Description
Direct the planning, development, and construction of renewable energy projects (wind, solar, storage), overseeing environmental reviews, permitting, contracting, and delivery from origination through commissioning. Accountable for portfolio budgets, schedules, safety, quality, and key stakeholder agreements.
- • Oversee EPCs, subcontractors, and consultants for safety, quality, schedule, and budget compliance.
- • Prepare and approve RFPs for EPC services and major equipment (turbines, modules, inverters, battery energy storage systems).
- • Direct site assessments and environmental studies for renewable project sites.
- • Lead negotiations for PPAs, land rights, interconnection, and tax incentives or abatements.
- • Maintain portfolio schedules, cost estimates, forecasts, and budgets.
- • Evaluate bids and recommend contract awards; manage contract execution and change orders.
- • Deliver executive-level project status reports to leadership, investors, utilities, and project teams.
- • Review civil, electrical, and structural designs for code, grid, and permitting compliance.
- • Provide technical direction for design, construction, commissioning, and performance testing.
- • Oversee preparation of project documentation, drawings, and as-built records.
- • Control project and program costs; implement value engineering and cost controls.
- • Define scopes of work for development, engineering, procurement, construction, and field services.
- • Coordinate development, resource assessment, engineering, procurement, and construction to meet objectives.
- • Oversee preparation and approval of environmental, building, and interconnection permits.
- • Govern program-level plans covering scope, resources, schedules, budgets, risks, contingencies, and QA/QC.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
