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# Land Use Engineer, Energy Storage Project Engineering at Redwood Materials

- **Company:** Redwood Materials
- **Location:** Mccarran, NV / San Francisco California, United States
- **Compensation:** $190k–$252k
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/redwoodmaterials/jobs/6143595004?gh_jid=6143595004

## Job description

## About Redwood Materials

Redwood 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.

Redwood Materials is building grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and this role answers the first question every project faces: can this site host one? As the Land Use Engineer on the Energy Storage Project, you lead land use and development due diligence during the earliest project phases, turning raw, ambiguous site information into a defensible development basis — confirmed site conditions, a clear permitting and entitlement path, utility service availability, and a resolved environmental and regulatory profile. You support active customer pursuits alongside the Business Development, Policy, and Product teams, then hand a gap-closed development package to the detailed design team. The work rewards people who move fast without sacrificing the depth that sets projects up for permitting and execution success.

Responsibilities will include:

- Own scope, resourcing, and schedule for land use and development due diligence on assigned early-phase projects, from initial site screening through handoff to detailed design, coordinating 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 during pursuit qualification, then harden the development basis and provide diligence exhibits that attach to the contract as pursuits advance
- Scope, procure, and manage site surveys, geotechnical investigations, and hydrology and drainage studies, integrating findings on topography, boundaries, easements, subsurface conditions, floodplain, and stormwater into the developable-area and constraints analysis
- Lead environmental due diligence under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and applicable state review acts, coordinating 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 — and 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), including availability confirmation, service applications, will-serve letters, and coordination of extensions or on-site systems, while selecting and managing environmental and technical consultants and supporting 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, and produce the land use and development Basis of Design package as the formal handoff to detailed design

Desired Qualifications:

- 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, along 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, with 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!

In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and skills.

California Pay Range: $190,000—$252,000 USD

The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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## About Redwood Materials

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Redwood Materials recycles lithium-ion batteries to recover critical minerals and deploys large-scale energy storage systems, building a domestic circular supply chain for batteries.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Late-stage; Series E closed at $425M in October 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Carson City, Nevada, USA (with campuses in Northern Nevada, South Carolina, and an R&D center in San Francisco)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: JB Straubel (former Tesla CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Battery recycling, critical materials production, and energy storage
- **Target customers**: B2B – automotive OEMs, data center operators, utilities, and grid-scale energy storage buyers
- **Mission/purpose**: “Securing U.S. critical materials. Powering America’s energy future.” – building a resilient domestic supply chain for batteries and enabling the energy transition.

## Products & Services
- **Critical Materials Production**: Recovers lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper from end-of-life batteries (recycling) and produces cathode active material at scale. [redwoodmaterials.com](https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/)
- **Redwood Energy**: Designs, integrates, and deploys large-scale energy storage systems (BESS) for data centers and the grid, using both new and repurposed batteries. [redwoodmaterials.com](https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/)
- **Battery Bin**: Consumer-facing recycling program launched in December 2025 to collect end-of-life batteries. [redwoodmaterials.com/about/](https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/about/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: ~$6 billion (as of October 2025, per Wikipedia)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised >$1.4B (over $1B in 2023 plus $425M Series E in 2025). Annual revenue not publicly disclosed.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners include Volkswagen Group of America, Panasonic, GM/Ultium Cells, Volvo, Amazon, Toyota, Southern Company, BMW of North America, Crusoe, Lime, Caterpillar, Isuzu. [redwoodmaterials.com](https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Opened South Carolina recycling campus (2025) and SF R&D center (2025)
  - Launched Redwood Energy storage division (2025)
  - Expanded into Europe (2022)
  - Recognized as Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies (2024, 2026) and Time100 Climate (2024)
  - Active job postings: 79 (as of mid-2026), with monthly growth of +83.7% [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/redwood-materials)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Technology moat**: Recovers >95% of metals (nickel, cobalt, lithium, copper) from end-of-life batteries, creating a low-cost domestic source of critical materials.
- **Vertical integration**: Combines recycling, refining, cathode production, and energy storage deployment under one roof.
- **Strategic partnerships**: Deep relationships with nearly every major automotive OEM and energy companies, ensuring feedstock and offtake.
- **First-mover in U.S. battery circularity**: One of the largest domestic sources of critical minerals, reducing reliance on foreign supply chains.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale domestic battery material production and energy storage manufacturing to meet U.S. grid and EV demand.
- Expand Redwood Energy as a standalone business unit for utility and data center storage.
- Grow consumer recycling programs (Battery Bin) and deepen partnerships with automakers and energy companies.
- Continue R&D in advanced battery chemistries and recycling processes at the San Francisco innovation center.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Employees are motivated by building a resilient U.S. energy future and solving climate challenges.
- **Pioneering environment**: Described as “pioneers, innovators, and collaborators” working on chemistry, materials science, automation, and advanced equipment design. [redwoodmaterials.com/join/](https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/join/)
- **Locations**: Multiple campuses – Tahoe (Northern Nevada), Carolina (South Carolina), and downtown San Francisco R&D center.
- **Growth opportunities**: Rapid scaling with 79+ open roles across engineering, operations, EPC, software, and business functions. Top talent sources include Tesla (207 alumni), Panasonic, Rivian, and Chewy.
- **Work style**: Hybrid/office presence expected at campuses; culture emphasizes making difficult decisions and implementing design constraints to drive impact.

## Sources
1. [redwoodmaterials.com](https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/)
2. [redwoodmaterials.com/about/](https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/about/)
3. [redwoodmaterials.com/join/](https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/join/)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/redwood-materials)
5. [wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwood_Materials)

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