Associate Developer

Department:Development West Region AZ/NV Market

This is a remote position; however the ideal candidate will be based inArizonato better align with the teams needs. There will be 10-15% travelling to project sites.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support and lead management of development activities for early-mid-late stage solar and solar energy storage projects within the Arizona and Nevada markets as well as national Tribal projects; may support and lead 1-3 projects with oversight by manager; limited travel for projects may be on an as needed basis.

• Coordinate with internal subject matter experts (SMEs) including but not limited to land real estate permitting engineering environmental interconnection commercial insurance tax legal finance pre-construction execution and procurement teams as well as outside consultants on an as needed basis to ensure that projects are meeting development milestones development risks are being mitigated and project returns are maximized.

• Support establishment and maintenance of project budgets; tracking and management of project spend (PRs/POs/Invoices); and establishment and maintenance of preliminary project schedules (Microsoft Project/P6).

• Support relationships with local state and federal authorities having jurisdiction including but not limited to municipal county state and tribal authorities on an as needed basis to ensure projects are obtaining all possible incentives and have good standing within the local communities.

• Maintain development asset database with project inputs and status updates including but not limited to coordinating regularly with SMEs to maintain project risk registers and commercial readiness activities.

• Implement and maintain project task management system including but not limited to engineering estimating commercial curve financial model and P6 scheduling requests.

• Assist with financial modeling and analysis by compiling data coordinating with SMEs and ensuring project inputs are up to date

• Assist land and real estate teams in the acquisition of development assets on an as needed basis by researching land records and reviewing and understanding real property agreements including but not limited to option agreements purchase/lease agreements rights-of-way agreements easements ALTA surveys legal descriptions and title reports.

• Collaborate with and support SMEs as well as outside consultants on an as needed basis with research and analysis; coordinating and running in-person/virtual meetings or phone calls; and tracking project progress to provide up to date project information.

• Support the Utility and Commercial Power Marketing teams on an as needed basis with RFP responses and other off-taker outreach.

• Support the Interconnection team with interconnection applications review and analysis of large generator interconnection procedures and timelines interconnection study reviews and analysis material modification assessments and interconnection and transmission strategy.

• Research emerging renewable energy markets including but not limited to reviewing and analyzing utilities Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) to support identification of new development prospects and meet project filing goals.

Desired Skills and Expertise:

• Exceptional analytical decision making problem solving and business judgement skills.

• Exceptional presentation and communication skills (written verbal non-verbal visual and listening).

• Excellent organizational and time management skills attention to detail and ability to lead teams to meet deadlines.

• Engineering planning and project management skills.

• Strong computer and research and analysis skills.

• Leadership collaboration negotiation persuasion and other key interpersonal and relationship skills; with a proven ability to work supportively and collaboratively with other teams.

• Self-starter comfortable managing multiple priorities with the ability to identify key priorities in a fast-paced environment and coordinating across functional teams.

• Able to demonstrate experience dealing successfully with peers subordinates management and unaffiliated third parties.

• 1-3 years relevant experience administering/developing projects and/or project financing preference for experience working in the power/renewable energy industry in Arizona Nevada and/or Tribal markets.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite QuickBase Box SharePoint Ironclad and Microsoft Project.

• Passion for the renewable energy industry.

Education:

• BS/BA degree with concentration in engineering environmental energy planning business real estate development construction management project management finance or economics.

Compensation:

• Commensurate with experience; competitive.