Jack Turner

Offering a working environment that offers solutions to what people are looking for in the market is important. A mix between hybrid, in office and remote options are important to employees coming in but and one size fits all approach won’t work.

Culture is a broad word. I would argue that it’s about having a strong EVP, culture is one part of your EVP. You need to understand what your companies standards and beliefs are and then live up to those.

A mapped out career plan is integral for hiring top talent. Knowing what the next stage could be for someone and being able to show them how to make that progression at your company is important in hiring the best people.

In my experience recruiting into this market. Environmental skills can be found in range of transferable industries, the construction industry as well as the real estate development industry. Both of these markets have to consider the implications of the environmental impact of their buildings the same way that a renewable energy project has to.

Other things to consider are transferable skillsets. Real estate development experience can really translate well into renewable energy development projects, so you do not always need to have prior experience to find a job in the sector. The same way that large scale electrical or data centre project construction can lead to finding a job in the solar or battery storage construction sector.

As a technical recruiter in the renewables sector, technical skills vary from position to position. For engineering roles, electrical backgrounds are highly sought after. As well as proficiency in technologies such as PVsyst, PVsol, AutoCAD, PowerFactory, Helios. Predominately design engineering experience within preliminary design and detailed design is needed. For construction roles, real like technical skills from real life experiences are usually held in the highest regards. For example experience in electrical construction / epc projects or experience in delivering the exection of a renewable energy project.