Director of Project Development

Responsabilities:

• Create, execute, and manage project development plans to meet project objectives, including cost, schedule, and resources
• Manage and oversee joint venture and partner developers
• Lead execution of, provide regular reporting for, and make strategic recommendations regarding project development activities, including:
  • Land acquisition and title curative work
  • Environmental assessments
  • Local municipality, county, state, federal and regional permitting including meetings with key agencies
  • Energy assessment
  • Stakeholder consultation and management
  • Project technical design, infrastructure siting
  • Construction contractor selection and contracting
  • Equipment procurement and commercial negotiation
• In conjunction with other team members, coordinate, monitor, provide regular reporting for development activities relevant for:
  • Commercial and technical aspects of project interconnection
  • Offtake origination and power marketing
• Perform and lead due diligence review of prospective wind, solar and/or storage development asset acquisitions and new development partnerships
• Manage or lead interaction with a team of internal and external resources
• Participate in development of company long-term acquisition, development and operation strategies and assist in implementation of these strategies
• Support project finance team in executing on development portfolio and delivering projects for financing
• Cooperate with and assist project finance or M&A teams
• Opportunity for further role expansion into financial and/or technical aspects of project development

Requirements:

• University degree or equivalent in relevant disciplines (e.g. engineering, environmental, business, etc.)
• Strong track record of successful development of US wind, solar and/or storage projects in various markets (MISO experience an asset)
• Strong project management skills
• Experience in managing and interacting with remote or indirect internal and external resources, including consultants and contractors
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills
• Travel requirements estimated at up to 20% – 30%

Location:

• Opportunity for remote/virtual work for select candidates