Senior Development Manager, CleanGen

Requisition ID: 270671 

•  Relocation Authorized: National - Family 
• Telework Type: Hybrid 
• Work Location: Reston, VA  CleanGen is open to candidates working in Reston, VA, Washington, DC, New York, NY, or Houston, TX.

 

Project Overview

Bechtel is a premier global engineering, construction, and project management company with over 20,000 employees worldwide and 2022 revenue of $18 billion. Since 1898, Bechtel has completed more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries in power, energy, civil infrastructure, and mining & metals.

 

Bechtel Enterprises is the project development, investment, and financing arm of Bechtel. We develop projects, lead project M&A activities, and provide project financing services across power, energy, transportation, and other sectors.  We have developed or co-developed over 70 projects ($46 billion in project costs) and have helped arrange over $54 billion in financing for Bechtel projects, including over 18,000MW of power projects across 10 countries.  Bechtel Enterprises is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and has offices in Houston, New York, London, Singapore, and Washington, D.C.

 

Bechtel has played a pivotal role in clean energy for decades, delivering more than 100,000MW of nuclear and hydro generation capacity globally, as well as landmark renewable energy projects such as Ivanpah Solar and California Valley Solar Ranch.  Today, the foundation of our clean energy strategy is developing and building “core renewables” projects (solar PV, wind, and solar + battery storage), in addition to advancing work in nuclear, hydro and newer technologies (clean hydrogen, carbon capture, long duration storage). 

 

To drive Bechtel’s clean energy strategy, in 2020 we formed CleanGen, Inc..  CleanGen is Bechtel’s wholly owned clean energy development platform which is part of Bechtel Enterprises.  CleanGen is currently focused on developing greenfield utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and hybrid projects in the U.S., with medium-term goals to expand internationally.  By combining the development expertise of CleanGen with Bechtel’s EPC capabilities, our mission is to efficiently create (i.e. develop, engineer, construct) high quality new clean energy assets for electricity buyers and owner/operators around the world.

 

Position Summary

Joining the CleanGen team as a Senior Development Manager is an opportunity to be an important senior member of a lean but fast-growing team that is working on a strategic and highly visible new business venture within a well-funded corporation.  We are looking for a talented and energetic individual to lead multiple utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and hybrid development projects across the US. 

 

The position will be responsible for managing the full suite of development activities for multiple projects – both existing projects in the CleanGen portfolio and new projects (new greenfield sites and acquisition targets).  To accomplish these goals, the position will directly and/or indirectly manage other development professionals on the team.  Activities will include site identification and site control, interconnection and transmission work, project permitting, and community engagement.  The position will work closely with our internal power marketing/origination, project finance, legal, and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) teams as the position’s assigned projects advance through a final notice to proceed to construction. 

 

Responsibilities

• Lead development of multiple assigned projects from early-, mid-, and/or late-stages to construction-ready status, taking ownership of work streams (i.e., site control, permitting, interconnection, etc.) within assigned projects
• Directly and/or indirectly manage other development professionals on the CleanGen team
• Share the candidate’s extensive renewables project development knowledge/experience throughout the CleanGen development team (and broader Bechtel organization).
• Lead identification of new development prospects and opportunities (greenfield sites and/or acquisition targets), including conducting market assessments, fatal flaw analyses, and in-person site reconnaissance
• For assigned projects, secure site control for development prospects (e.g., negotiating leases, easements, and conducting initial site reconnaissance) and coordinate landowner interface
• For assigned projects, lead local, state, regional and/or federal permitting processes
• For assigned projects, lead interconnection and transmission activities
• For assigned projects, manage project design, working closely with the internal Bechtel engineering teams
• For assigned projects, support financial analysis, modeling, power pricing and offtake structuring
• Manage tasks according to, and