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Project Development Manager at Last Energy (Austin, TX)

Last Energy· Austin, TX·

Role details

Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

Last Energy is seeking a Project Development Manager to support the development of our fleet of PWR-20 Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) projects. This role owns project progress end-to-end across multiple markets simultaneously - from securing land and utility interconnection to engaging local stakeholders and regulators. The ideal candidate is a decisive operator who can build a roadmap from scratch, rally a cross-functional team around it, and push a project through ambiguity and hurdles toward a signed grid connection.

Areas of responsibility include:

Program/Project Management

  • Develop roadmaps, budgets, and resourcing plans
  • Accelerates projects through ruthless prioritization and critical path management, together with in-country teams
  • Assigns and manages cross-functional team members (including product, engineering, licensing, and communications) in support of project progress

Land Acquisition

  • Prepares, negotiates, and closes land agreements, together with in-country teams
  • Manages land diligence efforts, including environmental, planning, and geotechnical

Grid Application

  • Utilize transmission and distribution maps/data to identify opportunities for expedited grid connections
  • Develop (with support from the engineering team), submit, and manage grid connection applications through the approvals process

Stakeholder Engagement/Permitting

  • Travel internationally and present projects to municipalities and local stakeholder groups
  • Research, draft, submit, and manage planning and non-nuclear permitting documentation to regulatory bodies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics/Finance, Environmental Science, Urban Planning, or other related discipline
  • 8+ years of professional experience, ideally in the fields of energy or sustainability
  • Demonstrated Project Development and Project Management skills
  • Familiarity with project scheduling tools (Smartsheet, MS Project, Primavera P6, or similar)
  • Working knowledge of the energy transition landscape
  • Willing to travel as needed (10-30%)
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills; able to track many moving pieces across multiple projects simultaneously without dropping the ball
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Eager to learn the specifics of nuclear project development, regulatory processes, and energy infrastructure; prior knowledge is a plus but not required
  • Strong self-starter with the ability to quickly adapt strategy in a fast-paced environment

Why work at Last Energy

  • Culture: “Dynamic and passionate team that blends fresh perspectives with seasoned expertise” — described as a fast-growing international team united by a mission to solve one of the hardest problems in energy lastenergy.com/careers/jobs
  • Work policy: Roles are currently on-site in Austin, TX or Washington, D.C. jobs.lever.co
  • Impact: Opportunity to work on the “most important challenge of our lifetime” with tangible progress toward global clean energy goals.
  • Engineering culture: Hands-on work with hardware, nuclear systems, and modular manufacturing; strong patent activity indicates a culture of innovation.

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