Solar Project Development Analyst — Permitting & Interconnection

Summit Ridge Energy; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Ridge Energy is seeking a Project Development Analyst to support project and portfolio-level efforts, ensuring solar assets reach construction-ready status. You will coordinate entitlements, interconnection, and permitting while supporting internal delivery teams and maintaining data-room quality.

Travel 15–20% as needed in a dynamic development environment. The role emphasizes data analysis for feasibility, effective collaboration with engineering, and building relationships with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, or a related field.
• 1–2 years of relevant professional experience (internships count).
• Sharp organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously against tight deadlines.
• Comfort using GIS tools (ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar) to assess site constraints.
• Ability to build trust with local communities, permitting authorities, and development partners.
• Problem-solving mindset with proactive pathfinding.
• Willingness to travel 15–20% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate entitlement, interconnection, and permitting efforts across a defined market, keeping projects on schedule and on budget.
• Support and monitor internal delivery teams to keep tasks moving and on time.
• Own quality control for internal and external development data rooms.
• Track and prioritize multiple project workstreams at once, staying ahead of shifting deadlines.
• Partner with SRE's engineering team on proposed site layouts and designs, and help problem-solve around environmental, permitting, or interconnection constraints.
• Track programmatic and interconnection requirements across the portfolio, confirming they're met for every assigned project.
• Flag project-level development risks clearly and early to the development team.
• Gather and analyze data to assess the technical and economic feasibility of projects at different development stages, and make viability recommendations to the team.
• Build real relationships with local permitting authorities, utilities, community members, and third-party developers.
• Manage third-party contracts with technical, environmental, and interconnection consultants supporting our development work.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Relationship building

Problem solving

GIS tools

Travel willingness

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science or engineering

Job description

Summit Ridge Energy is seeking a Project Development Analyst to support project and portfolio-level efforts, ensuring solar assets reach construction-ready status. You will coordinate entitlements, interconnection, and permitting while supporting internal delivery teams and maintaining data-room quality.

Travel 15–20% as needed in a dynamic development environment. The role emphasizes data analysis for feasibility, effective collaboration with engineering, and building relationships with