Senior Solar & Storage Development Lead — Hybrid NYC/Denver

SolSearch Energy; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

Generous PTO

Job summary

SolSearch Energy is seeking a Senior Development Manager for solar and storage projects, with a hybrid work setup in New York City or Denver (four days in office). You will run your own projects from feasibility through NTP and COD, owning permitting, interconnection strategy, and landowner relationships while guiding less experienced developers.

You will review the portfolio for risks, manage external engineers and permitting specialists, and collaborate with pre-construction, engineering,

Qualifications

• 5+ years in solar and/or storage development.
• Time as the primary development lead on distributed generation projects, from early stage through development complete.
• Hands-on ownership of permitting, title and site control cures, landowner relationships, and project budgets and schedules.
• Experience supporting construction loan and tax equity diligence.
• Strong critical path scheduling and project budgeting.
• Working knowledge of solar and storage design for projects up to 20MW+ AC.

Responsibilities

• Run your own projects from site feasibility through NTP and COD, on schedule and on budget.
• Review active projects across the portfolio and flag technical risks and gaps.
• Manage outside engineers, consultants and permitting specialists, and keep as much work in-house as you sensibly can.
• Review developers' work and help them grow. Put standards, templates and workflows in place, and fix the patterns that cause projects to stall.
• Work with pre-construction, engineering, finance and origination on handoffs, including construction loan and tax equity diligence.

Skills

Project management

Solar development

Budgeting

Scheduling

Mentoring

Landowner relations

Interconnection strategy

Tools

Helioscope

Smartsheet

MS Office

Job description

SolSearch Energy is seeking a Senior Development Manager for solar and storage projects, with a hybrid work setup in New York City or Denver (four days in office). You will run your own projects from feasibility through NTP and COD, owning permitting, interconnection strategy, and landowner relationships while guiding less experienced developers.

You will review the portfolio for risks, manage external engineers and permitting specialists, and collaborate with pre-construction, engineering,