Senior Project Lead - Late-Stage Projects

• Represent Geronimo Power with federal, state and local officials, regulators, utilities, transmission operators, and other stakeholders as necessary to bring the project to construction. This could include direct management and/or proper delegation to ensure stakeholder relationships are maintained.
• Successfully negotiate and secure Road Use and Maintenance Agreements through collaboration with external stakeholders and internal team members.
• Update internal and external data for reports, run project calls, create presentations, and maintain project schedules.
• Work collaboratively and closely with project finance teams to ensure accuracy in the project’s investment budget, historical development costs, securing any remaining tax abatements available to the project, and forecasting cash flow needed up to financial investment.
• Appropriately manage, understand, and articulate project risks as it relates to development, design, schedule, project economics, and constructability, offering creative solutions to mitigate risks.
• Manage >$500 million in investment budgets for approximately 3 late-stage projects. Capital investment will vary depending on size and type of the project
• Author written or verbal reports to management including updates on project status and changes to regulations.
• Proactively obtain necessary documentation for project financing such as legal memorandums or third-party verification reports.
• Manage and leverage external consultants and/or contractors to advance the project to investment.
• Lead the engineering, procurement and construction teams to ensure that projects are deliverable, considerate of site characteristics, on-budget, and optimized from an equipment standpoint.
• Supervise a portfolio of early to mid-stage project with limited direct involvement.
• Lead and champion approximately 3 late-stage development projects to align schedule, budget, management of project risks, and securing financial investment in any given fiscal year.
• Proactively engage and participate with the Transmission department on project specific interconnection calls as it relates to schedule and design.
• Proactively review, analyze, and comprehend key information from purchase options, lease options, and easements. Determine if additional agreements, amendments, or extensions are necessary for project viability, and obtain through direct management and/or proper delegation.

• Proficient collaboration and assistance with various internal departments such that project deliverables and gating requirements are met in a timely matter for investment.
• 5-8+ years of project development experience in renewable energy, including project management experience, or a relatable industry (energy, real estate, commercial development, etc.)
• Demonstrated knowledge of energy markets is required.
• Innovative in ability to analyze and present solutions to problems.
• Accomplished project management skills and excellent organization.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver on late-stage large scale utility energy development projects is required.
• Intermediate to advanced understanding of real property interests is preferred.
• Demonstrated track record of project ownership.
• Intermediate to advanced understanding of project schedules is required.
• Intermediate to advanced understanding of project models and budgets is preferred.
• Valid Drivers License.
• Ability to self-prioritize and plan work effectively.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Teams; Sharepoint; Word; Excel; PowerPoint.)
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, environmental policy/sciences, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced understanding of project constraints and conceptual engineering design is preferred.
• Willingness to work with and manage relationships with landowners and other stakeholders is required.
• Prior experience with public speaking or presentations is strongly preferred.
• Ability to work independently and park of a team.
• Ability to drive process improvement for projects and departmentally.
• Relationship management skills including but not limited to conflict resolution, negotiation, relationship building, stakeholder engagement, and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrated Leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Travel approximately 30% of the time.

Pay Range for the posted level: Minimum of $145,000-172,000.00

We offer a comprehensive benefit package, including Medical, Dental, 401(k) and disability benefits.