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Manager of Thermal Development

Chicago, IL💼 Full-time💰 $118,000–$155,000🗓 2026-03-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Developing greenfield and brownfield standalone combustion turbine and combined cycle projects including carbon capture across RTOs in the United States.

Role type

Manager of Thermal Development

Builds

Utility-scale thermal power generation and storage solutions

Domain

Energy / Power Generation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Project development, thermal energy production, economic modeling, financial evaluation, site acquisition, regulatory approvals, engineering coordination, budget management, stakeholder representation

Preferred skills

Organizational skills, networking, leadership, time management

Technologies

Combustion turbines, combined cycle systems, carbon capture technologies

Responsibilities

Develop multiple projects supporting PPA origination and build transfer opportunities, evaluate thermal power generation technologies, support market entry analysis and site evaluation, manage internal and external resource development activities, manage economic model development and financial evaluation, create and manage project development budget and capital cost estimates, report and execute project management throughout the lifecycle, work with Regulatory and Commercial Analytics teams, represent the company with customers and officials

Seniority

Manager, hands-on IC

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