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About the Role

As the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Land Use Engineer, you will lead land use and development due diligence during the earliest project phases for grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). You will turn raw site information into a defensible development basis, confirmed site conditions, a clear permitting path, utility service availability, and a resolved environmental and regulatory profile. You will support customer pursuits and hand off a gap-closed development package to the detailed design team.

Responsibilities

Own scope, resourcing, and schedule for land use and development due diligence on assigned early-phase projects.
Coordinate 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.
Harden the development basis and provide diligence exhibits that attach to the contract.
Scope, procure, and manage site surveys, geotechnical investigations, and hydrology and drainage studies.
Integrate findings on topography, boundaries, easements, subsurface conditions, floodplain, and stormwater into the developable-area and constraints analysis.
Lead environmental due diligence under NEPA and applicable state review acts.
Coordinate 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.
Develop and maintain the permit matrix, entitlement schedule, and budget across federal, state, and local approvals.
Identify and secure non-power utility service (water, sewer, and fiber).
Confirm utility service availability, obtain service applications and will-serve letters, and coordinate extensions or on-site systems.
Select and manage environmental and technical consultants.
Support agency and community outreach.
Deliver feasibility studies as a go/no-go input with a constraints register.
Drive the gap analysis to closure with an owner on every item.
Produce the land use and development Basis of Design package as the formal handoff to detailed design.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Planning, or a related field, preferably Civil or Environmental Engineering, or equivalent experience demonstrating exceptional ability in land development, environmental, or civil disciplines.
Strong knowledge of land use and development due diligence, including boundary and topographic surveys, geotechnical investigations, and hydrology, drainage, and floodplain studies.
Working knowledge of environmental review and permitting under NEPA and state environmental review acts, plus federal wetlands, endangered species, and cultural resource processes.
Familiarity with local planning and entitlement processes across multiple jurisdictions, including zoning, conditional and special use permits, site plan and design review, variances, and grading and stormwater permits.
Working knowledge of grid-scale battery energy storage site development requirements — footprint, setbacks, fire and life-safety separation distances, access, and balance-of-plant siting — sufficient to translate product configurations into land and permitting requirements.
Experience developing and managing permit matrices, entitlement schedules and budgets, and utility service coordination and agreements.
Experience with land development or infrastructure permitting and coordination with utilities and public agencies.
Experience selecting and managing survey, geotechnical, environmental, and civil consultants, including scoping, budgeting, and deliverable review.
Professional Engineer (PE) license, American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification, or comparable professional credential preferred.
Project management and/or EPC experience a plus.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing agency submittals and supporting community and stakeholder outreach.
Excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and execute in parallel in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

Skills

Land use and development due diligence
Boundary and topographic surveys
Geotechnical investigations
Hydrology, drainage, and floodplain studies
Environmental review and permitting under NEPA
State environmental review acts
Federal wetlands review
Endangered Species Act consultation
National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 cultural resources review
Local planning and entitlement processes
Zoning
Conditional and special use permits
Site plan and design review
Variances
Grading and stormwater permits
Grid-scale battery energy storage site development requirements
Permit matrices
Entitlement schedules and budgets
Utility service coordination and agreements
Consultant management
Written communication
Verbal communication
Agency submittals
Community and stakeholder outreach
Attention to detail
Prioritization
Execution in ambiguous environments

Location

California

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Commensurate with experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Planning, or a related field, preferably Civil or Environmental Engineering, or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

$190,000—$252,000 USD

About the Company

Redwood Materials 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.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.