newleafenergy · Chicago, Illinois, United States
New Leaf Energy is an experienced clean energy developer that partners with landowners, policymakers, and other stakeholders to accelerate the transition to a world powered by renewable energy. We identify high-value sites, work with landowners and local communities to develop them, and partner with long-term asset owners to bring the most impactful clean energy projects to life. New Leaf Energy is seeking a Project Developer, Midwest to join our growing team! The Project Developer’s ultimate priority is to originate and develop buildable, profitable multi-megawatt renewable energy projects in their assigned region. Your core responsibility will be to begin project development activities on dozens of sites, which means negotiating agreements with landowners, starting the entitlement and interconnection processes, and otherwise moving projects through New Leaf Energy’s project development process until they are ready to finance and build. You will build and nurture relationships with local stakeholders, including landowners, local governments, utilities, policy-makers, and others. You will work closely with our Policy and Business Development lead for the region, you will be a primary regional expert in the company, and you must either already possess or quickly develop fundamental market knowledge in order to create and execute a successful project development plan. This position may be filled out of our Chicago, IL office. We value in-person collaboration and offer a hybrid work environment. Hybrid employees work in the office at least two out of every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and are free to work from the office or from home on other days. Position responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Develop solar and energy storage projects at the megawatt scale, from origination through financial close; Meet or exceed annual volume targets. Those volume targets will be the result of a project development plan on which you and your manager will collabo…
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