What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Development Advisor position at ENGIE North America Inc.?
What You Can Expect
As our Project Development Advisor, you will be a strategic contributor within the ENGIE Capital Projects team at Georgetown University, responsible for turning early-stage ideas into viable, fundable, and executable projects. You'll help shape the future of the University's energy and infrastructure systems by developing business cases, feasibility studies, and conceptual designs that align with Georgetown's sustainability and reliability goals.
This position supports ENGIE's long-term 50-year partnership with Georgetown University to operate, maintain, and enhance the campus utility systems. You'll play a central role in advancing projects involving chilled water, steam, electrical distribution, HVAC, and renewable energy systems-ensuring that each is technically sound, financially justified, and ready for delivery.
No two days are the same. You'll coordinate with engineers, financial analysts, and project managers to define scope, budget, schedule, and risk profiles, while ensuring full compliance with governance and approval processes. Your success will be measured by how effectively you transform conceptual ideas into well-developed projects that are ready to execute and deliver measurable value.
Additional duties include the following:
- Lead preparation of feasibility studies, business cases, and conceptual design packages for capital projects
- Develop project scopes, cost estimates, schedules, and risk assessments in collaboration with Engineering Advisors and Delivery teams
- Support project approval processes by preparing funding documentation, presentations, and supporting materials.
- Ensure smooth handoff of developed projects to the Project Delivery team with complete technical and financial documentation
- Review contractor and consultant deliverables for consistency, accuracy, and alignment with University and ENGIE standards
- Participate in the maintenance of the project pipeline, milestone schedules, and funding forecasts
- Support risk management, contract governance, and scope control throughout development stages
- Serve as the day-to-day interface with University stakeholders during the project development phase
- Foster collaboration and problem-solving among multidisciplinary teams to advance complex infrastructure projects
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering; or MBA or advanced degree
- Minimum seven (7) years of progressive experience in capital project development, utility infrastructure, or large-scale campus/municipal projects
- Strong understanding of technical, financial, and contractual elements of infrastructure development
- Demonstrated experience preparing project approval documentation and feasibility studies
- Proficiency with lifecycle cost analysis, business case modeling, and capital planning tools
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills for stakeholder and executive engagement
- Collaborative and empathetic approach to balancing competing priorities and stakeholder interests
- Experience with public-private partnerships (P3s) preferred
- Familiarity with university or campus utility systems is an advantage
Additional Details
- Eligible for hybrid work as allowed by project activities.
- Must comply with all ENGIE ethics, governance, and safety standards.
- Some site visits and in-person stakeholder meetings will be required.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills essential for success.
- Requires ability to manage multiple concurrent development efforts with attention to accuracy and detail.
Compensation
Salary Range:$140,760 - 187,680 USD annually
This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.
ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.
In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.
Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location
At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match. But that's not all - we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.
Why ENGIE?
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At ENGIE, our goal is to support, encourage, promote, and thrive on diversity, equity and inclusion, for the benefit of our employees, customers, products and services, and community. So ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and is also an affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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