Director, Renewable Development

Invenergy; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program (30-40%)

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k and PTO

Job summary

Invenergy, North America’s largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of power infrastructure, seeks a Director, Renewable Development based in Portland. This leadership role drives utility-scale renewable projects across the Pacific Northwest, coordinating development, interconnection, and permitting efforts with a hybrid office/remote schedule.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in energy project development, a Bachelor’s degree, and travel readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 10+ years in energy project development, transmission, or power project engineering.
• Willingness to travel and valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Manage wind, solar, storage, and geothermal projects in the Pacific Northwest.
• Lead development activities through early, mid, and late stages.
• Secure site control including leases, easements, and agreements.
• Obtain local, state, and federal permits as needed.
• Represent Invenergy with customers, landowners, and officials.
• Manage interconnection activities and coordinate budgets/schedules.

Skills

Project development

Stakeholder management

Interconnection

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (preferred)

Job description

Invenergy is North America’s largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of power infrastructure. With 25 years of trusted execution, we deliver reliable, affordable energy through a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, solar, land-based wind, energy storage, transmission, and domestic manufacturing. Headquartered in Chicago, we develop, own, and operate large scale projects that power communities and support the energy future.

Invenergy follows a hybrid schedule, working in office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays if work permits.

This position will be open for application for at least 3 calendar days from the posting date. This position will remain open for application based on business need, which may be before or after the 3-day posting window.

Job Description

Position Overview

As a Director, Renewable Development, you will lead the development of utility-scale renewable energy projects in the Pacific Northwest.This will be a position based in the Portland office.

Responsibilities:

• Manage wind, solar, storage, geothermal projects within the Pacific Northwest market.
• Lead development activities in early, mid, and/or late stages of projects
• Identify development prospects, including market assessments, fatal flaw identification and initial site reconnaissance.
• Secure site control for development prospects, including negotiating leases, easements and other agreements with landowners.
• Take a lead role in obtaining certain local, state and/or federal permits.
• Represent Invenergy with customers, landowners, state and local officials and other stakeholders.
• Manage generation interconnection activities.
• Manage tasks according to budgets and schedules, including coordinating internal and external technical support.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10+ years’ experience in energy project development, transmission, or power project engineering.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to project site / company offices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a related discipline such as business
• Experience supporting the design basis and specifications for site characterization and preliminary engineering works of a renewable energy project.
• Experience in the integration disciplines of a large generation facility project including interconnection, energy and capacity yield assessment, site control, ROW agreements and GIS.
• Experience supporting economic modeling for all phases of a project.
• Experience preparing RFI/RFPs, definition of work scopes and consolidation of bids from contractors in support of development activities.
• Track record managing and/or coordinating both internal and external subject matter experts in the areas of permitting, engineering, and supply chain.
• Working knowledge of design standards and impacts on solar & storage technology decisions, project development impacts, and project delivery on a regional basis.

Base Pay

$200,000.00 - $240,000.00 USD Annual

30-40% Bonus

The base pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for the position. Invenergy considers a number of factors when determining base pay offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education and skills.
In addition to base pay, the total annual compensation package may also include eligibility to participate in our bonus program(s) which are designed to reward individual and company performance. Your recruiter can share more about bonus eligibility for this position during the hiring process.
Invenergy offers a variety of other benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off, etc.

Invenergy LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.