Deriva Energy is a leading Independent Power Producer in the US renewables market, operating over 6.5GW of operating or under construction wind, solar and battery projects across the country. Formerly a part of Duke Energy, Deriva is now backed by Brookfield Renewables Investment Funds and is poised for dynamic growth across its wind, solar, and storage portfolios. Deriva empowers customers with innovative clean energy solutions that strengthen communities and serve future generations.
Joining our Project Development team at Deriva Energy as a Business Development Manager (BDM) is an exciting, dynamic, and diverse job that will have significant impact starting day 1. As a BDM you will work with a team of subject matter experts (SMEs) in originating and developing renewable energy projects. This includes the tactical responsibilities of project management, validating new prospects, real estate negotiations, competitiveness analyses, local permitting, due diligence work, regulatory compliance, tax incentives and supporting financial underwriting to prepare a utility scale renewables project for construction and operation – all with the backing of an experienced, supportive, and collaborative development team!
You will have the opportunity to work on-site directly with your teammates in a hybrid work environment to quickly get up to speed and have an impact day 1. You will participate in early-stage siting and prospecting analysis and review, sharing your experience with the Development Analyst team to guide strategic project go, no-go decisions.
We expect you to learn and grow and find new ways to impact our organization, and to bring with you experiences that will help us broaden our perspective and find creative ways to identify and develop new opportunities for renewable generation.
The team of SMEs that will support your development efforts are second-to-none. Our engineers, underwriters, environmental scientists, contract managers, marketing professionals, operators and legal team are an incredible collection of talent and present themselves for cross-functional collaboration that makes our development team run. Employees at Deriva are passionate, engaged and empowered sharing in the company’s success through purposeful work.
You will find our development team to be a hard-working but very supportive environment, where you can learn from professionals with decades of energy and development experience across multiple technologies and disciplines. You will be engaged in project financial analyses, incentive strategies and financings.
This role is focused on growth – growth of our development pipeline and growth of the candidate. Employees are expected to develop skills, and work largely independently. Employees require strong decision-making skills and will work mostly autonomously with some instruction from management as required.
Depending upon the qualifications of the successful applicant, the hiring manager may elect to fill this position at a higher level within the job hierarchy.
Overview:
This role will reside in the Greenfield Development organization and the BDM will work alongside an experienced energy storage developer that will provide strategic direction. The function of the BDM is to lead and generate new energy storage investment opportunities for Deriva Energy and to execute on these opportunities. This role is best suited for an experienced developer interested in significantly growing energy investment opportunities across multiple regions of the US with the backing of a large owner-operator.
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