, approvals, engineering, commercial, schedule, and cost workstreams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading project development: Establish and drive integrated development plans, critical paths, budgets, resource requirements, and decision gates from opportunity qualification through FID.
- Driving grid and infrastructure development: Lead grid-connection and major electrical-infrastructure development, coordinating network service providers, connection advisers, and engineering consultants.
- Securing land and approvals: Establish land and site-control requirements and coordinate planning, environmental, heritage, geotechnical, and other statutory pathways. Scope and manage specialist external advisers.
- Developing project scope and definition: Coordinate feasibility studies, pre-FEED, FEED, balance-of-plant, and site infrastructure activities, integrating technical requirements, cost estimates, and schedules as project definition matures.
- Integrating project economics and commercial requirements: Ensure electricity procurement, network tariffs, customer requirements, contractual commitments, financing requirements, and applicable incentives are reflected in the development plan and investment case.
- Managing development risks and interfaces: Identify, assess, and mitigate risks, dependencies, and unresolved assumptions. Coordinate interfaces among customers, utilities, consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal teams.
- Reporting progress and supporting decisions: Provide clear updates on milestones, development expenditure, risks, and decisions required. Prepare recommendations supported by technical and commercial evidence.
- Leading the transition to Delivery: Establish project readiness criteria and coordinate structured handover, including scope, cost and schedule baselines, assumptions, approvals, and commitments.
- Building repeatable development capability: Improve development processes, tools, and governance so constraints are resolved early and projects reach investment and delivery decisions with greater confidence.
This is a full-time, in-office role based in Richmond, Victoria, involving travel to project sites and stakeholder meetings as required.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 7+ years of relevant experience in energy, infrastructure, or major-project development
- Demonstrated success developing complex energy or infrastructure projects (more important than a particular degree)
- Engineering, commerce, project management, or related discipline background
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in renewable energy, battery energy storage systems (BESS), transmission or major-load connections, data centres, industrial energy, thermal energy storage, or project-financed infrastructure
- Experience developing projects within the National Electricity Market (NEM), working with major industrial customers, or developing long-term energy-as-a-service or offtake arrangements
- Experience working internationally or in a growing business deploying novel technologies at scale
