Senior Battery Storage & Edge Compute Project Lead

Highland-Electric-Fleets; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision & Dental

Paid Time Off

401(k) with company match

Bonus program

Job summary

Highland Electric Fleets in Boston, MA seeks a Senior Project Developer to deliver battery storage and edge compute projects from concept through construction readiness. You will manage permitting, interconnection processes, and coordinate with external engineers to keep projects on schedule.

Based in Boston with ~20% travel, the role requires 8+ years in energy infrastructure and strong ability to lead entitlement strategies, liaise with authorities, and drive development budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 8+ years of directly related professional experience.
• 4+ years experience developing energy infrastructure projects, such as solar, BESS, transmission, or generation projects.
• Direct BESS development experience, including utility interconnection and engagement with permitting authorities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop entitlement strategies, manage permit submissions, and represent projects before municipal boards or other approval bodies.
• Experience evaluating project economics, development budgets, and tradeoffs among cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and risk.

Responsibilities

• Develop battery storage and edge compute projects from initial concept through construction readiness.
• Establish the appropriate utility pathway for each project, distinguishing new electrical service for compute loads from BESS interconnection and any associated operating or export requirements.
• Work with Highland's interconnection team to drive towards power readiness at each site, managing utilities to adhere to schedule.
• Develop and execute the entitlement and permitting strategy for each project, including zoning, land-use, building, electrical, fire, and applicable environmental approvals.
• Lead early engagement with authorities having jurisdiction, planning staff, fire officials, utilities, and other reviewing agencies.
• Manage complete permit submissions, responses to comments, public hearings, and approval conditions.
• Work with Highland's engineering team to review site plans, electrical one-lines, equipment layouts, and design assumptions sufficiently to identify development risks and coordination gaps.
• Track project schedules, budgets, and subcontractor deliverables.
• Engage construction teams to validate design and prep the project for handoff to Project Execution teams.

Skills

Project development

Permitting & interconnection

Stakeholder engagement

Budget & scheduling

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Highland Electric Fleets in Boston, MA seeks a Senior Project Developer to deliver battery storage and edge compute projects from concept through construction readiness. You will manage permitting, interconnection processes, and coordinate with external engineers to keep projects on schedule.

Based in Boston with ~20% travel, the role requires 8+ years in energy infrastructure and strong ability to lead entitlement strategies, liaise with authorities, and drive development budgets.