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Director of Project Development
$125k-160k
Hydrogen & Clean Fuels
US
United States
Permanent
Remote

Piper Maddox is partnered with a business on a mission to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors through the 
use of renewable fuels. Their low carbon fuels are made from organic waste. With the world’s first commercial-scale plant producing thesen novel fuels and a pipeline of projects totalling millions of gallons per year of fuel, this business aims to deliver major environmental benefits while rejuvinating local communities with new projects and jobs.

  • This position is newly created to support the growing needs of the business. This position reports into the VP of Project Development.
  • The primary responsibilities of this position will be focused on full lifecycle project development. Identifying new development opportunities, feedstock supply, and other opportunities that fit into their development strategy. Additionally, assist in the procurement of biogas feedstock, such as dairy, swine and poultry manure, food waste, processing sludges, and agricultural waste, or raw biogas, to enable the construction of methanol and DME production facilities near feedstock streams.
  • The ideal candidate will have 3-5+ years of experience for Associate Director, or 5-7+ years for Director level.
  • This candidate needs to have experience working with biogas, as well as various feedstocks and waste streams (food waste, ag waste in particular)
    • Other considered experience (less desirable) include RNG, biodiesel, or other renewable liquid fuels.
  • This person ideally needs to have experience working In agriculture, waste, energy or other comparable fields.
  • This person needs to be Entrepreneurial, Hungry, and willing to work collaboratively and independently to support Jeffrey and the growth of the wider business.
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