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Director of Project Development

Posted 25 October 2021
Salary $DOE
LocationNew York
Job type Permanent
Discipline Renewable EnergyESG and Sustainability

Job description

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