Manager, Project Development – Storage (BESS & ESS)
HybridArlington, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead development of utility-class BESS and ESS projects for large industrial and commercial customers, managing site identification, permitting, and interconnection processes from concept through construction handoff. Develop conceptual service plans, system sizing models, and revenue estimates while overseeing budgets, schedules, and stakeholder coordination. Execute geotechnical studies, environmental assessments, and electrical load modeling in collaboration with engineering and construction teams. Manage contract obligations, external consultant expenses, and project financings while presenting at public hearings and responding to diligence questions. Support the Business Development pipeline with reporting and advance projects across oil and gas, hyperscale data centers, and crypto mining verticals.
Required Qualifications
- At least 10 (ten) years of project development and/or project management experience in energy storage, utility-scale generation, or utility-class electrical infrastructure
- Meaningful hands-on experience in BESS or ESS project development from site control through construction commencement
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Thorough familiarity with battery energy storage technologies (lithium-ion, LFP, flow battery), power conversion systems, and energy storage system integration
- Knowledge of ERCOT and other RTO/ISO market structures for storage participation including capacity, ancillary services (ECRS, RRS, Reg-Up/Down), and energy arbitrage
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
- Strong working knowledge of thermal generation plant systems including fuel handling, combustion, emissions controls (SCR, oxidation catalyst, DLN combustors), cooling water, and auxiliary electrical systems
- Excellent oral and written communication skills including public speaking and/or platform skills for executive management presentations
- Self-starter, very self-reliant and capable of operating with minimum supervision
- Ability to work within a cross-functional team environment for project development and execution
- Ability to manage client expectations within the context of project development and execution
- Ability to effectively address and either manage or participate in the resolution of conflicts with clients or other project stakeholders which may arise throughout the course of project development
- Willingness and ability to travel 25 - 50% on average but more as required by projects
Desired Qualifications
- Professional Engineering licensing or ability to obtain
- Experience in energy storage project development including site control, electrical and fire safety permitting, AHJ coordination, BESS OEM and integrator procurement, and storage interconnection and market registration in ERCOT or other RTOs/ISOs
- Experience with co-located renewable-plus-storage hybrid projects, demand response and demand management programs, and offtake structuring for storage (capacity contracts, ancillary services agreements, behind-the-meter savings arrangements)
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, with preference for electrical and mechanical
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