Development Manager Madison, WI

Reports to:

Associate Director of Development

Location:

Madison, WI

FLSA Status:
Exempt

One Energy’s mission is to make clean energy the #1 source of electricity for consumers and utilities. We develop solar energy projects across the United States in community solar, distributed generation, and large utility scale project segments. Our diverse project pipeline, multiple locations across the US, and unique multidisciplined team sets us apart.

We are a dynamic and innovative renewable energy industry company dedicated to developing and deploying utility scale solar and community solar facilities. We are committed to excellence, collaboration, and driving positive change in our industry.

The Manager, Development will directly report to the Associate Director of Development. Solar Project Development Managers are responsible for all aspects of project development, including securing land and interconnection rights, zoning and building permits and orchestrating engineering, finance and commercial teams through the process. Successful developers maintain current knowledge of emerging solar technologies as well as relevant energy market and policy developments.

Solar project developers provide a critical link between Origination, Engineering, and Delivery and champion their projects from inception to construction.

• Manage and coordinate activities within the Company and with outside consultants to shepherd projects through regulatory, siting and environmental permitting and approval.
• Manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and work cohesively and collaboratively across company-wide functional teams including origination, delivery, engineering, accounting, and legal.
• Prepare milestone schedules, budgets and staffing plans to complete permitting and compliance on assigned projects and assets.
• Negotiate with wildlife, land use, and other regulatory agencies to achieve acceptable permit conditions consistent with project and Company goals, schedules, costs, and environmental considerations.
• Engage with landowners, community stakeholders, governmental/regulatory agencies, utilities, customers and external consultants to advance projects, determine critical paths, assign responsibilities and scope of work, assess/mitigate risk and optimize overall project efficiency.
• Participate in Real Estate team land campaigns and site acquisition.
• Manage overall project budget and take full responsibility for accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Engage with the various project stakeholders as One Energy’s primary contact for the project.
• Represent One Energy Renewables and establish relationships with Authorities, Regulatory Agencies, and other professional organizations.
• Review and understand engineering designs, environmental site assessments, utility interconnection studies and standard real estate documents such as ALTA surveys and title records.
• Interview and screen potential subcontractors and vendors per One Energy standards giving special attention to value, quality, diversity and equity value add.
• Collaborate across Development, Engineering and other teams to optimize projects (e.g., modify plans, project schedules, budgets and forecasts as appropriate based on evolving site constraints, markets, policy, competitive landscape and company goals). Report to management regularly on the progress of projects.
• Prepare, solicit, analyze and/or support project reports, summaries, contracts, schedules, budgets, invoices, financial models, utility interconnection studies, engineering designs, layouts and executive summaries.
• Prepare applications to agencies; represent Company's position in hearings and workshops; select and manage consultants; assist the project public relations strategy; and provide documentation for siting, land use, wetland, and wildlife permits; represent the Company in policy discussions and developments regarding renewables permitting.

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience is required.
• Minimum 3 years of project management experience in renewable energy, real estate and/or a land use related field.
  • Open to considering less experience for…