Joining the Bechtel Enterprises Clean Energy Development Team as a Project Development Manager is an opportunity to be an important member of an agile and fast-growing team that is leading a strategic and high-growth business.

We are looking for a talented and energetic individual to identify, create, and lead new project development opportunities in utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and storage project development across the US. This will include identifying new prospects (greenfield sites and acquisition targets) and advancing them through the development process – leading site identification and control, interconnection and transmission work, project permitting, offtake support and community engagement. The position will work closely with our internal power marketing/origination, project finance, legal, engineering, procurement, and construction teams to help us successfully get our projects into construction and operation.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify new development prospects and opportunities (greenfield sites and/or acquisition targets), including conducting market assessments, fatal flaw analyses, and in-person site reconnaissance
• Lead development of self-generated and assigned projects from early-, mid-, and/or late-stages to construction-ready status
• Secure site control for development prospects (e.g. negotiating leases, easements, and conducting initial site reconnaissance) and coordinate landowner interface
• Lead local, state, regional and/or federal permitting processes
• Lead interconnection and transmission activities
• Oversee project design, working closely with the internal Bechtel engineering teams
• Support financial analysis, modeling, power pricing and offtake structuring
• Manage tasks according to, and with accountability for, budget and schedule
• Create and maintain project maps, databases, reporting tools, and tracking tools for assigned projects
• Represent Bechtel with partners, customers, landowners, government officials, community leaders, utilities, and other stakeholders

Key Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in solar and/or wind project development
• Track record of successful US solar or wind project development
• Experience interfacing directly with external parties such as landowners, government officials, and consultants
• Experience identifying prospects and opportunities (e.g. greenfield sites and acquisitions)
• Experience managing key development workstreams simultaneously
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organization, networking, time management, and accounting skills
• Willingness to travel as necessary
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in technical/engineering or business/finance-related field
• Preferred Qualifications
• Candidate has both solar and wind project development experience (battery storage an additional plus)
• Experience working with project engineering and EPC teams
• Based in the Midwest or Western US