Energy Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Approximately 8 or more years of experience in site selection, land acquisition, real estate development, data center development, energy infrastructure development, or a closely related field.
• Proven record of closing land transactions, including LOIs, options, leases, purchase agreements, or other forms of site control.
• Experience sourcing and evaluating sites for data centers, energy infrastructure, industrial development, power generation, or other large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Experience working with utilities on power availability, utility interconnection, infrastructure requirements, development timelines, or related power procurement activities.
• Strong understanding of factors determining whether a site can support a large-scale data center, including land, power, fiber, zoning, water, environmental constraints, and infrastructure.
• Experience navigating zoning, entitlements, permitting, environmental considerations, and local jurisdictional processes.
• Strong real estate negotiation skills and ability to work directly with property owners, brokers, developers, utilities, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to evaluate opportunities based on developable MW, cost per MW, schedule-to-power, land economics, infrastructure requirements, and development risk.
• Strong understanding of power markets and practical challenges associated with securing significant electrical capacity for new developments.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, including ability to manage multiple potential sites and transactions simultaneously.
• Ability to operate across strategy and execution with a high level of ownership and a bias toward action.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and building processes while executing; no pre-existing playbook is required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to establish credibility and build relationships with property owners, utilities, government officials, technical teams, executives, and external partners.
• Authorization to work in the United States before joining TransGrid Energy LLC; the company will not sponsor or assist with work authorization.

Nice To Haves

• Existing relationships with utilities, real estate brokers, landowners, developers, municipalities, or other relevant stakeholders are highly valued.
• Bachelor’s degree in real estate, engineering, business, or a related field preferred; relevant experience may be considered instead of a specific degree.
• Travel may be required depending on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Identify, source, and evaluate potential data center sites based on power availability, utility interconnection, land characteristics, fiber connectivity, zoning, water availability, environmental considerations, and development feasibility.
• Lead land acquisition from initial site identification and property-owner outreach through LOIs, options, purchase agreements, leases, and other forms of site control.
• Negotiate with landowners, brokers, developers, and other stakeholders to secure favorable commercial terms and site control.
• Own power procurement and utility due diligence with Power Systems Engineering, evaluating available capacity, interconnection requirements, timelines, costs, and risks.
• Work with utilities and power providers to understand available capacity, infrastructure requirements, interconnection processes, development timelines, and constraints.
• Drive zoning, entitlement, permitting, and local development strategy with internal and external development resources.
• Build, maintain, evaluate, and prioritize a qualified land and power pipeline based on development potential and strategic fit.
• Develop and maintain feasibility assessments for opportunities, including developable MW, land cost, power cost, infrastructure requirements, development schedule, and schedule-to-power.
• Recommend which site opportunities should advance based on land, power, infrastructure, entitlement, timing, and economic considerations.
• Coordinate cross-functional due diligence across real estate, power, engineering, legal, environmental, permitting, finance, and development teams.
• Track acquisition milestones, critical-path items, development risks, and required actions to maintain project schedules.
• Identify land, power, permitting, environmental, infrastructure, and schedule risks early and develop mitigation strategies.
• Build and maintain relationships with brokers, landowners, utilities, developers, municipalities, economic development organizations, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor data center development activity, power-market conditions, utility infrastructure investments, transmission and generation projects, and other market developments that may create site opportunities.
• Represent TransGrid Energy in discussions with property owners, utilities, municipalities, brokers, developers, and other external stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate pipeline reporting and provide regular updates on site control, developable MW, power availability, schedule-to-power, land and power costs, and key development risks.
• Develop repeatable site-selection, acquisition, and evaluation processes to scale the development pipeline efficiently.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.