Birch Creek Development, a utility-scale solar and storage developer, is looking to expand its development team to complement its growing pipeline of projects. Founded in 2019, Birch Creek has developed and placed in-service 28 projects representing 315MW. With an active pipeline of over 5GW, Birch Creek is seeking an Associate Project Development Manager to support the development of its Southeast project pipeline and continue to add to it.
In 2023, Inc. Magazine ranked Birch Creek as #3 on its “Inc. 5000” list of Fastest Growing Companies, identifying and highlighting the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States based on revenue growth.
Birch Creek’s main offices are in St. Louis (HQ) and Los Angeles. Remote-work candidates are welcome, but candidates in the NC Triangle area (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) are very strongly preferred.
The right candidate will have sound industry and project development knowledge, superior communication skills, and the ability to understand how minute details impact project development in the long run. The role requires strong initiative and the ability to work cross-functionally across the organization. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Engaging with consultants and subject matter experts for the successful and timely execution of key development deliverables
- Performing site diligence by reviewing environmental, utility, and other land features
- Handling landowner relationships, including sending notices and payments
- Completing project permitting by creating and submitting zoning applications, handling external consultants, and creating permitting site plans
- Navigation through the interconnection process of submitting a request or application and working with the applicable utility through necessary technical studies
- Entering and maintaining key project data using cloud-based document management, relational databases, and reporting tools.
Key project data management could include:
- Onboarding new projects into data systems
- Maintaining projections of upcoming payments, project budgets, and cash forecasts
- Tracking interface with external stakeholders, including landowners, consultants, utilities, permitting authorities, etc.
- Creating and managing project and market dashboards and reports with the status of development activities for distribution to the market team and executive team
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree focused on energy, environmental, business, or engineering industries
- Work experience in energy, environmental, or engineering industries is a plus.
- The work is entirely remote, but candidates in the NC Triangle area (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) are very strongly preferred.
- Strong work ethic and ability to self-start in a fast-paced environment
- Results-driven and solutions-oriented
- Strong organization, communication skills, and attention to detail
- Ability to work with little supervision and to seek help when needed
The pay rate for the successful candidate is dependent on skills, relevant and demonstrated experience, education, training and certifications, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to a competitive base salary, this opportunity is eligible to earn an annual cash bonus, subject to personal and company performance goals.
Why work at Birch Creek?
We take the health and happiness of our employees seriously and offer outstanding benefits, including:
- Company funded & deeply subsidized health benefit options for you and your family that begin the first day of the month after you join us.
- Work-life balance with our responsible Unlimited PTO / Vacation program
- 401(K) + company-match
- Paid maternity & paternity leave
- Remote-friendly
- Growth opportunity
- A positive, collaborative, and diverse culture
- Social events onsite & remote