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Project Development Associate I

Highland Electric Fleets

Job Location:

California, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 75000 - 90000

Posted: 22 August 2026 (4 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 19 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Us

Highland Electric Fleets mission is to make electric fleets accessible and affordable for all enabling communities to realize the benefits of cleaner quieter and healthier fleets. Highland is North Americas leading provider of Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS). Founded in 2019 Highland partners with school districts municipalities and fleet operators to make the transition to electric fleets simple and affordable.

Highland proudly serves as the Official Electric School Bus Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Team USA. From pioneering vehicle-to-grid technology to managing some of the nations largest electric school bus fleets Highland delivers reliable cost-effective solutions that support local communities and drive the future of transportation.

Job Summary:

The Project Development Associate I will deliver fully developed and planned projects in preparation forcustomer contract execution. This role works closely with Senior Associates and the commercial teamto document customer needs and Highland commitments helping to advance deals by acting as ajunior site development resource. The Associate I will collaborate with Legal Finance and MarketDevelopment to help ensure projects meet underwriting requirements and will assist in managingexternal engineers and consultants to finalize site designs for handoff to the Customer Success andProject Execution teams.

Over time the selected candidate will grow into a more autonomous role taking on these project development responsibilities with increasing independence.

This position reports to the Manager Project Development and is based remotely in California with an expectation of approximately 20% travel.

Responsibilities:

Support Senior Associates and Managers in establishing fleet electrification scopes of work for
projects in development including project timelines budgets and equipment selection.
Work with engineering teams to develop designs for complex EV charging depot projects
including solar and battery storage components.
Contribute to estimating engineering construction and interconnection costs for use in project
budgets.
Coordinate the project site diligence process including identifying real estate zoning
permitting and other development restrictions.
Help define project permitting requirements and support the preparation of related project
engineering deliverables.
Assist in identifying utility requirements filing new service requests and communicating with
utility representatives to define utility-related timelines and budgets.
Assist in managing projects through the design and engineering phases including tracking
schedules budgets and subcontractor deliverables.
Support the handoff to the project implementation team upon customer contract execution.
Contribute to work scoping methodology and documentation improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

Required

Bachelors degree or 4 years of directly related professional experience.

Preferred

Experience working with electric utilities (e.g. interconnection new service requests).
Exposure to electric vehicle charging renewable energy or related clean energy technologies.
Experience in electrical engineering construction or infrastructure project development.
Experience working with permitting authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) or similar regulatorybodies.
Project management experience in engineering and/or construction environments.

$75000 - $90000 a year

What You Can Expect from Highland:

Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus program
A supportive highly collaborative team-oriented environment
Ability to work with bright innovative and forward-thinking colleagues
Health Vision and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
Generous Paid Time Off
401(k) program and company match

Highland Electric Fleets provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Highland Electric Fleets complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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