NorthStar Clean Energy decarbonizes the economy by providing clean energy and carbon management solutions to utility, municipal, commercial, and industrial customers enabling them to meet their sustainability and business goals. Additionally, we own and operate natural gas assets throughout the United States. To learn more about NorthStar Clean Energy, please visit www.northstarcleanenergy.com.
This position is with NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, and is not a position of employment with Consumers Energy.
The Principal Business Development Partner for NorthStar Clean Energy applies a sophisticated combination of technical, commercial, project and risk management knowledge to acquire partially developed renewable energy assets, to facilitate negotiation of utility-scale renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs), to support financing for renewable energy assets, and to complete development activities that enable the construction of renewable energy generation projects (wind, solar and storage) projects, comprising up to $150 million investment or more, within the U.S. and fulfill the Company's growth plans.
Assembles and manages multi-disciplinary teams of internal and external resources that support evaluation, valuation, due diligence, negotiation, contracting, acquisition, development, sourcing of offtake, and financing of renewable energy assets.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Assembles and manages internal/external cross-functional teams that perform due diligence, negotiate contracts for acquisition of partially- developed renewable energy generation assets (wind, solar or storage), and close on acquisitions of such projects, and complete development that enables construction of assets, comprising approx. $150 million annual project investment. Manages completion of development studies, permitting, design, financing, construction, and commercial operation within schedule and budget while delivering target revenue/earnings.
Manages and completes, with support from internal and external consultants and contractors, the full spectrum of development activities necessary to advance partially developed renewable assets into design and construction and eventually commercial operation while mitigating company risks.
Assembles and manages multi-disciplinary development teams of internal and external resources that will perform evaluations of opportunities, conduct analyses, valuations, detailed due diligence, and negotiate contracts for acquisition of renewable energy assets/developments and for PPAs that sell renewable energy to customers while mitigating company risks.
Identifies C&I customer renewable energy needs, formulates offerings to fulfill customer needs, prepares proposals, participates in customer meetings/presentations, and negotiates customer power purchase agreements (PPAs) with input from internal and external subject matter experts.
Responsible for building and maintaining positive relationships with C&I, muni and coop customers and will be instrumental in successfully developing, evaluating and analyzing strategies to facilitate customer needs for renewable energy and business goals.
Collaborates and maintains effective communications with internal Company departments inform internal groups on the status of acquisitions and contract opportunities. Manages and coordinates with Corporate Communications on the preparation of new renewable business press releases, talking points, and other tools.
Builds and maintains positive, repeat business relationships with customers and directs and manages teams that also build and foster positive, repeat business relationships with customers. Manages teams that successfully develop, evaluate, and analyze strategies to competitively market and fulfill customer needs and business goals.
Develops, maintains, and leverages strategic business relationships and networking opportunities with entities including but not limited to business leaders, professional organizations and government agencies, leading to new referral source relationships and name and service recognition for the business. Tracks and reports on progress toward successful contract execution and/or completion of development activities.
Coordinates with the Finance Department on preparation of valuation financial models and provides support to the Project Management
Department's execution and oversight of construction and to Operations Department's ongoing operations.
Assemble and manage internal/external teams that evaluate, acquire land rights, conduct resource assessments, interconnect, siting studies, layouts, preliminary engineering, permit, obtain community acceptance, engineer, finance, construct, operate and maintain renewable energy projects that meet customer needs.
Develop services agreements, major equipment purchase agreements, and other consulting agreements. engineer, finance, construct, operate and maintain renewable energy projects that meet customer needs and mitigates company risks.
Prepare and negotiate term sheets and complete commercial and/or detailed due diligence after preliminary bid/offer is accepted and transaction enters exclusivity. Preparation of cost estimates, preliminary financial models and valuations, contracts and problem solving.
Successful application of renewable energy generation technology, development (siting, interconnection, resource assessment, land rights acquisition, studies, permitting, community acceptance, engineering, financing, construction, and operation and maintenance and ongoing performance and compliance.
Conducts private and public meetings with project stakeholders, landowners and agencies.... For full info follow application link.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
