Project Development Lead

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada EDP Renewables North America LLC Full time

**Passion. Commitment. Impact.**

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR) is at the forefront of the clean-energy transition. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with eight regional offices across the continent, EDPR is operating over 9 gigawatts of renewable energy facilities and is actively developing hundreds of new utility-scale wind, solar, and battery-storage projects. EDPR is an owner-operator of its renewable energy portfolio, with best-in-class industry experts in all domains associated with developing, constructing, owning and operating large-scale renewable energy projects. EDPR is an industry leader in all aspects of the business, from implementing cutting-edge technologies in the field to creating a more inclusive and greener company culture. Powered by our slogan, “We Choose Earth,” we consider _sustainability_ and _resiliency_ to be crucially important to the electric grid, just as it is to every individual on our award-winning team. Join us

**Role Overview**:
The Project Development Lead is responsible for the development of utility-scale renewable energy-powered generation projects from the project identification stage through financial closing and start of construction. This role will be focused on EDPR's New York portfolio of early to late-stage development projects including wind farms, solar parks, battery storage facilities and repowering of our existing wind energy fleet.

**What You Will Be Doing**:

- Responsible for local state, federal, and regional permitting of utility-scale wind farms and solar parks
- Oversee the preparation of proposals that are submitted to potential commercial off-takers
- Obtain land rights to design, permit, construct, operate, and maintain wind, solar and battery storage projects
- Negotiate and establish local agreements that address tax abatement, Road Use and Decommissioning
- Establish and manage relationships with stakeholders, including elected officials, regulators, utilities, RTOs, and community leaders, to support project development
- Participate in policy outreach efforts to government officials regarding renewable energy industry issues
- Monitor interconnection studies performed by transmission providers and third parties and participate in interconnection agreement negotiations
- Manage the environmental study and permitting process
- Develop project budgets and support the financial analysis and modeling of the project
- Work with internal resources, such as the Legal, Engineering, Construction, Finance, Investment Analysis and Energy Assessment teams
- Manage external contractors supporting our portfolio of projects
- Provide reports to management by producing regular and frequent project updates
- Research energy market and competition on an ongoing basis
- Communicate information continuously and effectively to cross-functional team
- Additional duties as required

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**Direct reports**:None; individual contributor***

**Travel**:50%

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**Minimum Requirements**:
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- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Public Policy, Environmental Science, Communications, or a related field
- 5+ years of progressively responsible project management experience in energy or a related industry
- Understanding of Microsoft products and/or complementing products preferred. ArcGIS experience preferred.
- Competency in Analytical Problem Solving, Strong Communication, Customer/Partner Relationships, and Technology Expertise preferred
- Valid Driver's License

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**Behavioral Requirements**:

- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail and strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Ability to work productively with limited supervision
- Strong interest in renewable energy
- Ability and willingness to travel and work overtime as needed
- Familiarity with wind and solar power project development preferred
- Exemplary standards of integrity, honor, safety, management, ethics, quality, and productivity
- Exhibit behaviors consistent with strong leadership and accountability

**Physical demands & working conditions**:

- ** Sitting/Standing/Flexibility**:Ability to stand and sit for 8 or more hours when in an office environment
- ** Speech/Reading**:Ability to speak, read, and write English proficiently and deliver a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
- ** Lifting**:Ability to lift items weighing up to 10 pounds
- ** Vision/Hearing**:Ability to understand a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
- ** Safety**: Ability to understand and communicate safety precautions when necessary



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