Project Developer

About Us:

World Energy Services, LLC is a leading provider of sustainable energy solutions. We are committed to delivering innovative and efficient energy services to help our clients achieve their sustainability goals. Our team is passionate about promoting renewable energy, reducing carbon footprints, and driving the transition to a cleaner energy future.

Position Summary:

World Energy Services is seeking a highly motivated Project Developer who is ready to play a key role in developing clean energy projects across the Northeast.

The Project Developer will be responsible for supporting the development, design, estimating, and coordination of commercial energy efficiency, decarbonization, and EV charging projects. This role will work closely with our sales team, project management team, engineering, operations, utility, and subcontractor partners to move projects through the development cycle and prepare them for successful installation.

The successful candidate should have a strong technical background, experience with local utility programs, HVAC, electrical and/or EV charging infrastructure, and the ability to manage multiple projects in various stages of development. This is a critical role that bridges sales, engineering, estimating, utility coordination, and project execution.

This position may require limited travel throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and other areas of the Northeast to visit customer sites, conduct assessments, support project design, and participate in customer meetings.

This position has a base salary determined by related and relevant experience plus a management-by-objective bonus plan.

Key Responsibilities:

· Project Development: Support the development of commercialvor municipal energy efficiency, decarbonization, and EV charging projects from initial concept through handoff to operations.

· Site Assessments: Visit job sites to review existing conditions, evaluate project feasibility, collect data, and help define project scope.

· Cost Estimating: Prepare detailed cost estimates, including labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, engineering, permitting, utility, and construction-related costs.

· Proposal Support: Prepare customer-facing proposals that clearly describe the recommended energy efficiency, decarbonization, or EV charging solution, project economics, incentives, tax credits, simple payback, and overall value proposition.

· Internal Collaboration: Work closely with sales, project administration, engineering, and operations teams to ensure each project is properly scoped, priced, documented, and transitioned.

· Vendor & Subcontractor Coordination: Communicate with vendors, subcontractors, engineers, and other project partners throughout the development and implementation process.

· Customer Meetings: Attend customer meetings and presentations throughout the sales and development cycle, as needed.

· Technical Communication: Help explain project costs, energy savings, utility incentives, tax credits, payback, and implementation details in a way that is clear to customers.

· CRM Documentation: Thoroughly document, track, and report project activity, project milestones, customer communication, and development progress in Salesforce.

Requirements:

· Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. A degree in electrical engineering, renewable energy, construction management, or a related technical field is preferred, but not required.

· Experience: 3 to 5 years of experience electrical estimating, project development, or a related clean energy field.

· Technical Skills: Ability to understand electrical drawings, system layouts, construction details, equipment specifications, and project cost drivers.

· Estimating Ability: Strong understanding of labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and construction cost estimating.

· Software: Experience with Salesforce, Microsoft Office, or similar platforms is a plus.

· Incentive Knowledge: Familiarity with utility incentive programs, and clean energy financing structures is highly desirable.

· Communication: Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and customer-facing communication skills.

· Organization: Ability to manage multiple projects in various stages of development while maintaining strong attention to detail.

· Problem Solving: Ability to evaluate project challenges, identify solutions, and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

· Travel: Willingness to travel as required for site visits, customer meetings, and project coordination. Traveling is local only, no overnights.

Experience:

· Experience with EV charging infrastructure projects is highly desirable.

· Experience with Heat Pump technology, specifying HVAC equipment and associated labor

· Experience preparing project budgets, proposals, financial models, or customer-facing project summaries.

· Experience working with utilities on incentive applications.

· Experience coordinating with engineering teams, subcontractors, vendors, and construction teams.

· Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders and move projects through a defined development process.

· Multi-discipline estimating experience, including electrical, mechanical, HVAC, heat pump, VRF, or building controls projects, is a plus.

Why Join Us?

- Be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking company committed to making a positive impact on the environment.

- Competitive salary and benefits package.

- Opportunities for professional development and career growth.

- Collaborative and supportive work culture.

- Unlimited vacation policy.

- Innovative purpose-driven colleagues to learn from and enjoy.

Compensation & Benefits:

This position has a base salary determined by related and relevant experience plus a management-by-objective bonus plan. A qualified and driven candidate can earn:

Up to $100,000 in total compensation in their first full year.

Up to $150,000 in total compensation in their second full year.

Other benefits include medical, dental, vision, unlimited vacation, car allowance, 401k, other perks and incentives like President’s Club, innovative purpose-driven colleagues to learn from and enjoy, and a great culture rooted on our core values - Unity, Excellence, Drive, Compassion, and Fun!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- Dental insurance

- Health insurance

- Health savings account

- Paid time off

- Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

- Do you consider yourself an expert in mechanical technologies including but not limited to VRF systems, air source heat pumps, heat pump hot water systems, hybrid heat pumps, geothermal heat pumps, packaged RTU heat pumps, cogeneration and building automation?

- Do you have direct experience developing mechanical projects for commercial customers including project scope, pricing, energy savings and proposal prep?

- Do you have experience working with local electric utilities?

- Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment?

Education:

- Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

- Technical project management: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

- Worcester, MA 01609 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Worcester, MA 01609: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Willingness to travel:

- 25% (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Worcester, MA 01609