Remote Permitting Lead for Energy Projects

AES Corporation; Town of Texas (WI); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Corporation is seeking a Permitting Project Manager to lead environmental permitting for energy facilities across MISO, SPP, and ERCOT regions. The role interfaces with development, real estate, engineering, interconnection, and operations teams to secure timely permits for renewable and gas generation projects.

The ideal candidate will manage complex regulatory requirements, coordinate with agencies, and guide consultants while ensuring safety, compliance, and project momentum from concept

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, geology, planning, natural resources, or related discipline.
• Typically 4–8 years of permitting, environmental planning, or project development experience.
• Experience with state and federal air permitting for combustion sources, including emissions calculations, NSR and Title V applicability, air-quality modeling.
• Ability to travel as needed to project sites, agency meetings, and company offices.

Responsibilities

• Lead permitting and land-use entitlement for energy facilities across local, state and federal jurisdictions within MISO, SPP and ERCOT.
• Develop and execute project-specific permitting strategies, responsibility matrices, budgets and integrated schedules.
• Coordinate with authorities having jurisdiction and regulatory agencies through pre-application meetings, application review, public-comment processes, hearings, permit negotiations and resolution of information requests.
• Mentor analysts and other permitting team members.

Skills

Air permitting

NSR & Title V

Emissions calculations

Regulatory coordination

Project development

Travel readiness

Environmental due diligence

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, geology, planning, natural resources, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft 365

ESRI ArcGIS

GIS-based screening tools

Google Earth

Job description

AES Corporation is seeking a Permitting Project Manager to lead environmental permitting for energy facilities across MISO, SPP, and ERCOT regions. The role interfaces with development, real estate, engineering, interconnection, and operations teams to secure timely permits for renewable and gas generation projects.

The ideal candidate will manage complex regulatory requirements, coordinate with agencies, and guide consultants while ensuring safety, compliance, and project momentum from concept