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BESS Development Manager

Downtown Houston💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-05 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead development of utility-scale wind, solar, and energy storage (BESS) projects in the U.S. from identification through start of construction.

Role type

Manager, Renewable Energy Project Development

Builds

Utility-scale wind, solar, and BESS projects

Domain

Renewable Energy / Energy Storage

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

BESS development, site screening, layout optimization, environmental permitting, land acquisition, community engagement, project management, financial modeling, interconnection management, resource assessment, commercial marketing, M&A due diligence

Preferred skills

Full life cycle BESS knowledge, complex multi-stakeholder project management from other industries

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Negotiate land rights (leases, easements, mineral waivers), secure local/state/federal permits, secure local agreements (tax abatement, community benefits), progress technology selection and design with engineering teams, transition projects to construction, model project economics, educate landowners and stakeholders, create project control tools (budgets, schedules, databases), identify new project opportunities, perform market analysis, manage interconnection requests, implement resource measurement campaigns, support financing and commercial marketing, manage project expenditures

Seniority

Manager, hands-on IC

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