Description

• Oversees site identification by working with wind resource and transmission teams to apply fundamental site criteria (land ownership, wind resource, access to existing transmission lines, constructability, and other pertinent standards).
• Works closely with energy resource engineers to identify optimum project sites and develop land acquisition strategies.
• Works closely with legal counsel and senior development team members to draft land-rights documents.
• Manages land acquisition consultants and other temporary contractors.
• Identifies business opportunities and helps form relationships with critical utilities and other potential clients within a region.
• Works with landowners and energy resource engineers to get measurement equipment permitted and installed.
• Works with the finance team to assess the viability of emerging opportunities.
• Manages all aspects of the land-rights acquisition process.
• Manages environmental and permitting work.
• Participates in transmission/interconnection process.
• Represents the Company in community settings and in front of large landowner groups.
• Attends work regularly and punctually, as scheduled or expected.
• Complies with Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct, and Company Policies & Procedures.

• Presents, supports, and leads-by-example with a safety and quality-oriented attitude.
• Participates in environmental and permitting work.
• Participates in transmission/interconnection process.
• Represents the Company in community settings and in front of large landowner groups.

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, law, engineering, science, or a related field OR 3 or more years of project management experience, required.
• 3 or more years of experience in large-scale commercial project development, real estate, or land acquisition, required.
• Ability to travel 16 to 30%, required.
• Must possess a valid Driver’s License.
• Advanced experience in project development or real estate, land acquisition equivalent industry experience. 
• Advanced skills in managing the full spectrum of core responsibilities independently or with limited oversight.
• Advanced skills in solving complex problems.
• Intermediate skills in managing land acquisition through financial closing activity.
• Advanced skills in managing client interactions and delivering time cost-effective projects.
• Advanced skills in MS Office.
• Advanced Project Management – Managing multiple priorities to a typical schedule.
• Permitting/Environmental/Tax – Intermediate knowledge of environmental studies and risks, discerning the reports to identify the next steps.  A general understanding of local, state, and federal permits that may be required. Broad knowledge of local, state, and federal tax incentives.
• Interconnection – intermediate knowledge of the grid, interconnection process, and risk.
• General Electricity Markets – intermediate knowledge of the ISO electricity market structures, services, and products, including energy, capacity, and ancillary markets.  General understanding of utility rate base structures and functioning of vertically integrated energy companies.
• Functional competencies include collaboration, attention to detail, learning on the fly, excellence, and passion.

• Medical, Prescription, Dental and Vision effective date of hire
• Basic Life and Dependent Life
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• RRSP with 6% company match
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO) and 10 Paid Holidays
• Tuition and Green Car reimbursement
• Volunteer and Charity Matching
• Paid Parental Leave and Paid Sabbatical Leave
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Employee Discounts and Wellness programs
• Wellness Reimbursement $680 CAD annually