Senior Development Manager - Green Tech - Level III

Have you led major green energy projects?   You have had a strategic role in community relations, partners and project teams?  Do you want to join a stable, recognized, innovative company that values work-life balance?   If so, this could be the opportunity for you!

Role:

• Great depth, autonomy, independence, efficiency, productivity, creativity and self-sufficiency.
• Maintains development responsibilities on multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Effectively represents the company in county and provincial licensing contexts and other major forums.
• Acquires and manages all consultants that may be required to complete project development.
• Understands and actively manages the transmission interconnection process in conjunction with the company’s Transmission group.
• Understands and actively manages the environmental review and permitting process for the project in collaboration with the permitting team.
• Participates significantly in power purchase agreements, joint development, asset purchase and sale, and other high-level negotiations.
• Develops and manages project marketing plans, including communications with landowners.
• Actively develops productive relationships with utilities and other potential customers and identifies business opportunities.
• Understands project financing models and can actively assist the finance team in selecting project opportunities.
• Demonstrates a history of success at the “Manager” level.
• A proven team leader.

Requirements:

Responsible for utility scale renewable energy project site identification, site monitoring, due diligence and development. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Deliver ambitions within specific markets, including the creation or delivery of project portfolios.
• Coordinate with internal reporting and specialist teams to apply fundamental site criteria (land ownership, resources, access to existing transmission lines, constructability, etc.) to the project.
• Oversee landowner engagement to determine their interest in participating in the project.
• Plan and manage land acquisition strategies, including management of external land acquisition contractors.
• Occasionally represent the company in community settings and before large groups of landowners.
• Lead all commercial aspects of land acquisition negotiations and coordinate with legal counsel to negotiate and execute land control documents.
• Lead reports and specialist teams to manage and conduct environmental due diligence and permitting work.
• Lead reports and specialist teams to manage and conduct interconnection and transmission processes.
• Lead reports and specialist teams with the engineering and construction teams to conduct constructability due diligence.
• Generate budgets, schedules, risk assessments, and checkpoint approvals.
• Assist reports and specialty teams in all power marketing or project sales activities.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the regulatory and market forces for the regions in which they are developing.
• Follows safety and security procedures and determines appropriate actions. Reports potentially hazardous conditions and properly uses materials and equipment.
• Exemplary oral, written and interpersonal communication skills with a strong penchant for team building and participation and natural leadership.
• Ability to make and communicate decisions and recommendations without complete information.
• You are comfortable with reading, reviewing and negotiating contracts.
• Ability to manage highly dynamic workflows and move quickly from developing portfolio strategies to executing daily tactics and tasks to move projects forward.

Qualifications:

• Played a lead role in closing at least one utility scale renewable energy project, including origination, full development cycle and financial close to enable NTP on construction.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, law, engineering or closely related field ;
• Five (5) years of experience as a business manager, attorney, paralegal or engineer.
• Five (5) years of experience must have included:
  • Experience in large scale commercial project development, real estate or land acquisition.
  • Experience in obtaining environmental permitting and community licensing for any major infrastructure project;
  • Managing a full range of critical responsibilities independently or with limited supervision;
  • Managing land acquisition through financial close;
  • Managing client interactions and delivering cost-effective projects on time; and
• MS Office and Outlook skills.
• Availability to travel: 15-20%, to represent the company at wind/solar energy meetings across Canada.