Project Manager, Project Development (Fusion Energy)

Location: Devens, Massachusetts, United States; hybrid workplace. The role requires up to 25% travel, including day trips and overnight travel, and occasional nights, weekends, or on-call work.

Company

hirify.global is developing commercial fusion power technology and a grid-scale fusion power plant.

What you will do

• Evaluate potential project locations using fatal flaw analyses and GIS, including topography, generation and water availability, environmental constraints, and site viability.
• Assess land-use policies, zoning regulations, tax structures, transmission availability, substation capacity, and grid infrastructure.
• Support land acquisition negotiations, site control plans, options, leases, rights-of-way, title reviews, ALTA surveys, environmental assessments, and preliminary geotechnical reviews.
• Lead early community outreach and represent the project at public hearings, regulatory proceedings, and community forums.
• Lead environmental and regulatory permit applications, including Wetlands, Air Quality, NPDES, Storm Water, and CPCN filings.
• Coordinate engineering, legal, finance, origination, external affairs, consultants, and contractors while managing schedules, compliance systems, risk registries, and permitting frameworks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Urban or Regional Planning, Public Policy, Law, or a related technical field.
• 5–8+ years of experience leading environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, or land-use approvals for utility-scale energy, thermal power generation, or large industrial infrastructure projects.
• Technical expertise in federal and state environmental regulations, including the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, NEPA, or state equivalents.
• Exceptional project management, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a facility with industrial hazards, including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.
• Ability to perform extended periods of typing, standing, and sitting, and to travel up to 25%.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or advanced technical degree.
• Experience with state public utility commission filings and PMP certification.
• Proficiency with MS Project, Primavera P6, and GIS applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with equity.
• 13 company-wide holidays, flexible vacation days, and 10 sick days.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer matching and professional growth opportunities.
• Team-building activities.

Hiring process

• Employment is contingent on compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws concerning controlled or protected technologies and information.