Sr. Project Developer, Energy Services
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, is committed to putting the planet first. Sustainability is not just how they do business, it is their business. The company invites individuals who dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities to contribute to making a better future. This role is ideal for experienced project developers, engineers, construction and design-build leaders, building automation and controls specialists, energy and sustainability professionals, and technical consultants ready to lead complex infrastructure, energy, and mission-critical projects. The Senior Energy Services Project Developer serves as the leader and integrator of the project development process, bringing together customer objectives, engineering expertise, financial analysis, design, estimating, construction planning, performance requirements, and innovative technologies into complete solutions that deliver measurable outcomes. Working closely with Sales, Energy Engineers, Design-Build Specialists, Measurement & Verification Engineers, Operations teams, contractors, and customer stakeholders, this role leads the development of complex energy, infrastructure, and facility modernization projects from opportunity qualification through contract execution. Successful candidates understand how building systems, operational requirements, financial objectives, project execution strategies, emerging technologies, and customer outcomes work together to create successful projects. The Energy Services business is expanding into vertical markets shaping the next decade of the built environment, including Electrification & Decarbonization, Core HVAC & Building Automation, Renewable Energy & On-Site Generation, Energy Storage & Grid-Interactive Buildings, Intelligent & AI-Enabled Buildings, and Mission-Critical & Data Centers.
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 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.
- Partner with technical experts to develop solutions that align with customer objectives and project requirements, including 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Family building benefits include fertility coverage and 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
