Analyst, Project Development

Summit Ridge Energy; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Ridge Energy is seeking a Project Development Analyst to support project and portfolio-level efforts, ensuring solar assets reach construction-ready status. You will coordinate entitlements, interconnection, and permitting while supporting internal delivery teams and maintaining data-room quality.

Travel 15–20% as needed in a dynamic development environment. The role emphasizes data analysis for feasibility, effective collaboration with engineering, and building relationships with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, or a related field.
• 1–2 years of relevant professional experience (internships count).
• Sharp organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously against tight deadlines.
• Comfort using GIS tools (ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar) to assess site constraints.
• Ability to build trust with local communities, permitting authorities, and development partners.
• Problem-solving mindset with proactive pathfinding.
• Willingness to travel 15–20% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate entitlement, interconnection, and permitting efforts across a defined market, keeping projects on schedule and on budget.
• Support and monitor internal delivery teams to keep tasks moving and on time.
• Own quality control for internal and external development data rooms.
• Track and prioritize multiple project workstreams at once, staying ahead of shifting deadlines.
• Partner with SRE's engineering team on proposed site layouts and designs, and help problem-solve around environmental, permitting, or interconnection constraints.
• Track programmatic and interconnection requirements across the portfolio, confirming they're met for every assigned project.
• Flag project-level development risks clearly and early to the development team.
• Gather and analyze data to assess the technical and economic feasibility of projects at different development stages, and make viability recommendations to the team.
• Build real relationships with local permitting authorities, utilities, community members, and third-party developers.
• Manage third-party contracts with technical, environmental, and interconnection consultants supporting our development work.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Relationship building

Problem solving

GIS tools

Travel willingness

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science or engineering

Job description

Summary

Summit Ridge Energy ("SRE") is seeking a Project Development Analyst who will provide project and portfolio-level support, ensuring SRE solar development assets obtain the necessary approvals to reach construction-ready status.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate entitlement, interconnection, and permitting efforts across a defined market, keeping projects on schedule and on budget
• Support and monitor internal delivery teams to keep tasks moving and on time
• Own quality control for internal and external development data rooms
• Track and prioritize multiple project workstreams at once, staying ahead of shifting deadlines
• Partner with SRE's engineering team on proposed site layouts and designs, and help problem-solve around environmental, permitting, or interconnection constraints
• Track programmatic and interconnection requirements across the portfolio, confirming they're met for every assigned project
• Flag project-level development risks clearly and early to the development team
• Gather and analyze data to assess the technical and economic feasibility of projects at different development stages, and make viability recommendations to the team
• Build real relationships with local permitting authorities, utilities, community members, and third-party developers
• Manage third-party contracts with technical, environmental, and interconnection consultants supporting our development work

Qualifications/Skills

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, or a related field
• 1-2 years of relevant professional experience (internships count)
• Sharp organizational skills and attention to detail
• A track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously against tight deadlines
• Comfort working with GIS tools ("ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar") to assess site restrictions, terrain, floodplains, easements, and other constraints (preferred)
• A natural relationship-builder, someone who can earn trust with local communities, permitting authorities, and development partners
• A problem-solving mindset: you look for the path forward rather than just flagging the obstacle
• Willingness to travel 15-20% of the time

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Summit Ridge Energy, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

Occupational Health and Safety:

SRE provides a workplace free from recognized hazards and complies with standards, rules and regulations issued under the OSH Act.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, printers, scanners, document projectors, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands: T

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.