Development Project Manager
About The Position
The Development Project Manager coordinates and executes early-stage development activities to advance solar and energy storage projects from site control through development completion. The role manages execution of approved development plans and coordinates internal stakeholders, third-party consultants, regulatory agencies, utilities, and landowners to address project risks and achieve development milestones. It does not include project origination, market selection, site identification, or commercial development strategy. The position advances projects through permitting and interconnection processes, manages development budgets and schedules, oversees consultant performance, and prepares projects for handoff to downstream execution teams. Work is fully in person five days per week at the Rockville, Maryland headquarters, with office work and field or project-site visits. Travel to project sites, including out-of-state and nationwide locations, is required. Typical hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Planning, Construction Management, Project Management, Real Estate, or a related field.
- 3–7 years of experience in renewable energy development, land development, utility infrastructure, permitting, or project management.
- Experience managing discretionary permitting processes and public meetings.
- Experience managing environmental, civil, survey, and engineering consultants.
- Familiarity with utility interconnection processes.
- Strong project scheduling, budget management, and organizational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to travel to project sites, including local, out-of-state, and nationwide locations.
- Ability to walk and navigate uneven terrain during site visits; PPE may be required on active construction sites.
- Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds and to sit, walk, stand, reach, bend, and read fine print for extended periods.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with solar PV and battery energy storage projects.
- Experience working with local planning commissions, zoning boards, and regulatory agencies.
- Knowledge of environmental permitting and land-use regulations.
- PMP certification.
- Experience with Procore, MS Project, Smartsheet, Salesforce, GIS, or related project management tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead greenfield solar and energy storage projects from site control through development completion.
- Develop and execute project-specific permitting strategies and manage discretionary permitting, including zoning approvals, conditional use permits, site plan approvals, special exceptions, variances, and other land-use entitlements.
- Prepare and manage schedules covering permitting, interconnection, environmental, and land milestones.
- Organize and manage public hearings, planning commission and zoning board meetings, county council meetings, and other regulatory proceedings; support community engagement and public outreach.
- Coordinate responses to agency comments and approval conditions, and maintain permitting logs, approval matrices, risk registers, and status reports.
- Coordinate utility interconnection applications, technical deliverables, communications, study schedules, milestones, deposits, and deadlines.
- Coordinate engineering support for interconnection applications, studies, and reviews; assess study results and risks, identify mitigations, and support utility negotiations and technical discussions.
- Support land acquisition activities, including lease negotiations, purchase agreements, easements, and access agreements.
- Coordinate title review, ALTA and boundary surveys, due diligence, legal review, real estate deliverables, and contractual obligations; maintain landowner and development-partner relationships and help secure and maintain site control.
- Procure, negotiate, and manage third-party consultant agreements, scopes of work, budgets, schedules, and deliverables.
- Manage environmental, engineering, civil, survey, geotechnical, wetlands, permitting, and other technical consultants; review reports, monitor performance and expenditures, and coordinate interdisciplinary deliverables.
- Coordinate environmental assessments, wetlands delineations, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, geotechnical investigations, topographic surveys, and other development studies.
- Identify environmental, permitting, and constructability risks; coordinate with development engineering on conceptual layouts and technical feasibility; ensure project assumptions have appropriate supporting studies and documentation.
- Manage development budgets and consultant expenditures, track schedules and critical paths, and prepare status reports and executive summaries.
- Maintain risk registers and mitigation plans; present updates to management, investment committees, and stakeholders; support advancement decisions with data-driven risk and financial analysis.
- Travel to project sites and navigate uneven terrain during site visits; use PPE at active construction sites when required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
