Land Development Project Manager, Senior or StaffActive$160K

Redwood Materials
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The opportunity

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.

What you'll do

  • Prepare requests for proposals (RFPs) for development and due diligence for: potential battery energy storage system (BESS) project sites in the United States.

  • Own and manage external consultant scope, resourcing, and schedule for land: use and development due diligence on assigned early-phase projects, from initial site screening through handoff to detailed design, coordinating across Business Development, Policy, the Product team, Engineering, and Project Controls.

  • Produce early site-screening and constraints analysis from title, survey,: environmental, and jurisdictional information during pursuit qualification, then harden the development basis and provide diligence exhibits that attach to the contract as pursuits advance.

  • Scope, procure, and manage site surveys, geotechnical investigations, and: hydrology and drainage studies, integrating findings on topography, boundaries, easements, subsurface conditions, floodplain, and stormwater into the developable-area and constraints analysis. Coordinate with Redwood’s environmental compliance team to obtain subject matter expert input where required.

  • Oversee where applicable environmental due diligence under the National: Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and applicable state review acts, coordinating federal requirements including Clean Water Act Section 404 wetlands review, Endangered Species Act consultation, and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 cultural resources review.

  • Drive local entitlements: zoning, conditional and special use permits, site plan and design review, setbacks and buffers, and variances - and develop and maintain the permit matrix, entitlement schedule, and budget across federal, state, and local approvals.

What they're looking for

  • Identify and secure non-power utility service (water, sewer, and fiber),: including availability confirmation, service applications, will-serve letters, and coordination of extensions or on-site systems, while selecting and managing environmental and technical consultants and supporting agency and community outreach.
  • Deliver feasibility studies as a go/no-go input with constraints register,: drive the gap analysis to closure with an owner on every item, and produce the land use and development Basis of Design package as the formal handoff to detailed design.
  • B.S. in Engineering, Environmental Science, Planning, or a related field,: preferably Civil or Environmental Engineering. Alternatively, demonstrate exceptional ability in land development, environmental, or civil disciplines through equivalent experience.
  • + years (Senior), 8+ years (Staff) of experience in energy project: development, land use, and entitlement with BESS and utility scale solar experience preferred.