Job Description
A Solar Project Developer responsible for originating, developing, and managing distributed solar and energy storage projects, overseeing activities from site origination to project readiness, stakeholder engagement, and permitting within the Mid-Atlantic region.
Key Responsibilities
- Originate and develop distributed solar and energy storage projects, managing site origination, permitting, interconnection, tax negotiation, revenue contracting, and title review.
- Develop sales presentations, proposals, and supporting materials for project development.
- Negotiate complex contracts with private, commercial, and municipal entities.
- Manage relationships with property owners, energy users, and project stakeholders.
- Coordinate with project stakeholders and community members to facilitate permitting and project support.
- Foster support from government agencies, community groups, and project abutters.
- Manage external consultants during permitting activities.
- Maintain project development schedule and budget for timely and cost-effective project delivery.
- Support finance, engineering, and construction teams to ensure successful project financing and construction.
Requirements
- Five years of solar and storage or comparable industry experience in a business development role, with a successful track record in project land development and stakeholder management.
- Proven experience bringing projects from site origination through the various stages of project development to shovel-ready status.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- Ability to originate and develop distributed solar and energy storage projects, managing site origination, permitting, interconnection, tax negotiation, revenue contracting, and title review.
- Experience in negotiating complex contracts with private, commercial, and municipal counterparties.
- Experience managing long-term relationships with property owners, energy users, and other project stakeholders.
- Effective communication skills to facilitate project permitting and other initiatives with project stakeholders and community members.
- Ability to foster support from state, county, and local governments, community groups, and project abutters.
- Experience managing external consultants in conjunction with project permitting activities.
- Ability to maintain development schedule and budget to ensure timely and cost-effective project delivery.
- Experience supporting internal finance, engineering, and construction teams to facilitate successful project financing and construction.
- Willingness to travel up to 60%, including some evening and weekend work.
- Demonstrated experience in effectively communicating information, ideas, and perspectives within and outside the organization.
- Experience showcasing initiative to improve current work, processes, products, and services across the organization.
- Ability to ask appropriate questions, analyze data, identify root causes of problems, and present creative solutions.
- Expertise in building strong internal and external relationships with customers and stakeholders, instilling trust and loyalty.
- Eagerness to develop a fundamental understanding of how Nexamp operates and apply that knowledge to inform business decisions.
Benefits & Perks
Competitive compensation package with salary range from 120,000 to 130,000
Participation in incentive programs such as annual bonuses and sales incentives
Stock option plan eligibility
Health, dental, and vision insurance starting day one
Flexible paid time off and holiday PTO
Commuter benefits
Cell phone reimbursement
Work environment with healthy snacks, coffee, service days, volunteer opportunities, and company outings
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