We are seeking an experienced General Manager to lead and grow our British Columbia business. This is a British Columbia-based role, with regular travel to our project sites in the Cariboo region and periodic travel to our midtown Toronto office.

CarbonFree Technology Inc and its affiliates ("CarbonFree") is one of the most successful solar developers in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto and active across Canada and the Americas for over two decades, we develop, finance, construct and operate utility-scale solar and battery storage projects. We hold a contracted portfolio of 484 MWp now heading into construction, won in Ontario’s competitive long-term procurement, with a further 1.5 GW of development pipeline behind it across Ontario and British Columbia. We are growing the team to match, and we are looking for talented people who want to help build and scale the next generation of clean energy infrastructure.

About the role We are seeking an experienced General Manager to lead and grow our British Columbia business. This is a British Columbia-based role, with regular travel to our project sites in the Cariboo region and periodic travel to our midtown Toronto office.

You will own CarbonFree’s British Columbia portfolio: utility-scale solar projects on Crown land in the Cariboo Region, representing several hundred megawatts of development. Your mandate is to take those projects from where they stand today to bid-ready for the next BC Hydro call for power, and to own every part of that work, from First Nations partnership and community relations through tenure, permitting, interconnection, consultant management and the bid itself.

You will be supported by our experienced Toronto-based development, engineering, legal and finance teams, and you will have genuine autonomy over how the British Columbia business is built, together with meaningful influence across the organization. This is a place for doers who roll up their sleeves, adapt quickly, and take pride in creating clarity, rigor, and trust through their work.

Position summary You will lead all aspects of development for our British Columbia portfolio, from early-stage Crown land tenure through to a successful submission into BC Hydro’s next call for power, and onward to ready-to-build. The role combines long-horizon relationship building with First Nations and host communities, hands-on management of provincial and local regulatory processes, and the discipline to hold a bid program to a fixed external deadline.

It suits someone who understands that in British Columbia, Indigenous partnership is not a workstream running alongside the project. It is the project.

First Nations, community and stakeholder relations

Lead and own CarbonFree’s relationships with the First Nations on whose asserted traditional territories our projects sit, building on the engagement already undertaken and establishing relationships where none yet exist.

Negotiate and structure Indigenous equity participation that meets, and where possible exceeds, BC Hydro’s minimum requirement, and secure the confirmation evidence a bid submission requires.

Build and maintain relationships with host communities, regional district and municipal officials, grazing and range tenure holders, and other land users whose interests overlap our sites.

Represent CarbonFree at council meetings, community sessions, open houses and industry events in the province.

Tenure, permitting and environmental approvals

Maintain and advance Crown land tenure, from the existing investigative licenses through to the long-term tenure a bid and a financing will require.

Manage provincial and local authorizations, including BC Energy Regulator requirements, regional district land use, rezoning or temporary use permits, Agricultural Land Commission approvals where applicable, and environmentally sensitive development permit areas.

Develop and execute a strategy for permit and project definition required for a successful offtake bid, project timeline and project economics.

Retain and direct a qualified environmental skilled, and scope and oversee the environmental, archaeological and heritage work program.

Anticipate species at risk, riparian, grassland and old growth constraints early enough that they shape the layout rather than delay the bid.

Interconnection

Own the interconnection pathway end to end, including pre-submission engagement, the interconnection request itself, execution of feasibility study agreements, payment of deposits, and the prompt cure of any deficiency within the time allowed.

Work with our engineering team and external consultants on connection capacity and connection cost assessment, and bring the answer back into the layout and the model.

Bid preparation and delivery

Own the bid-ready checklist and

📌 General Manager, British Columbia (Toronto)
🏢 CarbonFree Technology
📍 Toronto