Vesper Energy is looking for a skilled and motivated individual to join the Vesper Energy team as Manager, Development. Key skills required for this role include project management, economic analysis, contract negotiation, and transaction support across a pipeline of projects targeting wholesale power markets in the US.
The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in the energy industry, strong financial analysis skills, an ability to effectively communicate complex ideas, and the ability and enthusiasm to drive projects forward
Desired Educational Level:
- Bachelor’s degree
Basic Qualifications:
- Extensive knowledge of the full-cycle of utility-scale renewable power generation development and marketing.
- 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.
- Strong understanding of the relationships within a project schedule to prioritize teams’ resource allocation
- Highly resourceful and able to design processes for the advancement of project milestones and navigate through key risks where little structure is established.
- Highly proficient in MS Excel (advanced proficiency required), Project, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as Google Earth
- Independent self-starter who can meet deadlines and deliver quality products with minimal oversight.
- Substantial ability to recognize opportunities, identify and evaluate risks in a development context and effectively communicate the foregoing.
- Demonstrated ability to translate contracts and financing agreements into concise financial and economic analysis.
- Ability to manage a large workload, often providing support to processes managed by colleagues, while prioritizing tasks and effectively juggling competing deadlines.
- Detail-oriented with a strong sense of personal responsibility and ownership of work product.
- Excellent personal organizational and pattern recognition skills
Responsibilities:
- Greenfield development of utility-scale solar power generation facilities within CAISO, WECC, PJM or ERCOT markets.
- Ability to communicate and sync cross functionally regularly to minimize project risks.
- Work with the finance department during financial feasibility analysis, evaluation, and finance.
- Negotiate tax abatements, land use agreements, mitigation settlements, and various other agreements.
- Manage project budgets, objectives, schedules, and deliverables for assigned development projects.
- Travel to site locations to meet with landowners and evaluate sites
- Engage community, local and state institutions for project support.
- Managing contractors, vendors, and consultants to maintain project timeline and budget.
- Assist with permitting and environmental compliance throughout the construction and operation of projects.
