Avantus
Utility-Scale Renewable Development Opportunistic
(Hybrid) San Diego, CA, USA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 days ago
Project ManagementNegotiationFinancial AnalysisExcelProcurementLeadershipCommunicationMicrosoft OfficeRenewable Energy
About the role
- Avantus develops, owns and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. Our development pipeline of solar with integrated storage will generate enough dispatchable power to serve more than 10 million Americans, day and night. Backed by strategic investment from KKR and EIG, and building on more than a decade of
- industry leadership, Avantus is growing its position as an independent power producer, delivering affordable, reliable clean energy solutions to meet America's growing energy demand.
Responsibilities
- Engage community, local and state institutions for project support.
- Assist in the preparation of permit applications for new and acquired solar facilities across multiple local, state, and federal jurisdictions. Managing contractors, vendors, and consultants to maintain project timeline and budget.
- Avantus develops, owns and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge of the full-cycle of utility-scale renewable power generation development and marketing.
- Strong understanding of the relationships within a project schedule in order to prioritize teams' resource allocation
- Highly proficient in MS Excel (advanced proficiency required), Project, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as Google Earth
- Substantial ability to recognize opportunities, identify and evaluate risks in a development context as well as effectively communicate the foregoing.
- Extensive knowledge of interconnection, permitting, real estate, state/federal regulation, utility procurement goals, politics, law and other issues that impact development of renewable energy projects in the eastern energy markets.
- Detailed understanding of the interconnection process (study process, contracting, utility requirements, financial obligations, and scope execution by utilities) to both site projects optimally and to advance them through COD.
- Solid understanding of economic drivers within our business.
- Concisely frame issues by providing context, analysis, recommendations and risk/benefit tradeoffs, both in written and verbal format, to project teams and to senior management. Create control and influence over the costs, terms, and schedules of key project milestones that are heavily dependent on external counterparties, often without strong commercial recourse.
- Highly resourceful and able to design process for the advancement of project milestones and navigate through key risks where little structure is established.
- Independent self-starter who can meet deadlines and deliver quality products with minimal oversight.
Skills
- Successful candidates will demonstrate sound industry knowledge, superior communications, and detail-oriented organizational skills.
Benefits
- We're building something truly special and always looking for individuals whose experience and values align with our vision to join our team.
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