Redwood Materials
Land Use Engineer, Energy Storage Project Engineering
About this role
Lead land use and development due diligence for grid-scale battery energy storage projects, determining site viability and creating a defensible development path from initial screening through permitting and handoff to detailed design. You'll coordinate environmental reviews, entitlements, utility service coordination, and consultant management across federal, state, and local requirements.
What you'll do
- Own scope, schedule, and resourcing for land use and development due diligence on early-phase energy storage projects
- Conduct site screening, constraints analysis, and feasibility assessments using title, survey, environmental, and jurisdictional data
- Scope and manage surveys, geotechnical investigations, hydrology studies, and integration of subsurface findings into developable-area analysis
- Lead environmental due diligence under NEPA and state review acts, including wetlands, endangered species, and cultural resources coordination
- Drive local entitlements including zoning, permits, site plan review, and variances while maintaining permit matrices and schedules
- Secure non-power utilities (water, sewer, fiber) and produce Basis of Design package for handoff to detailed design team
What they're looking for
- Land use and development due diligence
- NEPA and state environmental review processes
- Local planning and entitlement procedures across jurisdictions
- Grid-scale battery energy storage site requirements
- Permit matrix and entitlement schedule development
- Survey, geotechnical, and environmental consultant management
- Utility coordination and infrastructure agreements
- Federal wetlands, endangered species, and cultural resource compliance
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Redwood Materials
Redwood Materials develops battery products and energy storage systems, with a focus on battery refining, material production, and end-of-life battery processing. The company is hiring Systems Engineers, Design Engineers, Solutions Engineers, Software Engineers specializing in ML and Computer Vision, and Service Engineers to build and scale their battery technology and manufacturing operations.
- Website
- redwoodmaterials.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a past project where you led environmental due diligence under NEPA from start to finish—what were the major regulatory hurdles and how did you resolve them?
- How have you managed consultant teams across surveys, geotechnical, and environmental disciplines, and how do you ensure deliverables meet your project needs?