Redwood Materials - Director, Powered Land Development
Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in real estate development, engineering, business, planning, or a related field • 10+ years of experience in energy project development, real estate development, or land acquisition, ideally including utility-scale solar, storage, or data center site development • Demonstrated experience navigating local and county-level permitting, zoning, and entitlement processes • Track record independently sourcing and negotiating site control agreements with landowners and land agents • Working knowledge of financial and valuation modeling to evaluate project economics • Experience engaging and building relationships with local government officials and community stakeholders • Ability to independently build processes and tools for a function with limited existing infrastructure • Ability to travel extensively to support site visits, diligence, and stakeholder engagement across target markets • The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience. • We collect personal information (PI) from you in connection with your application for employment with Redwood Materials, including the following categories of PI: identifiers, personal records, professional or employment information, and inferences drawn from your PI. We collect your PI for our purposes, including performing services and operations related to your potential employment. If you have additional privacy-related questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Responsibilities
• Source, screen, and evaluate prospective sites for Redwood Energy's solar and storage deployments across target markets, including land use, zoning, and site-level fatal-flaw analysis • Lead entitlement and permitting strategy, engaging local, county, and state officials, community stakeholders, and land agents to advance project feasibility • Support government affairs and community relations efforts tied to prospective sites • Negotiate and secure site control (leases, easements, options, and related agreements) with landowners and land agents • Represent Redwood with landowners, brokers, customers, and state and local officials throughout the site-selection process, including leading and negotiating agreements for local economic development, tax, and community agreements • Develop and own financial and valuation models to evaluate site economics, development costs, and project returns • Build and maintain tracking tools for land inventory, pipeline status, budgets, and schedules across active development sites • Manage site-identification tasks against budgets and schedules, including coordinating internal and external technical support such as environmental consultants, engineers, and outside legal counsel • Maintain disciplined pipeline tracking and reporting to keep leadership informed of site status, risk, and timeline
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