# Project Developer, Midwest

New Leaf Energy is an experienced clean energy developer that partners with landowners, policymakers, and other stakeholders to accelerate the transition to a world powered by renewable energy. We identify high-value sites, work with landowners and local communities to develop them, and partner with long-term asset owners to bring the most impactful clean energy projects to life. New Leaf Energy is seeking a Project Developer, Midwest to join our growing team! The Project Developer’s ultimate priority is to originate and develop buildable, profitable multi-megawatt renewable energy projects in their assigned region. Your core responsibility will be to begin project development activities on dozens of sites, which means negotiating agreements with landowners, starting the entitlement and interconnection processes, and otherwise moving projects through New Leaf Energy’s project development process until they are ready to finance and build. You will build and nurture relationships with local stakeholders, including landowners, local governments, utilities, policy-makers, and others. You will work closely with our Policy and Business Development lead for the region, you will be a prima

- **Id**: 3988392
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/new-leaf-energy-project-developer-midwest>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T18:46:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T19:20:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7966
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Education assistance, Equity, Flexible schedule, Hybrid work, Parental leave, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Energy & Utilities, Solar Energy

## Company

- **Id**: 678600
- **Name**: New Leaf Energy
- **Domain**: newleafenergy.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/newleafenergy>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 76
- **Open postings**: 25
- **Ghost share**: 0.32
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 69
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 127000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 127000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T22:27:58Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 95
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.946
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 69
- **Reasons**: conf:2, urgency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 127000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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