Senior Greenfield Origination Specialist

Senior Greenfield Origination Specialist

Savion, a Shell Group portfolio company, is one of the largest, most technologically advanced utility-scale solar and energy storage project development companies in the United States. With a growing portfolio of more than 40.8 GW, Savion’s diverse team provides comprehensive services at each phase of renewable energy project development, from conception through construction. As part of this full-service model, Savion manages all aspects of development for customers, partners, and project host communities.

Savion is committed to helping decarbonize the energy grid by replacing electric power generation with renewable sources and delivering cost-competitive electricity to the marketplace.

Our workplace culture attracts competitive, smart, and fun people. We are committed to the health, fitness, and work-life balance of our employees. Our employees are highly motivated, technically proficient, team-oriented, and committed to renewable energy. We recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and offer highly competitive pay as well as exceptional above-market employee benefits. Balancing work and play are met with generous PTO allowances and 14.5 paid holidays per year.

Position Summary

Savionis looking fora landowner/client facinggreenfieldoriginationspecialistwho will work independently and efficiently toinitiatenewutility-scale solar, BESS, andenergy infrastructureprojectsacross Savion’s US footprint.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead trusted relationships with landowners, serving as Savion’s primary representative throughout the land acquisition and early-stage development process.
• Skip tracing landowner contactsbyleveragingonline resources (both paid and open source) and creatively overcomingapparentdead-ends and roadblocks.
• Cold-calling and creatinglandownerinterest,initiatinganddrivingnegotiations,and closing real estateagreementstocreate projects ranging from
  500 acresto more than
  20,000 acres.
• Trackingandmaintainingclient/landownerinteractionsutilizingCRM,GIS&reportingresourcesshared with internal and external teams.
• Managing external counsel totimelyproduce,reviseand closereal estate contracts.
• Support others in theidentificationand execution of greenfieldopportunitiesby evaluating prospective sitesthrua commercial and risk lensto ensuretimelyand efficient project initiation.
• Initiate Phase 1 ESAs &critical issuesanalysisofnew projectstorule out early-stage fatal flaws.
• Coordinate project interconnection process for new projects.
• Coordinate title curative and mineral waiverprocessesas necessary.
• Partner cross-functionally (real estate, permitting, development, legal) to ensure site controlagreements support downstream execution and minimize risk
• Efficiently and effectively handoffearly-stage projects to regional development teams once site control,interconnect application, and fatal flawclearancesare completed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Planning, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years (Manager) or 7+ years (Senior Manager) of experience
• Significant familiarity with land use, environmental regulations, and permitting processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort and experience presenting projects to regulatory agencies, elected officials, planning commissions and other community stakeholders.
• Demonstrated project management skills across multiple concurrent projects, consultants, and budgets

Preferred Qualifications

• 4 year college degree
• Outside (technical) salesPLUScommercial real estate negotiation(options, leases, purchase & sale agreements)
  PLUS renewable energy, BESS, or energy generationdevelopmentexperience
• A proven ability toinitiateandclose real estate agreements at a high volume
• Knowledge…