Development Associate
About the role
As the Development Associate, you oversee key aspects of project development and due diligence for utility-scale renewable energy projects. This role operates within a fast-growing development group of a global energy company and offers the opportunity to shape processes and influence team growth.
Key Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional development and due diligence teams spanning engineering, land, environmental, permitting, interconnection, legal, finance, commercial, and external developers.
Drive team alignment, set priorities, manage timelines, and ensure accountability across all workstreams.
Facilitate structured and efficient team meetings; monitor action items; escalate key issues with clear recommendations.
Provide concise, strategic updates to senior leadership regarding project needs, decisions, risks, and status.
Act as the central point of coordination for both internal and external stakeholders.
Maintain strong working relationships with utilities, consultants, external developers, permitting agencies, landowners, and cross-functional teams.
Present complex technical and commercial issues in a clear and actionable manner.
Engage with senior leadership regularly to communicate resource needs, project decisions, and risk mitigation strategies.
Identify issues, involve relevant stakeholders, and develop solutions collaboratively using logic, structured reasoning, and data.
Make informed recommendations quickly and escalate when appropriate.
Maintain measured, professional, and thoughtful decision-making in fast-moving situations.
Help identify, create, refine, and implement development processes, tools, and workflows as the organization grows.
Contribute to building a scalable, repeatable development model for a rapidly expanding team.
Help inform greenfield strategy.
Participate in early-stage screening of new project opportunities using GIS, constraints analysis, and market research.
Work with land teams on targeted outreach and site evaluation where appropriate.
Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Environmental Science, Economics, Renewable Energy, or related field.
3–5 years of renewable energy industry experience, not limited to development (engineering, procurement, interconnection, finance, accounting, valuation, permitting, etc.).
Demonstrated ability to self-direct and lead project teams effectively.
Comfortable with project budgets, models, and other analytical knowledge base.
Strong problem-solving abilities and a structured, logical approach to decision-making.
Action-oriented and proactive, with the ability to drive projects forward while maintaining measured and professional responses under pressure.
Prepared and presenting updates, presentations, and recommendations to senior leadership.
Ability to succeed in an organization with evolving processes and help build and improve systems as the team grows.
Familiarity with U.S. ISO/RTO markets (ERCOT, CAISO, SPP, PJM, MISO, NYISO); experience in multiple markets preferred.
Willingness to travel ~25% of the time.