Energy Project Developer
About The Position
As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation, Trane Technologies, through its businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, prioritizes sustainability. This role is for an experienced Senior Project Developer within the Energy Services division in North America, focusing on leading energy and infrastructure projects that redefine building performance. The position involves leading multidisciplinary teams, solving complex problems, developing innovative solutions, and translating technical concepts for diverse audiences. The Senior Energy Services Project Developer will be at the center of changes driven by electrification, decarbonization, data demand, on-site generation, and intelligent operations. This role integrates customer objectives, engineering expertise, financial analysis, design, estimating, construction planning, performance requirements, and innovative technologies into complete solutions delivering measurable outcomes. The role requires collaboration with Sales, Energy Engineers, Design-Build Specialists, Measurement & Verification Engineers, Operations teams, contractors, and customer stakeholders to lead the development of complex energy, infrastructure, and facility modernization projects from opportunity qualification through contract execution. Successful candidates understand the interplay of building systems, operational requirements, financial objectives, project execution strategies, emerging technologies, and customer outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Business, Construction Management, Finance, Economics, or related field.
- 4+ years of experience in engineering, energy services, construction, facilities management, building automation, controls, consulting, project management, infrastructure development, capital projects, or similar fields.
- Strong project leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
- Business and financial aptitude with the ability to evaluate project value and customer outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with facility modernization, capital improvement programs, performance contracting (ESPC), design-build delivery, infrastructure planning, estimating, contractor coordination, HVAC systems, controls, mission-critical/data center facilities, renewable energy, or sustainability initiatives.
- Certifications such as CEM, PMP, PE, DBIA, or LEED AP are valued but not required.
Responsibilities
- Lead Project Development: Lead complex energy, infrastructure, and facility modernization opportunities from qualification through contract execution.
- Coordinate project development activities across engineering, design-build, estimating, operations, M&V, sales, and customer stakeholders while maintaining project schedules, priorities, deliverables, quality, and momentum.
- Develop Integrated Solutions: Partner with technical experts to develop solutions that align with customer objectives and project requirements. Solutions may include HVAC modernization, building automation and controls, energy efficiency improvements, facility renewal, deferred maintenance reduction, electrification, sustainability initiatives, resilience improvements, intelligent building technologies, renewable energy solutions, and other emerging technologies.
- Drive Customer Alignment: Work alongside sales teams and customer stakeholders to understand operational challenges, facility needs, financial objectives, and desired outcomes. Facilitate workshops, presentations, and planning discussions while helping stakeholders understand solution benefits, implementation requirements, risks, and expected results.
- Evaluate Business & Financial Viability: Develop business cases, lifecycle cost analyses, project valuations, and funding strategies that support customer investment decisions. Help customers evaluate value beyond energy savings, including operational performance, reliability, risk reduction, asset renewal, sustainability goals, occupant experience, and organizational priorities.
- Ensure Constructability & Project Feasibility: Collaborate with designers, contractors, estimators, and operations teams to ensure solutions are practical and executable. Evaluate project phasing, constructability, implementation challenges, subcontractor approaches, risk factors, and execution strategies to improve project outcomes and reduce delivery risk.
- Advance Innovation & Digital Solutions: Leverage analytics, digital tools, building performance insights, and emerging technologies to strengthen project development and customer outcomes. Support Trane's innovation strategy through the application of intelligent buildings, advanced analytics, AI-enabled tools, resilience solutions, and next-generation infrastructure technologies.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Holistic wellness programs with generous incentives
- Fertility coverage
- Adoption/surrogacy assistance
- 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution (up to 8% company contribution)
- 15 vacation days
- 9 paid holidays
- 3 floating holidays
- Sick leave
- Additional options to support volunteer and parental leave
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs
- Tuition assistance
- Student debt support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
