Development Graduate Summer Associate (East Coast)

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

CCR is seeking Summer Associates to support our East Development team, which covers several markets across the east coast. This team manages the development of solar and storage projects, beginning with site selection and acquisition, and managing all aspects of the project’s development through its 12-48 month lifecycle. The team also handles market entry and competitive analysis for Cypress Creek’s growing solar and storage development platform.

Summer Associates will split their time between a 12-week long strategic project and serving as a member of a particular team within Development supporting active development of a project or portfolio of projects in a particular market. Potential projects may include analyzing current market opportunities, improving development operations, assisting business operations or project greenfield/acquisition activities.

An effective candidate for all open roles will demonstrate sound industry and project development knowledge, superior leadership and communication skills, the ability to focus on minute details while still seeing the big picture, detailed organization, a desire to solve complex problems, initiative, strong quantitative modeling skills and an excellent ability to work across multiple teams.

Duties And Responsibilities May Include

• Partner with Department Leads and Executive Management to refine and focus Development strategy through quantitative and qualitative analyses
• Quantitative analyses will include: cash flow modeling, forecasting addressable markets and customers, and project cost and schedule analysis
• Qualitative analyses will include analyzing market conditions, regulatory analysis, EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) RFP bid analysis and analysis of transactional trends/themes
• Support the development of a project and/or projects, working with utilities, municipalities, environmental professionals, legal counsel, engineering, as well as external consultants and EPCs to successfully add value to development assets in varying stages of development
• Work cross functionally with project development, finance, operations and analytics teams to leverage project and financial data systems
• Perform due diligence on prospective greenfield development and project acquisition opportunities, including analysis of queue positions, transmission rights, and regulatory/permitting processes
• Support live transactions via preparation of project sales marketing materials and internal Investment Committee memos
• Support assigned team with day-to-day business activities
  
  

Qualifications

• Preference for current 1st year (or 2nd year in dual degree program) graduate student in relevant field of study (MBA, MEM, MPP, etc)
• BA/BS degree, preferably in a relevant field such as economics, political science, public administration, urban planning, engineering, environmental studies, etc.
• Demonstrated interest in energy sector, particularly project development
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience
• Strong analytical, written, and presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral
• Creative problem-solving and ability to work with ambiguity
• Drive for quick results, with vision of long-term strategy
• Ability to collaborate between multiple departments with varying priorities
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Embracing and living by the mission and values of Cypress Creek Renewables
  
  

Location: Preferably a candidate will be based near the Durham or Asheville office and an ability to go into the office multiple days of the week

Compensation: The hourly rate for our Graduate/MBA internships is $30-$35/hr.

We are accepting applications through February 28th, 2025.