Energy Transition Manager

Braintree, MA | Full-time

Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. (“CPV”), with headquarters in Silver Spring, MD, and offices in Braintree, MA and Sugar Land, TX, is uniquely positioned to leverage global technology and financial partnerships to help modernize America’s power generation. We are driven to improve our energy infrastructure by developing and operating power generation facilities using cutting edge, domestically available natural gas and renewable power technology. CPV is owned by OPC Energy, the first privately held electric company in Israel.

CPV is looking for a driven and experienced candidate to contribute to the next wave of reliable and dispatchable power generation development in the US. The successful candidate will play a leading and active role in the project management, execution, and development of decarbonized greenfield natural gas fired generation, hydrogen production and carbon capture projects. The ideal candidate will have three (3)+ years of relevant experience, however CPV will be flexible for the right candidate. This person must be self-motivated, intellectually curious and be willing to take initiative to complete project tasks on time and on budget, and have an understanding of what it takes to successfully develop large utility or energy projects. Knowledge of US power markets, ISOs and their operating rules and familiarity power generation economics and financial modeling are a plus. Strong work ethic, communication, interpersonal and organizational skills are required.

The position reports to the Vice President, Development.

Summary of Responsibilities:

Position will be responsible for the selection, permitting and execution of US projects according to the company’s investment and development objectives. General responsibilities will include:

- Plan and execute development for active projects

- Negotiate necessary development agreements

- Manage the permitting process and anticipate, troubleshoot and resolve problems as they arise

- Develop local community support for the project

- Manage relationships and develop commercial agreements with potential project off-takers

- Direct external consultants and coordinate with internal departments including engineering, finance, energy management/origination, external affairs, legal and asset management

- Administrative responsibilities to include regular updates to Management on projects, budgeting, internal compliance, etc.

Qualifications:

- Relevant energy project development experience with a proven track record in successful development of energy related projects

- Bachelor’s degree, ideally in engineering or business

- Must be a self-starter, organized, and able to work well with personnel at all levels of the organization

- Strong financial skills and understanding of company and project profit and loss, pro forma modeling, and NPV/IRR analysis

- Possess an understanding of real estate and title matters

- Ability to gather, organize and systematically analyze complex information

- Effective problem-solving skills: ability to work from concept to analytics, identify alternatives and develop unique solutions

- Excellent writing, communication, presentation, interpersonal, problem-solving, financial analysis, and organizational skills

- Ability to travel as necessary

- Must pass a pre-employment background and financial credit check

CPV holds all employees to the highest ethical standards and is committed to conducting business with integrity, transparency, and honesty to ensure our success.

CPV is an Equal Opportunity Employer.