Senior DER & Energy Projects Development Manager

Honeywell International, Inc.; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k) match

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Honeywell is seeking a Project Development Manager to lead DER, energy efficiency, electrification, resilience, and decarbonization projects for commercial and industrial clients. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, develop feasibility analyses, and advance opportunities from qualification through execution.

The role requires 7–10 years of DER experience, strong financial acumen, and proven ability to manage multi-site programs in a matrix organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Management, Industrial, Mechanical, Civil or related technical discipline with sound background in electrical systems.
• 7–10 years of experience in DER, renewables incl. solar PV, BESS, microgrids, CHP, backup generation, EV charging, and energy efficiency.
• Experience developing projects valued from $5M to $50M+.
• Strong commercial, financial, and customer-facing experience.
• Ability to lead multiple concurrent opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of DER opportunities including solar PV, battery storage, microgrids, CHP, backup generation, EV charging, and energy efficiency solutions.
• Develop feasibility assessments, energy analyses and modeling, investment-grade audits, commercial strategy, proposal development, and executive presentations.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define technical scope, energy savings, generation performance, and project economics.
• Build financial models and proformas supporting EPC, EaaS, PPA, ESA, lease, and hybrid structures.
• Act as trusted advisor to customer executives, facility leaders, and sustainability stakeholders.
• Manage development schedules, risks, budgets, incentives, permitting considerations, and stakeholder alignment.
• Partner with sales to grow pipelines in industrial, manufacturing, healthcare, higher education, commercial real estate, data centers.
• Facilitate contract negotiations and support project close activities.
• Transition awarded projects to execution teams while maintaining customer continuity.

Skills

DER expertise

Financial modeling

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Energy Management / Industrial / Mechanical / Civil

Tools

Helioscope

PV Syst

NearMap

Xendee

ETAP

Job description

Honeywell is seeking a Project Development Manager to lead DER, energy efficiency, electrification, resilience, and decarbonization projects for commercial and industrial clients. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, develop feasibility analyses, and advance opportunities from qualification through execution.

The role requires 7–10 years of DER experience, strong financial acumen, and proven ability to manage multi-site programs in a matrix organization.