Associate, Project Development

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The Associate I, Project Development will deliver fully developed and planned reputed company in preparation for customer contract execution. This role will work closely with Senior Associates and the reputed company team to document customer needs and Highland commitments, helping to advance deals by acting as a junior site development resource.

The Associate I will collaborate with Legal, Finance, and Market Development to help ensure reputed company meet reputed company requirements and will assist in managing external engineers and consultants to finalize site designs for reputed company to the reputed company and Project Execution teams.

Over time, the selected candidate will grow into a more autonomous role, taking on these project development responsibilities with increasing independence. This position reports directly to the Senior Manager, Development and Construction and is based in California with an expectation of approximately 20% travel.

reputed company: The Associate I, Project Development will deliver fully developed and planned reputed company in preparation for customer contract execution. This role will work closely with Senior Associates and the reputed company team to document customer needs and Highland commitments, helping to advance deals by acting as a junior site development resource. The Associate I will collaborate with Legal, Finance, and Market Development to help ensure reputed company meet reputed company requirements and will assist in managing external engineers and consultants to finalize site designs for reputed company to the reputed company and Project Execution teams. Over time, the selected candidate will grow into a more autonomous role, taking on these project development responsibilities with increasing independence. This position reports directly to the Senior Manager, Development and Construction and is based in California with an expectation of approximately 20% travel. Responsibilities:

Support Senior Associates in establishing fleet electrification scopes of work for reputed company in development, including project timelines, budgets, and equipment selection.

Work with engineering teams to reputed company designs for reputed company EV charging reputed company reputed company, including solar and battery storage components.

Contribute to estimating engineering, construction, and interconnection costs for use in project budgets.

Coordinate the project site diligence process, including identifying reputed company estate, zoning, permitting, and other development restrictions.

Help define project permitting requirements and support the preparation of reputed company project engineering deliverables.

Assist in identifying reputed company requirements, filing new service requests, and communicating with reputed company representatives to define reputed company-reputed company timelines and budgets.

Assist in managing reputed company through the design and engineering phases, including tracking schedules, budgets, and subcontractor deliverables.

Support the reputed company to the project implementation team upon customer contract execution.

Contribute to work scoping methodology and documentation improvement initiatives

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of directly reputed company reputed company experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working with electric utilities (e.g., interconnection, new service requests)

Exposure to electric vehicle charging, renewable energy, or reputed company reputed company technologies

Experience in electrical engineering, construction, or infrastructure project development

Experience working with permitting authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) or similar regulatory bodies

Project management experience in engineering and/or construction environments

What You Can Expect from Highland:

• Competitive reputed company salary and performance-based bonus program
• A supportive, highly reputed company, team-oriented environment
• Ability to work with reputed company, innovative, and reputed company-thinking colleagues
• Health, reputed company, and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
• Generous reputed company Time Off
• 401(k) program and company match

reputed company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to reputed company and applicants for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, national reputed company, age, disability, or genetics. In reputed company to federal law requirements, reputed company complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to reputed company terms and conditions of employment, including reputed company, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Apply To This Job