Senior Greenfield Origination Specialist

Savion, LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Long-term disability

Life insurance

401(k) match

Generous PTO

14.5 paid holidays

Job summary

Savion, a Shell Group portfolio company, seeks a Senior Greenfield Origination Specialist to lead landowner relationships and initiate utility-scale solar projects across the US footprint. You will manage negotiations, coordinate with legal and development teams, and drive early-stage development, including ESAs and interconnection steps.

The role requires 5+ years (Manager) or 7+ years (Senior Manager) of related experience, strong regulatory communication, and travel up to 35%+.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Planning, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ or 7+ years of experience depending on level
• Familiarity with land use, environmental regulations, and permitting processes
• Strong written and verbal communication, including presenting to agencies and stakeholders
• Demonstrated multi-project management across teams and budgets

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead landowner relations as Savion’s primary representative in land acquisition and early development.
• Skip trace landowner contacts and develop strategies to overcome dead-ends and roadblocks.
• Initiate and drive negotiations, close real estate agreements for projects from hundreds to thousands of acres.
• Coordinate CRM and GIS-based interactions across internal and external teams.
• Manage external counsel for timely real estate contracts and documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure site control and risk mitigation.
• Support identification and execution of greenfield opportunities from siting through approvals.

Skills

Landowner relations

Negotiation

Project management

Land acquisition

Regulatory communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Planning, Engineering, or related field

4 year college degree

Tools

CRM

GIS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior GreenfieldOrigination Specialist

Savion, a Shell Group portfolio company, is one of the largest, most technologically advanced utility-scale solar and energy storage project development companies in the United States. With a growing portfolio of more than 40.8 GW, Savion’s diverse team provides comprehensive services at each phase of renewable energy project development, from conception through construction. As part of this full-service model, Savion manages all aspects of development for customers, partners, and project host communities. Savion is committed to helping decarbonize the energy grid by replacing electric power generation with renewable sources and delivering cost-competitive electricity to the marketplace.

Our workplace culture attracts competitive, smart, and fun people. We are committed to the health, fitness, and work-life balance of our employees. Our employees are highly motivated, technically proficient, team-oriented, and committed to renewable energy. We recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and offer highly competitive pay as well as exceptional above-market employee benefits. Balancing work and play are met with generous PTO allowances and 14.5 paid holidays per year.

Position Summary

Savionis looking foralandowner/client facinggreenfieldoriginationspecialistwho will work independently and efficiently toinitiatenewutility-scalesolar, BESS, andenergy infrastructureprojectsacross Savion’s US footprint.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead trusted relationships with landowners, serving as Savion’s primary representativethroughout the land acquisition and early-stage development process.
• Skip tracing landowner contactsbyleveragingonline resources (both paid and open source) and creatively overcomingapparentdead-ends and roadblocks.
• Cold-calling and creatinglandownerinterest,initiatinganddrivingnegotiations,and closingreal estateagreementstocreate projects ranging from500 acresto more than20,000 acres.
• Trackingandmaintainingclient/landownerinteractionsutilizingCRM,GIS&reportingresourcesshared with internal and external teams.
• Managing external counsel totimelyproduce,reviseand closereal estate contracts.
• Supportothers in theidentificationand executionof greenfieldopportunitiesby evaluatingprospective sitesthrua commercial and risk lensto ensuretimelyand efficientproject initiation.
• Initiate Phase 1 ESAs &critical issuesanalysisofnew projectstorule out early-stage fatal flaws.
• Coordinateproject interconnection processfor new projects.
• Coordinate title curative and mineral waiverprocessesas necessary.
• Partner cross-functionally (real estate, permitting, development, legal) to ensuresite controlagreements support downstream execution and minimize risk
• Efficiently and effectively handoffearly-stageprojects to regional development teams once site control,interconnectapplication, and fatal flawclearancesare completed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Planning, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years (Manager) or 7+ years (Senior Manager) of experience
• Significant familiarity with land use, environmental regulations, and permitting processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort and experience presenting projects to regulatory agencies, elected officials, planning commissions and other community stakeholders.
• Demonstrated project management skills across multiple concurrent projects, consultants, and budgets

Preferred Qualifications

• 4 yearcollege degree
• Outside (technical)salesPLUScommercial real estatenegotiation(options, leases, purchase & sale agreements)PLUSrenewable energy, BESS, or energy generationdevelopmentexperience
• A proven ability toinitiateandclose real estate agreements at a highvolume
• Knowledge ofcommercial real estate,agriculturallandand timber landmarkets
• ProficiencyinCRM,GIS,Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, Power-Point, etc.
• Proven ability to adapt to shifting priorities,technologies,market demands and otherforcesthatinfluencetheday-to-dayworkplan.
• Must be willing to travel up to 35%+ of time
• Base, bonus and compensation commensurate with experience
• Vacation & Holidays: Generous paid time off plus 14.5 paid holidays
• Benefits: Health & dental insurance, long-term disability and life insurance, 401(k) match
• Awesome culture and opportunities for interaction across multiple departments with fun and exciting events and challenges
• Savion offers a culture that embraces a flex-time schedule so as to maximize both productivity and work-life balance

Location

Remote:Kansas City Missouri – Headquarters

Remote workpermissiblein following states:Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana,Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,Washingtonand Wisconsin