Project Developer, Mobility Hubs

Higher Ground Consulting; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k contributions

Job summary

Higher Ground Consulting seeks a skilled Project Developer to manage mobility infrastructure projects. This hybrid role involves overseeing engineering resources, ensuring timely project delivery, and contributing to sustainable transportation solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in the energy and mobility sectors, strong leadership skills, and a customer-centric approach.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project development experience in the distributed energy resource and mobility industry.
• Deep understanding of local approval processes including entitlement, CEQA, and permitting.
• Experience with complex project budget management and cost coding.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering resources to complete initial concept design packages.
• Own key project management and consultancy relationships.
• Coordinate with cross-functional team members for grant proposal generation.

Skills

Project Management

Engineering

Communication

Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

BS or MS in Engineering

Job description

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We are seeking a highly skilled and organized Project Developer to join our Prologis Engineering Alliance to plan for and manage front-end development workstreams of mobility infrastructure projects. This role is critical in driving our organization's transition to sustainable transportation solutions, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and safety. This is a hybrid position, with remote work, combined with presence at client offices. The successful incumbent should be located in California, with the ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Manage engineering resources to complete initial concept design packages and mature those packages through detailed design. Must be able to review drawings, plansets and construction documents critically, identify gaps and hold engineers/drafters accountable to site design standards.
2. Manage submittals to multiple Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), responses to AHJ comments and management of time approvals.
3. Manage engineering resources to complete utility service applications, interconnection applications and manage deliverables with the utility to complete the intake, study, design and execution phases of the utility upgrades when required.
4. Own key project management, consultancy, engineering, and supplier relationships, and manage their scope development and deliverables against cost and schedule metrics.
5. Coordinate with cross functional team members to support grant proposal generation in pursuit of grant and incentive funding for projects.
6. Understand Prologis project cost structures and estimating techniques to analyze project costs critically, identify inconsistencies and scope requiring value engineering.
7. Understand and influence program standards for reporting, site design and general process adherence.
8. Drive data quality and standardization of portfolio dashboard metrics from the top down.
9. Be highly adaptable to managing change and give clear direction during times of transition.
10. Work with Contracting & Procurement to secure strategic sources in key categories that minimize global supply chain risk.
11. Develop and implement processes to track project development cadence against other key parallel workstreams like customer contracting and grant awards.
12. Implement Global Design Standards and instill cost leadership within engineering teams to ensure competitive outcomes.
13. Oversee the technical implementation of Prologis Mobility energy strategies at the project level that balance schedule, cost, and carbon emissions risk.
14. Collaborate in a broadening global Projects & Technology community to stay abreast of the technology catalog, share lessons learned, optimize resources, and develop skills & best practices within the community.

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS:

1. 7+ years of projects development experience in the distributed energy resource and mobility industry collectively (EV Charging, Energy Storage, Hydrogen Systems, Combined Heat & Power).
2. Customer centric and innovative developer mindset focused on creative solutions to build projects.
3. Comfort in making decisions and leading stakeholders in a highly ambiguous and ever-changing environment.
4. Self-motivated with ability to multi-task, prioritize and resolve complex issues with minimal direction.
5. Experience with and deep understanding of local approval processes including entitlement, CEQA, permitting and securing Certificates of Occupancy.
6. Deep understanding of Energy and Carbon Systems.
7. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
8. Leadership ability in a high-performance culture with the ability to build consensus, establish trust, and communicate effectively.
9. Experience with complex project budget management and cost coding. High degree of comfort in excel and budget reporting software.

THE FOLLOWING WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ASSET:

• BS or MS in Engineering preferred.

HGC takes a market-based approach to pay, therefore pay may vary depending on location. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. We offer a complete compensation package including competitive salary, health insurance, and 401k contributions. The estimated pay range for this role is $165,000 - $185,000.

About HGC: HGC is a full service EPCM company. We comprise a dedicated team of professionals trained and experienced in project management, engineering, and design, working together to provide practical solutions to our clients, with an intense focus on advancing our client’s projects through to successful completion. We comprise a dedicated team of professionals trained and experienced in project management, engineering, and design, working together to provide practical solutions to our clients, with an intense focus on advancing our client’s projects through to successful completion.

Team Building: At Higher Ground, our motto is we get stuff done. We take pride in being reliable consultants that deliver high quality services, so we work hard. But we also celebrate our successes. We have various social events and opportunities for the team to relax and enjoy time together outside of the office.

Career Development: Our performance management and feedback program is a core part of how we grow as a company and as professionals. We have an open-door policy and encourage mentorship and active feedback loops. We seek to both provide and collect constructive criticism and collaborate on how to do things better, and constantly find areas to improve, both as individuals and as project teams. To support continuous growth, we have training budgets allocated for people to explore ways to grow their technical and soft skills. We believe investing in our staff is investing in our business.

Opportunities for Growth: Higher Ground is a fully employee-owned, private consulting company that has thrived on being adaptable to the market and open to new strategic growth initiatives. When our people come to us with a plan or idea to pursue a client, industry, or geographic region, we want to support it. We are always open to supporting our team to grow and explore new business opportunities and share in the rewards from successful ventures.

Interested candidates are asked to email a current cover letter and resume to [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries
• Civil Engineering

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