Business Development Executive

Description:

ESB owns and operates the publicly available Electric Vehicle (EV) charging network on the island of Ireland and is currently upgrading and expanding the network through a €20m jointly funded ESB/Government investment. ESB is also expanding its EV charging network in Great Britain, currently consisting of over 200 rapid and high power chargers deployed to date in London, Coventry and Birmingham alongside a growing pipeline of EV charging hubs developed with private sector partners.

ESB’s strategy, consistent with our role as a pioneer in Electromobility and our ambition to capture value from the global trend in electrification of transport, is to continue to expand our EV charging infrastructure network. The electrification of heat and transport is a key pillar of our strategy, with plans to double the number of our public EV charging points by 2030 to 3,000 rapid and high power chargers, adding a minimum of 1,000 in Great Britain.

ESB is recruiting a Business Development Executive to cultivate relationships and secure agreements with private sector landowners to deploy ESB owned and operated high power charging hubs at retail and leisure sites on the strategic road network. The position will focus on site acquisition in the South of England.

Reporting directly to the Head of Business Development, ESB eCars’ BD team is responsible for generating and tracking new business leads, negotiating agreements with landowners within the parameters of ESB’s business framework, progressing them through ESB’s internal governance processes and bringing leases or contracts to final execution before handing over to the Infrastructure Delivery team for execution and Commercial team for contract management.

The successful candidate will manage ESB eCars site sourcing and development interests in the respective geography and ensure the delivery of key targets during the expansion of ESB’s public EV charging business in Great Britain.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to secure lease agreements for rapid and high power EV chargers with strategic landholders, developers, retail and/or food and beverage operators.
• Identify suitable freehold acquisitions of development sites for conversion to EV charging hubs with retail and/or food and beverage partners.
• Develop, negotiate and secure agreements in line with ESB’s business framework and internal governance procedures that deliver long-term value for ESB.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with property owners, key stakeholders and local authorities.
• Work closely with our Commercial, Finance, Group Legal, Group Property and Infrastructure Delivery teams to ensure smooth acquisition and deployment processes.
• As an active team member, ensure that the Business Development Team works effectively to create and deliver a significant pipeline of robust opportunities to underpin an ESB electromobility business of scale across the UK.
• Continually monitor and report on market trends, potential opportunities, and competitor activities in the public EV charging landscape.