Power & Utility Infrastructure
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The Power & Utility Infrastructure role serves as the organization’s lead interface with utilities, transmission operators, energy suppliers, and regulatory agencies—responsible for securing, managing, and delivering reliable high-voltage power to hyperscale and AI-oriented data center campuses nationwide.
This role owns the full lifecycle of utility engagement and delivery—from load forecasting and interconnection applications through substation commissioning, energization, and long-term energy supply strategy. The ideal candidate combines deep technical knowledge of transmission and substation systems (138 kV–500 kV) with proven experience navigating utilities, ISOs/RTOs, third-party energy suppliers, and regulatory frameworks to accelerate large-scale development programs and advance sustainability goals.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline (Master’s or MBA ).
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification a plus.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in electric-utility planning, transmission interconnection, or large-scale energy infrastructure.
• Proven record leading major-load interconnections for data center, industrial, or utility-scale projects.
• Deep knowledge of RTO/ISO processes (PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, SPP, WECC) and NERC/FERC compliance.
• Demonstrated success managing EPC programs and complex vendor or utility negotiations.
• Experience influencing or participating in utility regulatory processes, rate cases, and interconnection policy development.
• Background in energy procurement, supply contracting, or market analysis strongly .
• Prior experience supporting hyperscale or large enterprise data-center energy programs .
• Strategic relationship builder with utilities, RTOs, regulators, and energy suppliers.
• Advanced technical fluency in grid operations, protection systems, and interconnection standards.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, and communication skills—capable of engaging both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Innovative and collaborative—able to drive commercial and technical execution to meet cost, performance, and sustainability goals.
• Skilled in program management, risk mitigation, and cross-functional coordination across multiple markets.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory and engineering challenges into clear business strategies.
• Transmission & Substation Expertise: Directed multi-GW data center transmission and substation delivery programs.
• Program Execution Leadership: Managed EPC procurements and complex stakeholder negotiations with regulated utilities.
• Regulatory & Policy Strategy: Led interconnection and tariff policy development under FERC/CPUC/ISO frameworks.
• Energy Program Management: Built and led power infrastructure teams ensuring reliable and affordable power for hyperscale campuses.
Primary Responsibilities
• Direct system-level studies (load flow, short-circuit, transient stability, voltage-ride-through, and protection coordination) to ensure grid compliance and reliability.
• Oversee the scope and execution of substation and transmission-tap EPC projects (230 kV–500 kV) from feasibility through commissioning.
• Evaluate and coordinate behind-the-meter , grid-support assets, and energy storage opportunities to enhance resiliency.
• Serve as the owner’s technical authority for grid-interconnection design, reliability standards, and NERC/FERC compliance documentation.
• Translate complex technical analyses into executive summaries and business recommendations for leadership.
• Represent the company in regulatory proceedings, rate cases, stakeholder sessions, and interconnection policy forums.
• Negotiate energy service agreements, tariffs, and special contracts to optimize cost and reliability for large-load customers.
• Monitor and influence RTO and utility planning initiatives—including queue reform, transmission expansion, and renewable integration—that may affect project economics or schedule.
• Oversee rate-case participation and infrastructure cost recovery strategies impacting the organization’s power portfolio.
• Lead end-to-end processes for securing major-load interconnections, including applications, queue management, studies, and agreements through energization.
• Develop and maintain executive-level relationships with utilities, RTOs/ISOs, and regulators to secure cost-effective, reliable, and timely interconnections.
• Establish and oversee standardized interconnection playbooks, design criteria, and execution protocols across all campuses and markets.
• Partner with Development, Design, and Construction teams to integrate power-delivery timelines with overall campus schedule and mitigate infrastructure delivery risks.
• Support data center interconnection and energy-supply contracts with utilities and third-party suppliers.
• Lead regulatory and policy strategy development with utilities, regulators, and stakeholders critical to data center and clean energy infrastructure delivery.
• Oversee a portfolio of activities to optimize and execute opportunities in data center energy supply and technology, including;
- Supporting site selection efforts, interconnection strategy, and execution in partnership with utilities.
- Developing an energy lease and colocation provider program.
- Negotiating energy rate tariffs and special contract agreements.
- Identifying regulatory and policy opportunities relevant to business and sustainability objectives.
- Monitoring market conditions material to long-term energy and infrastructure strategy.
- Drive commercial and technological innovation to realize business goals, lower costs, and achieve sustainability targets.
• Partner with Development to evaluate power feasibility during site selection and acquisition.
• Collaborate with internal teams—Design, Construction, Procurement, Finance, and Operations—to develop business cases, long range cost forecasts, and RFP frameworks for utility and energy infrastructure investments.
• Work cross-functionally with business stakeholders to ensure alignment across technical, commercial, and sustainability objectives.
• Ensure power-delivery milestones align with construction schedules and commissioning targets.