Renewables Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate renewable energy project assessments for development of brownfield and greenfield renewable energy projects (wind, solar, hydro, biogas, geothermal).
• Coordinate feasibility studies, power purchase agreement drafting and other activities with cross functional resources, peers, and external consultants
• Work with transmission operators to manage interconnection studies, load flow analyses.
• Coordinate all issues surrounding land acquisition, working with government agencies to negotiate land rights acquisition with private and public landowners and address land use issues.
• Ability to coordinate design of wind and solar farm layouts, taking into account technical parameters, existing conditions and infrastructure.
• Manage the day-to-day project development process to move projects from greenfield development to commercial, pre-construction stage.
• Interface with JV partners, client organizations and suppliers as necessary.
• Ensure that timelines and budgets for the Company's development projects are effectively managed.
• Manage the permitting/licensing process including defining, applying for and managing government and local environmental, construction, and related permits and support of community interfaces.
• Ensures that projects stay on track, including all related project environmental and permitting activities.
• Keep up-to-date with changes in respective legislation, feed-in tariff regulations, permitting and power purchase agreement requirements.
• Keep up-to-date with renewable energy market participants both local and international.
• Constantly screen market for new opportunities to develop feasible renewable energy projects.
• Be up-to-date with energy market dynamics including neighboring countries.
• Ability to travel to project development sites for site assessment and surveying missions as necessary.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project engineer/project management position, preferably in the solar renewable energy projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, advanced degree, with previous experience in energy development and an understanding of deregulated electric markets a plus.
• MBA is preferred not essential.
• Prior experience working on project licensing and permitting.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills; the ability to develop clear and concise development plans and presentations covering project status, timeline, risk assessment, and budget needs and performance.
• Understanding of local community dynamics, with the ability to negotiate effectively with landowners, permitting authorities, utilities, and other stakeholders.
• Understanding of budgeting, and contract implementation.
• Understanding of electricity market dynamics, trading, transit and energy business.
• Past international exposure to energy project development and/or management.
• Demonstrated experience in most aspects of project evaluation and development.
• Demonstrated experience in creating and utilizing financial models and tools to effectively support business decisions.
• Works well in a team environment and must be able to collaborate.
• English language proficiency.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.