Chief Project Development – Clean Energy & CCS

Arbor Energy; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

12+ company holidays

401(k)

Annual learning and development stiped

Job summary

Arbor Energy is seeking a Head of Project Development to own the end-to-end origination, siting, and de-risking of energy-plus-CDR generation facilities from greenfield concept through Final Investment Decision (FID).

Based out of El Segundo, CA, the role prioritizes high-value deployment markets in Texas, Louisiana, and the U.S. Gulf Coast before scaling nationally and internationally, with cross-functional collaboration across Policy and Finance to maximize project returns.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of infrastructure project development experience bringing complex utility-scale power or heavy industrial energy projects to financial close.
• Deep sector expertise across distributed energy, utility-scale renewables, or midstream infrastructure; CCS/CDR preferred.
• Mastery of grid dynamics, interconnection queues, tariff structures, and PPA negotiations.
• Strong regulatory and permitting experience, NEPA, zoning, environmental permits in the U.S. Gulf Coast.
• Strategic and operational agility to design macro scaling models and manage granular details.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline Ownership: Build and execute a blueprint for a multi-gigawatt pipeline of baseload projects.
• Co-Location Scoping: Identify optimal sites with favorable grid interconnection and fuel inputs proximity.
• Regional Execution: Lead Gulf Coast site acquisition, land options, and permitting.

Skills

Project lifecycle ownership

Grid dynamics & interconnection

Regulatory & permitting

Strategic scaling & macro modeling

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Arbor Energy is seeking a Head of Project Development to own the end-to-end origination, siting, and de-risking of energy-plus-CDR generation facilities from greenfield concept through Final Investment Decision (FID).

Based out of El Segundo, CA, the role prioritizes high-value deployment markets in Texas, Louisiana, and the U.S. Gulf Coast before scaling nationally and internationally, with cross-functional collaboration across Policy and Finance to maximize project returns.