Hiring Company Overview:
Join a solar investor-developer-owner-operator that is integrated across the lifecycle of distributed generation (DG) and C&I solar projects in the U.S. and Europe. With a portfolio spanning 16 states and two European countries, it has over 800MW of projects under construction or operational in its portfolio, a pipeline of 4+ GW of new projects, and has deployed over $1.2 billion of capital since inception.
This firm invests and develops greenfield solar projects at the DG, C&I, and community-scale levels through partner developers or corporate partners including ground mounted, rooftop, and carport solar. Using an outsourced EPC, it completes construction of projects and then holds projects until an optimal time to exit.
Position Overview:
As the Due Diligence Manager and Project Coordinator, you will be responsible for maintaining and monitoring C&I and DG solar project documentation and communications and managing project data. You will also determine when to engage third party due diligence experts and develop mitigation strategies following their reports.
The ideal candidate for this position is highly organized and outgoing as you will be the center point for information flow. You will need to build and maintain good working relationships with internal team members as well as external vendors. As a personality type, you should be an “enabler” who encourages information sharing and ensures there is a single point of truth regarding project statuses and documentation, as well as a problem-solver who can navigate complex challenges.
Job location: Hybrid from the Northeast (CT, NY, NJ, MA, RI, PA)
Reporting to: Senior Owner’s Engineer
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain project trackers and transaction checklists in a digital project tracking system
- Because the firm acquires early-stage projects, work with counterparties such as early-stage developers, land acquisition companies, and other partners to track their progress against milestones for sale such as obtaining permits, securing land, completing environmental assessments, and interconnection applications.
- Coordinate with internal team members for their project updates including legal, engineering, finance, investment, asset management, and others
- In preparation for closing the project acquisition transaction, coordinate for cross-departmental coordination between external and internal team members
- For project acquisition due diligence, coordinate with internal teams such as engineering, construction, and asset management to determine project feasibility
- Coordinate with the origination and investment teams to ensure all documentation regarding project economics are received and validated such as Power Purchase Agreements, EPC bids, energy yield estimates and the associated financial projections, and other documents
- When internal team resources are unavailable to validate investment theses or technical information, coordinate for third party partner assistance
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, environmental studies, legal, engineering, or finance or a few years of experience in a role with similar responsibilities
- Early-stage renewable energy project development experience
- Community solar, distributed generation, or standalone storage experience a plus, especially in Northeast markets such as NYISO, ISO-NE, and PJM
Nice to have:
- Tax equity or project finance transaction experience
- M&A exposure
Benefits:
- Competitive base salary
- Quarterly Bonus
- 100% of medical benefits paid by the firm
- 401k matching up
- 26% of base salary or to IRS limit