Specialist, Land Acquisition

About Us BlueWave’s mission is to protect our planet by transforming access to renewable energy. As a pioneering renewable energy company that develops and owns solar and battery storage projects, BlueWave has a long track record of success and is developing several gigawatts of solar and battery storage projects throughout the United States to ensure our grid is reliable and efficient in a clean energy future. BlueWave is proud to be a certified B Corp, recognized by B Labs as “Best in the World” in Governance.

About The Role

The Land Acquisition Specialist on the Site Acquisition team will have the responsibility for securing site control on sites identified by BlueWave as having strategic value for renewable energy development. The Land Acquisition Specialist will deploy a variety of tactics to make contact, engage, build a relationship and close definitive land deals with target landowners, and may also bring self-sourced landowner relationships to the table. Contact and engagement tactics include verifying contact information, calling, texting, emailing, networking/social networking and making visits to landowners’ homes or places of work. Once engaged, the Land Acquisition Specialist will build a relationship with the landowners, involving calls, texts, emails, and especially landowner meetings/site visits, to bring the landowner to a point where they feel comfortable signing a lease option or purchase option with BlueWave for renewable energy development. A fully executed lease option or purchase option with a landowner from a defined target list will constitute the major milestone of work product. This position requires the candidate to be physically located in Western/Southern Tier NY or Western Pennsylvania but will also require periodic travel to and from BlueWave’s headquarters in Boston.

What You’ll Do

• Diligence target lists to prioritize outreach efforts
• Contact and engage target landowners by verifying contact information, calling, texting, emailing, networking/social networking and making visits to landowners’ homes or places of work
• Lead negotiations with landowners
• Work closely with Site Acquisition Analysts and support team members to keep target lists fresh, run site analyses, conceptual designs and draft agreements for landowners
• Communicate with Site Acquisition management for landowner updates and negotiations support
• Obtain all necessary documentation to close out deals, handoff deals to Site Acquisition support team members for processing
• Make site-specific and strategic recommendations for early-stage development

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of related experience, preferably as a land agent or in a site acquisition role
• Track record of success engaging landowners and negotiating option agreements or leases
• Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset
• True enjoyment derived from talking to landowners and a natural curiosity about people
• Comfort traveling regularly to meet landowners on their properties, at their homes, or places of work
• Native knowledge of Western New York and Western Pennsylvania connections within agricultural communities, existing network of local officials a plus
• This position requires the candidate to be physically located in Western/Southern Tier NY or Western Pennsylvania but will also require periodic travel to and from BlueWave’s headquarters in Boston

Benefits

BlueWave provides employees with a robust benefits package, including unlimited paid time off, dedicated volunteer days, cell phone reimbursement, summer Fridays and 13 paid holidays. In addition, we offer a 401k and Roth 401K option with company match, subsidized health, dental and vision plans, as well as life insurance and long/short-term disability.

Inclusion At BlueWave

As a mission-driven B Corp, as environmentalists, and as humans, we hold ourselves accountable to creating a workforce that celebrates diversity on our team and within our communities. Our inclusive culture and core values inspire us to develop more innovative, bolder solutions to support our customers and partners in the solar industry. When you join BlueWave, you join a collaborative team doing all that we can to be transparent, sustainable and inclusive as we fight for our shared vision of protecting the planet.

BlueWave is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and will do so by actively seeking to hire and promote diverse individuals throughout the company. Providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment is critical to our identity and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, handicap (disability), sexual orientation, gender identity/ or expression, genetics, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, military status or obligation or other protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Compensation range is $85,000-$100,000 in addition to a success based incentive to be discussed during interview process. The exact salary will be influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to internal pay equity, job-related knowledge, skills, education, licenses/certifications, essential job duties and the necessary experience relative to the job’s minimum qualifications.

The Pay Range For This Role Is

85,000 – 100,000 USD per year (Remote – United States)