Manager of Thermal Development
Posted Mar 20, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a combustion turbine or combined cycle project you developed. What made it viable?
What they are checking: Whether they have real thermal development experience and understand what drives project economics.
Tell me about a time you had to change a project plan because of new market or policy information.
What they are checking: Whether they adapt quickly when conditions shift, which is constant in thermal development.
How do you manage several projects at once in different RTOs?
What they are checking: Whether they can prioritize and track parallel developments with different rules and timelines.
What would you do
Gas pipeline capacity at your preferred site turns out to be limited. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can solve fuel supply problems creatively or recognize when a site doesn't work.
How do you work with communities that may oppose a new gas plant?
What they are checking: Whether they engage openly with community concerns about emissions and local impacts.
About the work
How would you decide between a greenfield and a brownfield site for a new gas-fired project?
What they are checking: Whether they weigh existing interconnection, permits, water, gas supply and community history.
How do you evaluate whether carbon capture makes sense for a particular project?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the cost, storage, permitting and incentive questions behind carbon capture.
How would you support origination of a PPA or build-transfer deal with a utility?
What they are checking: Whether they understand how development timelines and costs feed into commercial offers.
What are the key permits for a new thermal plant, and which ones carry the most schedule risk?
What they are checking: Whether they know air permitting and other approvals that often set the critical path.
How do you evaluate which thermal technology fits a market's needs?
What they are checking: Whether they connect technology choices to capacity, dispatch and reliability needs in each RTO.
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