About Us
Highland Electric Fleets mission is to make electric fleets accessible and affordable for all enabling communities to realize the benefits of cleaner quieter and healthier fleets. Highland is North Americas leading provider of Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS). Founded in 2019 Highland partners with school districts municipalities and fleet operators to make the transition to electric fleets simple and affordable.
Highland proudly serves as the Official Electric School Bus Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Team USA. From pioneering vehicle-to-grid technology to managing some of the nations largest electric school bus fleets Highland delivers reliable cost-effective solutions that support local communities and drive the future of transportation.
Summary:
The Associate I Project Development will deliver fully developed and planned projects in preparation for customer contract execution. This role will work closely with Senior Associates and the commercial team to document customer needs and Highland commitments helping to advance deals by acting as a junior site development resource.
The Associate I will collaborate with Legal Finance and Market Development to help ensure projects meet underwriting requirements and will assist in managing external engineers and consultants to finalize site designs for handoff to the Customer Success and Project Execution teams.
Over time the selected candidate will grow into a more autonomous role taking on theseproject development responsibilities with increasing independence. This position reportsdirectly to the Senior Manager Development and Construction and is based in California withan expectation of approximately 20% travel.
Responsibilities:
- Support Senior Associates in establishing fleet electrification scopes of work for
projects in development including project timelines budgets and equipment
selection. - Work with engineering teams to develop designs for complex EV charging depot
projects including solar and battery storage components. - Contribute to estimating engineering construction and interconnection costs for use
in project budgets. - Coordinate the project site diligence process including identifying real estate zoning
permitting and other development restrictions. - Help define project permitting requirements and support the preparation of related
project engineering deliverables. - Assist in identifying utility requirements filing new service requests and
communicating with utility representatives to define utility-related timelines and
budgets. - Assist in managing projects through the design and engineering phases including
tracking schedules budgets and subcontractor deliverables. - Support the handoff to the project implementation team upon customer contract
execution. - Contribute to work scoping methodology and documentation improvement
initiatives
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree or 4 years of directly related professional experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with electric utilities (e.g. interconnection new service requests)
- Exposure to electric vehicle charging renewable energy or related clean energy
technologies - Experience in electrical engineering construction or infrastructure project
development - Experience working with permitting authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) or similar
regulatory bodies - Project management experience in engineering and/or construction environments
What You Can Expect from Highland:
- Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus program
- A supportive highly collaborative team-oriented environment
- Ability to work with bright innovative and forward-thinking colleagues
- Health Vision and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401(k) program and company match
Highland Electric Fleets provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Highland Electric Fleets complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
IC
About UsHighland Electric Fleets mission is to make electric fleets accessible and affordable for all enabling communities to realize the benefits of cleaner quieter and healthier fleets. Highland is North Americas leading provider of Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS). Founded in 2019 Highland par...
About Us
Highland Electric Fleets mission is to make electric fleets accessible and affordable for all enabling communities to realize the benefits of cleaner quieter and healthier fleets. Highland is North Americas leading provider of Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS). Founded in 2019 Highland partners with school districts municipalities and fleet operators to make the transition to electric fleets simple and affordable.
Highland proudly serves as the Official Electric School Bus Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Team USA. From pioneering vehicle-to-grid technology to managing some of the nations largest electric school bus fleets Highland delivers reliable cost-effective solutions that support local communities and drive the future of transportation.
Summary:
The Associate I Project Development will deliver fully developed and planned projects in preparation for customer contract execution. This role will work closely with Senior Associates and the commercial team to document customer needs and Highland commitments helping to advance deals by acting as a junior site development resource.
The Associate I will collaborate with Legal Finance and Market Development to help ensure projects meet underwriting requirements and will assist in managing external engineers and consultants to finalize site designs for handoff to the Customer Success and Project Execution teams.
Over time the selected candidate will grow into a more autonomous role taking on theseproject development responsibilities with increasing independence. This position reportsdirectly to the Senior Manager Development and Construction and is based in California withan expectation of approximately 20% travel.
Responsibilities:
- Support Senior Associates in establishing fleet electrification scopes of work for
projects in development including project timelines budgets and equipment
selection. - Work with engineering teams to develop designs for complex EV charging depot
projects including solar and battery storage components. - Contribute to estimating engineering construction and interconnection costs for use
in project budgets. - Coordinate the project site diligence process including identifying real estate zoning
permitting and other development restrictions. - Help define project permitting requirements and support the preparation of related
project engineering deliverables. - Assist in identifying utility requirements filing new service requests and
communicating with utility representatives to define utility-related timelines and
budgets. - Assist in managing projects through the design and engineering phases including
tracking schedules budgets and subcontractor deliverables. - Support the handoff to the project implementation team upon customer contract
execution. - Contribute to work scoping methodology and documentation improvement
initiatives
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree or 4 years of directly related professional experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with electric utilities (e.g. interconnection new service requests)
- Exposure to electric vehicle charging renewable energy or related clean energy
technologies - Experience in electrical engineering construction or infrastructure project
development - Experience working with permitting authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) or similar
regulatory bodies - Project management experience in engineering and/or construction environments
What You Can Expect from Highland:
- Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus program
- A supportive highly collaborative team-oriented environment
- Ability to work with bright innovative and forward-thinking colleagues
- Health Vision and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401(k) program and company match
Highland Electric Fleets provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Highland Electric Fleets complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
IC
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