The Company

Cypress Creek Renewables is powering a sustainable future, one project at a time. We develop, finance, own and operate utility-scale and distributed solar and storage projects across the country. Fostering a diverse group of innovative thinkers from all backgrounds, Cypress people are drawn to work in a purpose-driven organization. We hope you will join us!

The Role

Cypress Creek Renewables is seeking a motivated candidate for a Development Coordinator position to support the Pennsylvania and Virginia distribution scale markets. This position will closely support the Associate Director of Development and their team to power a clean energy future. At Cypress Creek, the Development Coordinator Role provides a great entry-point to the solar industry by gaining hands-on development experience; main roles will include internal and external facing interactions, negotiations and deal-making, along with cloud-based document management, usage of project information databases and reporting tools. Projects will generally have between a 12-36 month development cycle and directly benefit communities in which they are built.  An effective candidate will demonstrate a mission driven determination, comprehensive attention to detail, superior organization, a desire to solve complex problems, enthusiastic initiative, and an excellent ability to work with others across multiple teams.

Essential functions of the position include, but, are not limited to:

Coordinating with internal project developers and subject matter experts for the successful and timely execution of key development deliverables including the following:
Acquiring New Solar Development Sites through negotiations with prospective landowner and development partners.
Crafting GIS land acquisition campaigns and performing site diligence by reviewing environmental, utility, and other key land features
Handling landowner relationships and sending project updates, notices and payments
Completing project permitting by creating and submitting zoning applications, handling external consultants, and creating permitting schedules and site plans
Navigation through the interconnection process of submitting a request or application and working with the applicable utility through necessary technical studies
Entering and maintaining key project data using cloud-based document management, relational databases, and reporting tools. Key project data management could include:
Onboarding new projects into data systems
Maintaining projections of upcoming payments, project budgets, and cash forecasts
Tracking interface with external stakeholders including landowners, consultants, utilities, permitting authorities, etc
Creating and managing project and market dashboards and reports with status of development activities for distribution to the market team and executive team

Requirements:

1-4 years of working experience, and/or a Bachelor’s Degree in related area (energy, environmental, business or engineering preferred)
Working or Internship experience in energy, environmental, or engineering industries is a plus
Strong Microsoft Office skills required, specifically Microsoft Excel  (pivot tables, macros, etc)
Experience with Salesforce is a plus
Strong sense of drive and urgency with a high degree of ownership and a passion for “getting things done” and making an impact.
Strong team driven work ethic and thrivesworking in a fast-paced environment
Results driven and solutions oriented
Confidence to take initiative but also to ask questions when there are roadblocks
Strong organization, communication skills and attention to detail

Benefits:

15 days of Paid Time Off, accrual up to 20 days, 9 observed holidays.
10% 401(k) Match
Comprehensive package including medical, dental, vision and health insurance
Tuition Reimbursement
Phone Bill Reimbursement
Fully expensed company travel, mileage reimbursement
Work from home
Gym stipends
Annual Holiday Parties and Company Swag

** This position will be ideally based in the Asheville, NC area or its immediate surroundings. Candidates should expect 15-20% travel to meet with local stakeholders and team meetings once or twice per quarter at the company headquarters in Santa Monica, CA or other offices.

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The Company

Cypress Creek Renewables is powering a sustainable future, one project at a time. We develop, finance, own and operate utility-scale and distributed solar and storage projects across the country. Fostering a diverse group of innovative thinkers from all backgrounds, Cypress people are drawn to work in a purpose-driven organization. We hope you will join us!

The Role

Cypress Creek Renewables is seeking a motivated candidate for a Development Coordinator position to support the Pennsylvania and Virginia distribution scale markets. This position will closely support the Associate Director of Development and their team to power a clean energy future. At Cypress Creek, the Development Coordinator Role provides a great entry-point to the solar industry by gaining hands-on development experience; main roles will include internal and external facing interactions, negotiations and deal-making, along with cloud-based document management, usage of project information databases and reporting tools. Projects will generally have between a 12-36 month development cycle and directly benefit communities in which they are built.  An effective candidate will demonstrate a mission driven determination, comprehensive attention to detail, superior organization, a desire to solve complex problems, enthusiastic initiative, and an excellent ability to work with others across multiple teams.

Essential functions of the position include, but, are not limited to:

Coordinating with internal project developers and subject matter experts for the successful and timely execution of key development deliverables including the following:
Acquiring New Solar Development Sites through negotiations with prospective landowner and development partners.
Crafting GIS land acquisition campaigns and performing site diligence by reviewing environmental, utility, and other key land features
Handling landowner relationships and sending project updates, notices and payments
Completing project permitting by creating and submitting zoning applications, handling external consultants, and creating permitting schedules and site plans
Navigation through the interconnection process of submitting a request or application and working with the applicable utility through necessary technical studies
Entering and maintaining key project data using cloud-based document management, relational databases, and reporting tools. Key project data management could include:
Onboarding new projects into data systems
Maintaining projections of upcoming payments, project budgets, and cash forecasts
Tracking interface with external stakeholders including landowners, consultants, utilities, permitting authorities, etc
Creating and managing project and market dashboards and reports with status of development activities for distribution to the market team and executive team

Requirements:

1-4 years of working experience, and/or a Bachelor’s Degree in related area (energy, environmental, business or engineering preferred)
Working or Internship experience in energy, environmental, or engineering industries is a plus
Strong Microsoft Office skills required, specifically Microsoft Excel  (pivot tables, macros, etc)
Experience with Salesforce is a plus
Strong sense of drive and urgency with a high degree of ownership and a passion for “getting things done” and making an impact.
Strong team driven work ethic and thrivesworking in a fast-paced environment
Results driven and solutions oriented
Confidence to take initiative but also to ask questions when there are roadblocks
Strong organization, communication skills and attention to detail

Benefits:

15 days of Paid Time Off, accrual up to 20 days, 9 observed holidays.
10% 401(k) Match
Comprehensive package including medical, dental, vision and health insurance
Tuition Reimbursement
Phone Bill Reimbursement
Fully expensed company travel, mileage reimbursement
Work from home
Gym stipends
Annual Holiday Parties and Company Swag

** This position will be ideally based in the Asheville, NC area or its immediate surroundings. Candidates should expect 15-20% travel to meet with local stakeholders and team meetings once or twice per quarter at the company headquarters in Santa Monica, CA or other offices.

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Professional planning work of moderate difficulty. Suited for someone who can perform a wide variety of activities related to environmental initiatives, especially climate action plan implementation. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in environmental sciences, planning, or a related field, and considerable work experience in environmental or land use planning and experience in public speaking, writing, and outreach is required. Experience in grant administration, collaborative relationship-building, budget management, and GIS are strongly of interest. This position requires availability for supporting advisory boards and attending public meetings, both in the evenings, and on weekends, throughout the year. Please follow the link to our career portal in order to view a full description of the job.

The focus of this internship is to support the ongoing Scenario Planning for Equitable Revitalization and Climate Resilience project that is co-led by the Reduced Poverty and Spatial Inequality and the Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Communities and Regions teams. The project involves engaging with at least one small to midsize city with a declining or stagnant population to pilot a recently developed scenario planning framework for smaller Legacy Cities. The scenario planning process will be focused on equitable, climate resilient revitalization. This is a part-time position up to 15 hours/week that reports to the Director of Climate Strategies. Position can be remote due to COVID-19; Cambridge, MA is the associated office location. There is no travel required for this position.
To apply: https://jobs.lever.co/lincolninst/a4694ec6-8662-4b58-9b2a-a091ec632747

Professional planning work of moderate difficulty. Suited for someone with specialized knowledge of and experience in the planning field with in-depth knowledge of one or more specialties (e.g. land use, comprehensive or environmental planning); work in local government in both current and long-range planning and a master’s degree with a minimum of two years of experience preferred. Experience with one or more online development application platforms is strongly of interest. Will consider a bachelor’s degree and four years of professional planning experience, or other qualifying combinations of education and experience. This position requires availability for attendance at public meetings, both in the evenings, and on weekends, throughout the year. Please visit our career portal to view a full description of the position.

Our firm’s team of planners, designers, and problem solvers strives to understand the soul of a place and to create plans and policies that are responsive to user needs, authentic in character, and balanced for long-term sustainability. Ultimately, this approach allows us to leave a place better than we found it – an obligation that we believe we have as human beings. Founded in 1939 in Pittsburgh, PA, EPD continues to be a leading design and planning firm with expertise in landscape architecture and community planning.

Our needs:
We have an immediate full-time opening for a creative and passionate urban planner with 0-3 years of experience to join our team in focusing on community planning, data mapping and analysis relat-ed to neighborhood planning, comprehensive plans, strategic plans, and feasibility studies. We strive for diversity in every aspect of our work, and we encourage persons from all backgrounds to apply. Please send a letter of interest, a current CV, work samples, and at least two references to EPDpromotional@epd-pgh.com.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or higher in city and regional planning, geographic information systems, landscape architecture, or urban design

Responsibilities:
 think critically and produce high-quality work
 develop data-driven decision-making exhibits, maps, and tools
 develop interactive web apps via ArcGIS
 contribute to creative and analytical efforts on projects
 commitment to consistent collaboration and communication within our team and our part-ners
 attendance and participation at project meetings

Technical skills:
 required proficiency with ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, and StoryMaps
 working knowledge of MS Office Suite
 experience with SketchUp and Adobe Suite is ideal

We provide:
 innovative and challenging projects
 dedication to your continued growth as design professional
 available health care benefits, dental, and vision plans
 opportunities to make a difference in the community
 offered retirement plans
 paid time off

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Consistent with the mission, vision and values of National League of Cities, responsible for managing the design, outreach, administration, and evaluation of entrepreneurship programming within the Center for City Solutions. Serve as a subject matter expert on technical issues, raise awareness of member city issues, and provide strategic input on program design and implementation. This position is currently grant funded within the City Innovation Ecosystems project, providing direct support to cities in implementing and executing commitments to support broad-based, inclusive business economies. Grant funds continue through September 2023 with anticipation of continued funding. Women, Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ people, and others who are underrepresented in entrepreneurship, economic development, and innovation fields are encouraged to apply.

As a condition of employment, NLC employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID, and to provide proof of such, by November 30, 2021 or the date of hire, whichever is later.

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy seeks an innovative systems-thinker to join its Program staff as a Policy Analyst. The Analyst will work with the Associate Director – Planning Practice and Scenario Planning under the direction of the Director of Climate Strategies, and with others to conceptualize, conduct, learn from, and improve the activities that advance the Institute’s goals globally. The primary focus will be activities related to scenario planning and planning practice that advance the Institute’s goal of low-carbon, climate resilient communities and regions in urbanized places. Significant additional work will advance the other Institute goals, such as reducing poverty and spatial inequality. You’ll work independently and in cross-disciplinary teams that bring different perspectives to help address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, and will have ample opportunity to take ownership of your work, learn, and grow.

This is a full-time, remote position that reports to the Associate Director, Planning Practice and Scenario Planning. 5-10% travel required COVID permitting.

Apply at: https://jobs.lever.co/lincolninst/1b2f59b4-0cb4-40b7-b654-f902985c9c65

This position seeks to extend the planning skills above to a federal contract. The chosen candidate must have familiarity with FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs, non-governmental mitigation and resiliency grant programs, and knowledge of how states develop, manage, and implement these grants. Familiarity with the FEMA Building Science branch and related technical activities is also recommended.

This position provides contract based technical support functions to our principle client. The chosen candidate will possess the skills necessary to conduct extensive policy research, including complex data collection and analytical skills, excellent oral/writing skills, and have significant experience with hazard mitigation, risk reduction, resiliency initiatives and other related activities.

Specific skills preferred:

Develops and implements data collection and analyses methods, suitable for evaluating large amounts of data and external feedback, to propose future policy changes or initiatives. This information may be from stakeholder engagement sessions to webinar feedback to financial and programmatic data contained within databases that must be mined for trends and efficiencies

Conducts research and prepares statistical reports on hazard mitigation, risk reduction, nature-based solutions, land use, physical, social and economic issues

Provides professional planning assistance to our principle client on varied mitigation, resiliency, risk reduction, environmental, land use and grants implementation projects

About AECOM

At AECOM , we believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

We take on the most complex challenges and pioneer innovative, iconic solutions that push the limits of what’s possible – the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge, record-breaking sports events, the largest greenfield port development mega project, life-sustaining and disaster recovery programs, and the tallest tower in the Western Hemisphere.

On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, governments, energy and the environment, we deliver professional services throughout the project lifecycle.

We are proud to be recognized for excellence:

Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies – 2014-2020

#1 in Transportation and General Building in Engineering-News Record’s 2019 “Top 500 Design Firms” and #1 2019 “Top 200 Environmental Firms”

VIQTORY 2020 Military Friendly® Gold Employer

DCSA—Water

With more than 3,200 Water professionals in all major markets throughout the United States and Canada, AECOM’s Water business line leverages nearly a century of local, national and international project experience to provide today’s municipalities, industries and governments with cost-effective solutions to their Water challenges. We deliver our services from environmental planning studies to detailed design, construction management, and operations and maintenance to a wide range of public and private sector clients. Our public sector work encompasses everything from small rural communities, to large urban centers, to agencies with regional responsibilities. Our private sector work includes assignments for multiple commercial/industrial sectors, including oil and gas, chemicals, power, food and beverage, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. https://aecom.com/markets/water/

Overall Planning Skills/Experience:

Supports and sometimes manages complex planning studies, Losses Avoided Studies, economic impact studies, local needs analyses and other studies of a technical nature

Conducts research and prepares statistical reports on hazard mitigation, risk reduction, nature based solutions, land use, physical, social and economic issues

Provides professional planning assistance to our principle client on varied mitigation, resiliency, risk reduction, environmental, land use and grants implementation projects

Conducts extensive data collection and analyses related to implementation of previous federal grant programs, and applies that analysis to the development of future polices and initiatives

Supports regional program areas relating to hazard mitigation, risk reduction, resiliency planning, natural/water resources planning, community development, hazard mitigation, coastal zone management, and others

Supports meetings and presents reports and other findings to staff with advisory boards and officials

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Planning, Urban Planning, Emergency Management, Public Administration, Public Policy, Environmental Planning, or related degree

A technical degree, such as in Computer Science or Engineering may also be considered

Two (2) years of experience in Planning, Public Administration, Environmental Planning, Hazard Mitigation, Emergency Management, Floodplain Management or directly related field

Due to the nature of work, U.S. Citizenship is required, ability to pass a Public Trust security screening and obtain a DHS/FEMA badge is required

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Planning, Urban Planning, Emergency Management, Public Administration, Public Policy, Environmental Planning, or related degree is preferred

A Master’s Degree in a technical field, such as in Computer Science or Engineering may also be considered

Four (4) years of experience in Planning, Public Administration, Environmental Planning, Hazard Mitigation, Emergency Management, Floodplain Management or directly related field

Experience in hazard mitigation, risk reduction, resiliency initiatives and other related activities is a plus

What We Offer

When you join AECOM, you become part of a company that is pioneering the future. Our teams around the world are involved in some of the most cutting-edge and innovative projects and programs of our time, addressing the big challenges of today and shaping the built environment for generations to come. We ensure a workplace that encourages growth, flexibility and creativity, as well as a company culture that champions inclusion, diversity and overall employee well-being through programs supported by company leadership. Our core values define who we are, how we act and what we aspire to, which comes down to not only delivering a better world, but working to “make amazing happen” in each neighborhood, community and city we touch. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Virginia & North Carolina Greenway Coordinator
East Coast Greenway Alliance

The Virginia & North Carolina Greenway Coordinator is a full-time position that carries region-wide responsibilities for all aspects of greenway development, advocacy, and State Committee/volunteer engagement. This position helps communities along the route in VA & NC plan, build, and maintain sections of the East Coast Greenway. The VA & NC Coordinator works under the direction of the Deputy Director in coordination with other ECGA staff.

The right candidate will grow, support and empower our volunteers in the region and must be able to travel frequently within the region for meetings and events. In addition to meetings and community events, work will entail data collection, field investigations, and performing technical and GIS data analysis.

A budget for travel, equipment, and other program expenses will be provided.

For details and to apply, visit: https://greenway.applytojob.com/apply/xKWy1c7xFA/Virginia-North-Carolina-Greenway-Coordinator