Land Acquisition Director

About the Role:

Reporting to the VP of Development, steer guidelines, strategy, and parameters for the Land Acquisition function of the organization. Additional responsibilities include contacting and working with landowners, business owners, and agents to acquire, service, and retain a portfolio of real property assets under renewable energy infrastructure. This role will also manage a team of acquisition specialists. Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience in energy project land acquisition or development, ideally in solar, wind, and/or energy storage, who can demonstrate a track record for successfully developing landowner relationships and executing land control transactions.

About the Company:

Forsite Renewables, LLC is a full-service utility scale developer of renewable energy and battery storage projects. Its core strategy has been to locate projects near aging, uneconomic coal and gas plants with the goal of utilizing existing interconnection infrastructure and rights to expedite the development process. Its portfolio is expanding into community and distributed generation solar projects as well as traditional greenfield development projects. Forsite’s pipeline has grown to 15+ projects totaling more than 4.0 GW since its founding and has projects across the United States and Canada

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for identifying landowners, establishing communication, developing relationships and shepherding properties through the acquisition process
• Lead and build a high-performing team to support asset acquisitions – “player/coach” tactics and responsibilities
• Perform prospecting and scoping activities, including working with our in-house team of experts on developing lead identification, cold calls, and arranging meetings
• Ongoing assessment of energy market and development conditions, trends, and opportunities
• High volume of phone calls per week to property owners and real estate professionals
• Effective communication with property/landowners and team members daily (in-person phone, email)
• Independently motivated to drive new business, goal-oriented, and organized to track progress
• Gather market intelligence
• Deep understanding of land control agreements including purchases and leases for renewable generation projects, specifically solar and/or wind
• Strong landowner relationship building and deal negotiation capability
• Ability to effectively collaborate with cross functional teams and leaders where appropriate
• Develop a team culture consistent with Investment Partners’ direction and strategy
• Specialize in income-producing real property investments and acquisitions

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5-7 years land development or acquisition experience
• Knowledge of renewable energy industry land control and development process
• Work well in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of leases, purchase agreements, rights-of-way, SNDAs, easements, option agreements, as well as title and escrow process
• Have the ability to influence without authority and be willing to work in a collaborative and team environment
• Exceptional customer service, negotiation, team leadership and presentation skills
• Excellent written/verbal communication and organizational skills
• Ability to develop and lead a team of motivated land acquisition specialists
• Willing to travel as necessary
• Ability to speak effectively in public and strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective sales and negotiation skills
• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong interest in renewable energy and desire to build out a nationwide portfolio of real property interests to support renewable energy infrastructure
• Fluency in working with basic suite of MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
• General finance knowledge

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Forsite Renewables, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such, we recognize our responsibility to embrace and promote diversity in our organization through hiring, retention, training and workplace culture.