Associate, Transmission Development

Invenergy•Chicago, IL

1d•$85,000 - $103,000•Onsite

About The Position

Invenergy’s Transmission Development team is responsible for generating and managing transmission opportunities for the company by identifying potential projects and advancing them through the development process. This includes site identification, land acquisition, permitting, resource measurement, establishing interconnection positions and community engagement. As an Associate, Transmission Development you will support the department with the development of transmission projects. The position will be based at the Chicago, Illinois office.

Requirements

A BS or BA from an accredited college program.
3+ years’ work experience in the transmission or renewable energy development.
A strong understanding of the development process of transmission and renewable energy project.
Strong organizational, networking, leadership, time management, and accounting skills.
Strong verbal and written communication, teamwork, organizational and time management skills.
Strong public speaking and personal skills.
Ability to write effective, concise reports.
Travel as needed, anticipated 20-50% of the time.
Valid driver’s license required.

Nice To Haves

Engineering or business degrees preferred.
Familiarity with transmission or energy project development, real estate development, transmission and power project engineering are advantageous.

Responsibilities

Advance existing transmission developments within the United States.
Identify development prospects, including market assessments, transmission routing analysis, fatal flaw identification and initial site reconnaissance.
Create documents and presentations
Develop competitive pricing strategies and manage resource assessment processes.
Secure site control for transmission development prospects, including negotiating leases, easements and other agreements with landowners.
Evaluate and track power market trends.
Coordinate landowner communication efforts.
Take a lead role in obtaining certain local, state and/or federal permits.
Represent Invenergy LLC with customers, landowners, state and local officials and other stakeholders.
Initiate and manage generation interconnection and transmission service activities.
Assist project budgeting and scheduling.
Manage tasks according to budgets and schedules, including coordinating internal and external technical support.