Community engagement manager - power generation

Do you want to work with high-caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future.

Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California. In 2026, SoftBank Group and OpenAI announced a $1 billion investment to support SB Energy as their leading development and execution partner for data center campuses, while Ares Infrastructure continues its long-standing support of the company's growth. SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States. Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide.

SB Energy also leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load. We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today.

Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition!

Basic Function

The Community Engagement Manager - Gas Generation will serve as SB Energy’s primary local community contact for its gas generation projects in Pike County, Ohio. This role will build and maintain relationships with residents, neighboring landowners, local officials, businesses, and community organizations throughout project development, construction, commissioning, and operations.

Based in Pike County, the Community Engagement Manager will help community members understand project activities, provide accessible ways to raise questions and concerns, and work with the project team to deliver timely responses and follow-through. The position will translate project information into clear public communications and bring community feedback into project planning and execution.

Responsibilities

Local Relationships and Community Presence

• Serve as the primary day-to-day community contact for SB Energy’s gas generation projects in Pike County, maintaining a consistent and accessible presence in the community.
• Develop working relationships with neighboring residents and landowners, county and township officials, municipal representatives, schools, local businesses, civic organizations, and other community stakeholders.
• Meet regularly with community members to understand questions, concerns, and local priorities related to the gas projects.
• Attend local government meetings and community events to provide approved project information, listen to feedback, and identify matters requiring follow-up.
• Maintain a stakeholder contact record and engagement history to support continuity across project phases and personnel.

Gas Project Communications and Outreach

• Develop and implement a local engagement plan aligned with gas project permitting, construction, startup, and operational milestones.
• Prepare project updates, fact sheets, FAQs, presentations, construction notices, and other community-facing materials with input from the appropriate internal teams.
• Coordinate advance communications about activities that may affect neighboring communities, including traffic changes, major equipment deliveries, road restrictions, construction schedules, and commissioning activities.
• Work with engineering, environmental, permitting, safety, and construction personnel to provide accurate, understandable responses to questions about noise, air emissions, water use, lighting, safety, and other project topics.
• Organize community meetings, open houses, briefings, and appropriately coordinated site visits.
• Route media inquiries and sensitive public statements through SB Energy’s designated communications resources.

Community Questions and Issue Resolution

• Establish and maintain a clear process for receiving, documenting, routing, and responding to community questions and concerns.
• Track each issue through resolution, including the responsible project contact, response timing, actions taken, and follow-up with the person who raised it.
• Work with project leadership and contractors to investigate construction-related concerns and communicate agreed corrective actions.
• Identify recurring concerns and recommend changes to outreach or project practices for consideration by the responsible teams.
• Escalate urgent safety concerns, significant community impacts, and unresolved issues promptly.
• Maintain an accurate record of community commitments and coordinate with responsible teams to track delivery.

Coordination with the Data Center Community Team

• Work closely with the Community Development Manager supporting the data center project to maintain a coordinated local engagement approach.
• Align stakeholder meetings, outreach calendars, public materials, and community events across the gas and data center projects.
• Clarify which project team owns each question or commitment and coordinate joint responses where concerns involve both developments.
• Share community feedback and emerging issues so both teams have a consistent understanding of local priorities.
• Coordinate communications about overlapping construction activities and potential combined effects on traffic, local services, and neighboring properties.
• Support shared community initiatives while tracking gas-project-specific responsibilities and commitments.

Local Opportunities and Community Partnerships

• Connect interested residents and businesses with the appropriate channels for project employment, workforce training, contracting, and supplier opportunities.
• Coordinate with project contractors, procurement, and workforce partners to communicate available opportunities accurately.
• Support relationships with schools, career and technical education providers, workforce organizations, and local business groups.
• Help identify community partnership, volunteer, and sponsorship opportunities aligned with local needs and approved company priorities.
• Track participation and outcomes for approved gas project community initiatives.
• Coordinate proposed commitments and expenditures through the appropriate SB Energy approval process.

Project Team Support and Reporting

• Participate in gas project coordination meetings to stay informed of upcoming activities and communicate community considerations.
• Support environmental and permitting teams with meeting logistics, outreach materials, and follow-up associated with public participation activities.
• Coordinate community-facing information with construction, safety, operations, legal, and communications personnel.
• Provide regular updates to community engagement leadership and gas project management on outreach activities, open issues, commitments, and upcoming needs.
• Support continuity of community relationships and issue tracking as projects transition from construction into operations.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required

• Experience in community engagement, community or economic development, public affairs, local government, stakeholder relations, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public affairs, public administration, community development, business, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to build productive relationships with residents, public officials, businesses, and community organizations.
• Strong listening, interpersonal, and conflict-resolution skills, including the ability to handle difficult conversations respectfully and follow through on concerns.
• Strong writing and public speaking skills, with the ability to explain complex project information in clear, accessible language.
• Experience organizing public meetings, outreach activities, or community programs.
• Ability to work with technical personnel to develop accurate public information and recognize when specialist input is needed.
• Strong organization and recordkeeping skills, including tracking stakeholder interactions, open issues, and commitments.
• Sound judgment when handling sensitive information, public concerns, and company commitments.
• Ability to coordinate across project teams and maintain consistent communications.
• Ability to be based in Pike County, Ohio, with regular in-person engagement throughout the surrounding community.
• Availability for occasional evening and weekend meetings and events.

Preferred

• Established knowledge of Pike County and surrounding southern Ohio communities, institutions, and local priorities.
• Experience supporting natural gas generation, utility, industrial, or other major infrastructure projects through development and construction.
• Experience with gas generation facilities co-located with large data center campuses, including coordination of community engagement across related projects.
• Experience addressing community questions about construction impacts, noise, air quality, water use, traffic, and infrastructure development.
• Familiarity with public participation in project permitting and local government processes.
• Experience supporting local workforce development, business participation, or community investment programs.

Location: Pike County, Ohio. Locally based, with regular attendance at project sites, stakeholder meetings, and community events. Occasional evening and weekend availability is required.

Base Pay

$140,000 - $165,000

The pay range mentioned above is a guideline. We tailor each offer based on your unique skills, experience, location, and market benchmarks—while ensuring internal parity across our teams. The compensation range provided reflects base pay. Total rewards may also include performance-based bonuses, equity grants, and a market leading comprehensive health and wellness benefits package. Final details will be discussed during the later stages of the hiring process.

Our Health & Wellness Benefits

At SB Energy, we invest in our people and their families with benefits designed for flexibility, support, and peace of mind. Full-time employees enjoy:

• 100% Company-Paid Medical, Dental & Vision (for employees and dependents)
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Generous Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
• 12 Weeks Parental Leave
• Life, AD&D & Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical, Dependent Care, Transit & Parking (with company contributions)
• Mental, Physical & Social Wellness Support (with company contributions)
• Flexible Work Arrangements & Hybrid Office Setup Benefits
• Monthly Reimbursement for Phone, Internet & Data
• Optional Legal & Pet Insurance Plans
• Device Purchase Support

At SB Energy, the success of our projects is driven by a desire to see our projects benefit as many people as possible. We work to serve local communities through volunteering, fundraising, and much more. For example, we’re proud to support access and opportunity in engineering and clean energy through impactful mentorship programs and workforce training. When you join SB Energy, you can become a part of these efforts, collaborating with team members who share a vision of building a better future now!

SB Energy is built on a foundation of collaboration and inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

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