Senior Greenfield Origination Manager

Green Recruitment Company; Georgia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Performance bonus

PTO and paid holidays

Health/dental insurance

LTD/Life insurance

401(k) match

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Green Recruitment Company seeks a landowner relations and development professional to independently initiate utility-scale solar, battery storage, and energy infrastructure projects across the United States. You will build landowner relationships, manage acquisitions, and lead early-stage development, coordinating with legal, permitting, and cross-functional teams to accelerate project starts.

Travel up to 35%+ is expected as you engage with landowners, regulators, and partners while ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years experience (Manager) or 7+ years (Senior Manager).
• Strong knowledge of land use, environmental regulations, and permitting.
• Strong communication skills, including presenting to regulators, officials, and community stakeholders.
• Proven project management across multiple concurrent projects/budgets.

Responsibilities

• Build landowner relationships through land acquisition and early-stage development.
• Skip trace landowner contacts and locate owners.
• Cold-call, generate landowner interest, negotiate, and close real estate agreements on large projects (500–20,000+ acres).
• Track landowner interactions via CRM and GIS tools.
• Manage outside counsel on real estate contracts.
• Evaluate sites commercially and for risk to initiate projects.
• Initiate Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments and fatal-flaw analysis.
• Coordinate interconnection processes and title/mineral waiver work.
• Partner with real estate, permitting, development, and legal teams.
• Handoff early-stage projects to regional development teams after site control and interconnection are secured.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science/Planning/Engineering

Tools

CRM

GIS

MS Office

Job description

A large, established utility-scale solar and energy storage project developer with a 40+ GW project portfolio, offering full-service development from conception through construction.

Position Summary:

A landowner/client-facing role responsible for independently initiating new utility-scale solar, battery storage (BESS), and energy infrastructure projects nationally.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as primary company representative building landowner relationships through land acquisition and early-stage development

• Skip trace landowner contacts and work through difficult-to-locate owners

• Cold-call, generate landowner interest, negotiate, and close real estate agreements on projects ranging from 500 to 20,000+ acres

• Track landowner/client interactions via CRM and GIS tools

• Manage outside counsel on real estate contract drafting/revision/closing

• Evaluate prospective sites commercially and for risk to support efficient project initiation

• Initiate Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments and fatal-flaw analysis

• Coordinate interconnection processes and title curative/mineral waiver work

• Partner cross-functionally with real estate, permitting, development, and legal teams

• Hand off early-stage projects to regional development teams once site control, interconnection application, and fatal-flaw clearance are complete

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (Environmental Science, Planning, Engineering, or related)

• 5+ years experience (Manager) or 7+ years (Senior Manager)

• Strong knowledge of land use, environmental regulations, and permitting

• Strong communication skills, including presenting to regulators, officials, and community stakeholders

• Proven project management across multiple concurrent projects/budgets

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background combining technical/outside sales, commercial real estate negotiation (options, leases, PSAs), and renewable/BESS/energy generation development experience

• High-volume real estate deal-closing track record

• Knowledge of commercial real estate, agricultural, and timberland markets

• CRM/GIS/MS Office proficiency

• Willingness to travel up to 35%+

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive base + bonus, generous PTO plus 14.5 paid holidays, health/dental, LTD/life insurance, 401(k) match, flex-time culture.