Senior DER Project Development Lead – Decarbonization

Honeywell International, Inc.

Springfield (IL)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 213,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Ins.

Disability Insurance (Short/Long-Term)

401(k) match and FSAs

Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

12 Holidays

Job summary

Honeywell International, Inc. is seeking a Project Development Manager to lead analysis, development, and advancement of DER, energy efficiency, electrification, resilience, and decarbonization projects for commercial and industrial clients.

You will report to the Director, Project Development and operate on-site in New Jersey, coordinating cross-functional teams across sales, engineering, finance, legal, operations, and external partners.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline with sound background in electrical systems.
7 to 10 years of experience in DER, renewable energy including solar PV, battery storage, microgrids, CHP, backup generation, EV charging, and energy efficiency solutions.
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 energy storage systems, microgrids, CHP, backup generation, EV charging, and energy efficiency solutions.
Develop feasibility assessments, energy analysis 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 commercial 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 teams to grow pipelines and improve win rates in target verticals including industrial, manufacturing, healthcare, higher education, commercial real estate, and data centers.
Facilitate contract negotiations and support project close activities.
Transition awarded projects to execution teams while maintaining customer continuity.