Senior Project Developer

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and advancement of Blu Earth’s Canadian renewable energy project portfolio, including utility-scale wind, solar, and battery energy storage projects.
• Drive projects from origination through key development milestones and transition into construction readiness.
• Develop project execution strategies, schedules, milestone plans, budgets, and risk mitigation approaches.
• Proactively identify project barriers and lead strategies to resolve development challenges.
• Maintain accountability for successful advancement of multiple concurrent projects.
• Provide coaching, and mentorship to a small Canadian-based development team while remaining actively involved in day-to-day project execution and advancement activities.
• Foster strong collaboration, knowledge sharing, and disciplined execution practices.
• Support talent development, succession capability, and team effectiveness.
• Partner with Development leadership on organizational priorities, resource planning, and portfolio execution.

• Lead renewable project identification, feasibility evaluation, and site advancement efforts.
• Develop land strategies and support negotiation of site control agreements, landowner arrangements, and development rights.
• Support project diligence, land acquisition strategy, and opportunity evaluation.

• Lead coordination across Regulatory & Permitting, Engineering & Construction, Commercial, Transmission/Interconnection, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Operations.
• Ensure internal work streams remain aligned to development objectives, schedules, and business priorities.
• Support technology, commercial, and execution decisions required to advance projects.

• Support development and execution of interconnection and transmission strategies.
• Partner with internal and external experts to assess transmission access, costs, timelines, and constraints.
• Support commercial structuring, power marketing, financing diligence, and investment decision support activities.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with landowners, local communities, public officials, agencies, consultants, and key stakeholders.
• Support public engagement efforts, project consultation activities, and agency coordination.
• Represent Blu Earth in development discussions, negotiations, and stakeholder interactions.

• Manage external consultants, technical advisors, and specialist resources supporting U.S. development activities.
• Establish clear scopes, timelines, deliverables, and accountability expectations.
• Manage development budgets and ensure disciplined cost oversight.

• Uphold Blu Earth’s Health, Safety & Environmental standards across development activities.
• Ensure consultants and third parties operate in alignment with company expectations.
• Act as a senior ambassador for Blu Earth, upholding company values and strengthening external relationships.
• Support broader acquisition, development, strategic growth, and operational initiatives as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Sciences, Project Management, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive renewable energy project development experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading development teams or mentoring project developers. Proven success advancing complex renewable energy projects through development milestones.
• Strong experience in land strategy, stakeholder engagement, interconnection, permitting coordination, and commercial project advancement.

• Strong project leadership capability, with the ability to proactively plan, prioritize, track, and advance multiple concurrent development initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated success leading complex renewable energy development projects involving cross-functional teams, competing priorities, and evolving timelines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to assess risk, identify practical solutions, and…