Role: EPC Associate
Location: Miami, FL or Minneapolis, MN
Apply: www.spearmintenergy.com / [email protected]
Who We Are
Spearmint Energy (“Spearmint”) is a next-generation renewable energy company enabling the clean energy revolution through developing and installing battery energy storage systems (BESS). Spearmint currently operates a 150MW/300 MWh BESS project located in West Texas, and is also developing over 20 projects, totaling over 10 GWh of capacity, across 10+ states in 4 regions of the United States. Headquartered in Miami, Florida with an additional office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Spearmint is comprised of over 40 seasoned industry professionals across development and corporate functions and aims to be the preeminent green merchant energy company.
Spearmint develops, owns, operates, and optimizes battery energy storage systems with the aim of reducing grid volatility, increasing system resiliency, and helping minimize carbon emissions in a responsible and efficient way.
What You Will Do
Spearmint Energy is seeking construction managers with varying levels of experience to support project design, construction, and commissioning activities for its energy storage and renewable generation projects. At Spearmint team members are responsible for executing the company's strategy and advancing projects and/or portfolios of projects in battery energy storage, solar, and wind. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and project management skills and have basic (associate level) experience with the construction of renewable energy projects. This individual contributor role will report to the Senior Director of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) or to the SVP of Project Execution as part of Spearmint’s development business unit.
Note to Applicants: This job description is the basis for multiple roles within Spearmint’s development team and we strongly encourage interested applicants to apply even if they do not meet all the requirements described. Spearmint is seeking diverse experiences and recognizes that those experiences may not always align with the career progression paths of others.
Core Responsibilities
• Support design and construction planning for the full project development lifecycle from site identification to financial close for multiple energy storage and, potentially, solar, and wind projects.
• Support greenfield development by assessing fundamental site criteria from a construction perspective.
• Collaborate with legal counsel and senior members of the development team to draft and review project contract documents and agreements.
• Represent the company in meetings with designs firms, equipment suppliers, city and county agencies, and with EPC contractors.
• Conduct high-level site diligence, select and manage consulting teams for detailed project review and the full EPC process. Support the transmission/interconnection process including participation in coordination meetings and tracking requests for information (RFI).
• Identify business opportunities, form relationships with potential counterparties.
• Develop and execute activities consistent with the company’s brand objectives, work with internal and external engineering and construction teams to prepare cost estimates and schedules, identify constraints, and ensure safety requirements are met, and stay current with professional and industry best practices.
• Ensure compliance with company policies in health, safety, security, equity, ethics, and governance.
Who You Are
• Possess basic (Associate), or intermediate (Manager or Director skills in managing core responsibilities of construction project development independently or with limited oversight, including managing client interactions and delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Natural Resources, or other relevant field, 0-3 years (Associate), 2-7 years (Manager), 5+ years (Director), or 10+ years (VP) of relevant experience, and at least 1 year of work or internship experience in a full-time professional office environment (remote work or internship experience preferred).
• Ability to travel up to 25-50% of the time to project sites primarily in rural communities.
• Advanced skills in MS Office, MS Project, and Outlook, and experience using Procore, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, and/or Google Earth preferred (Associate),
Must have work authorization to work in the United States