Job Description
The role involves managing the development of utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects, including project management, economic analysis, permitting, negotiations, and stakeholder engagement to support the growth of renewable energy infrastructure in California and the Desert Southwest.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop utility-scale solar power projects from greenfield sites, including community engagement and securing project support.
- Prepare and manage permit applications across local, state, and federal jurisdictions.
- Manage contractors, vendors, and consultants to ensure project timelines and budgets are met.
- Negotiate agreements such as tax abatements, land use, mitigation settlements, and power purchase agreements (PPAs).
- Collaborate with finance teams on financial feasibility, evaluation, and analysis of projects.
- Assist with permitting and environmental compliance during construction and operation phases.
- Conduct economic analysis and evaluate risks related to project development and financing.
- Manage project milestones, schedules, and external stakeholder relationships to ensure project progression.
Requirements
- Candidates must have 7-12 years of experience in the energy industry, specifically in energy infrastructure development.
- Candidates must demonstrate sound industry knowledge related to utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects, including full-cycle development, interconnection, permitting, real estate, state and federal regulation, utility procurement goals, politics, and law impacting renewable energy project development in eastern energy markets.
- Candidates must have strong financial analysis skills and be able to translate contracts and financing agreements into concise financial and economic analysis.
- Candidates must have experience in greenfield development of utility-scale solar power generation facilities.
- Candidates must have experience engaging community, local, and state institutions for project support.
- Candidates must assist in the preparation of permit applications for solar facilities across multiple local, state, and federal jurisdictions.
- Candidates must manage contractors, vendors, and consultants to maintain project timeline and budget.
- Candidates must negotiate tax abatements, land use agreements, mitigation settlements, and various other agreements.
- Candidates must negotiate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with utilities and other energy buyers offtakers.
- Candidates must work with the finance department during financial feasibility analysis, evaluation, and financing processes.
- Candidates must assist with permitting and environmental compliance throughout the construction and operation of projects.
- Candidates must have a detailed understanding of the interconnection process study process, contracting, utility requirements, financial obligations, and scope execution by utilities to site projects optimally and advance them through Commercial Operation Date (COD).
- Candidates must have a solid understanding of economic drivers within the renewable energy business.
- Candidates must be able to concisely frame issues by providing context, analysis, recommendations, and risk-benefit tradeoffs in both written and verbal formats.
- Candidates must create control and influence over costs, terms, and schedules of key project milestones dependent on external counterparties, often without strong commercial recourse.
- Candidates must have a strong understanding of project schedule relationships to prioritize resource allocation effectively.
- Candidates must be highly resourceful and able to design processes for advancing project milestones and navigating key risks where little structure is established.
- Candidates must be highly proficient in MS Excel (advanced proficiency required), Project, Word, PowerPoint, and Google Earth.
- Candidates must be an independent self-starter capable of meeting deadlines and delivering quality products with minimal oversight.
- Candidates must have the ability to recognize opportunities, identify and evaluate risks in a development context, and communicate these effectively.
- Candidates must have excellent personal organizational skills and pattern recognition skills.
- Candidates must be detail-oriented with a strong sense of personal responsibility and ownership of their work product.
Benefits & Perks
Competitive compensation
401(k) retirement plan
Fully paid medical benefits
Fully paid dental benefits
Flexible paid time off (PTO)
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