Director of Wind Development
Taylor Hopkinson
- USA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Remote role with travel.
- Responsible for concurrent advancement of full utility scale Wind Development portfolio
- Direct development efforts of Wind projects across all development pillars bringing portfolio from early to late-stage
- Responsible for management and maintenance of development budgets and task schedules for full Wind development portfolio
- Manage team of Sr./Jr.-level Project Developers assigned to portfolio wind projects. This role currently manages 4 direct reports.
- Drive project advancement, providing direction to Project Developer positions, and managing outside contractor deliverables
- Able to critically prospect, adequately screen, and evaluate viability of new project opportunities.
- Provide guidance and effectively collaborate with Business Development team in off-take/PPA efforts
- Active participation in M&A negotiation, diligence and project investment activities
- Ability to effectively present project plans and progress updates to management team and project partners.
- Reporting status of project milestones and progress towards quarterly/annual KPIs
- Travel 20 – 40%, including some project travel and periodic in-person visits
- Bachelor’s degree
- 6+ years of experience developing Wind Energy projects through the entire development cycle from project creation through full construction Notice to Proceed within the United States (preferably in diverse markets)
- Preliminary project screening and diligence
- Project economics and financial modeling
- Screening and application procedures for utility-scale/transmission-level interconnections in at least
- Full-cycle site control strategy and execution
- Detailed facilities planning and layout
- Development and successful execution of environmental diligence and mitigation strategies
- Extensive experience with local, state and national permitting
- Full-cycle site control strategy and execution
- Detailed facilities planning and layout
- Development and successful execution of environmental diligence and mitigation strategies
- Extensive experience with local, state and national permitting
- Basic understanding of industry accepted resource assessment campaigns
- Development budgeting and project execution scheduling (project management)