Director, Electric Utilities

STACK Infrastructure•City of Pewaukee, WI

About The Position

At STACK, the Director, Electric Utilities will report to the Vice President, Electric Utilities and will be responsible for developing and executing on near-term and long-term strategies to help the STACK Development team integrate data center projects. The Director will be responsible for managing and reviewing consultant studies, supporting the development team related to transmission needs and managing relationships with various external stakeholders. The Director will also support new corporate priorities and initiatives such as internal process improvements, exploring new markets, support energy procurement efforts, and support any regulatory/policy advocacy with external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience with owning and managing external relationships, experience in the energy industry – in particular load interconnection processes, the ability to translate and communicate technical issues to non-technical team members, and a strong ability to identify issues and provide problem solving strategies.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field preferred
10+ Years experience in the energy space (with a utility, a consulting firm, renewable energy company, etc)
Proficient in Microsoft Office product suite
Strong analytical, detail-oriented, creative thinking, and communication skills
Comfort creating processes and implementing strategies and procedures that serve an organization.
Ability to execute, process, and prioritize tasks with minimal-to-no supervision.
Ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with internal staff, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders
Must be eligible to work in the United States
Must pass comprehensive background screening

Nice To Haves

Experience with owning and managing external relationships
Experience in the energy industry – in particular load interconnection processes
Ability to translate and communicate technical issues to non-technical team members
Strong ability to identify issues and provide problem solving strategies
You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

Responsibilities

Manage the load-interconnection process and serve as a primary point of contact with the utility for the data center projects
Own, cultivate and manage utility relationships and foster a collaborative relationship
Document the utility’s load interconnection process as it relates to any financial commitments, cost responsibilities, duration of the various steps of the process, and understand when power commitments are secured during the process
Support reviews of any utility contracts related to the project
Forecast and mange utility budgets for their projects
Support leasing activities with the ultimate goal of understanding
Work closely with development team to develop the business case for each project
Support review and vetting of potential datacenter sites to assess viability of power delivery timeframes from the utility
Identify and develop new near-term and long-term strategies in conjunction with the Vice President, Transmission Strategy to continually improve internal processes (i.e. workflows, communications, presentation of deliverables.
Develop an understanding of the planning practices of the utilities and ISO/RTO in assigned geographical regions, which may include reviewing planning processes, modeling assumptions, understanding cost recovery and cost-allocation principles, and load interconnection processes
Support relationship management with the utilities and RTO/ISOs to support project-specific efforts including initial site due diligence, review of initial interconnection requests and subsequent studies, identify potential alternative transmission solutions where there are transmission constraints and communicate/support the STACK development team in discussions with the utilities regarding projects
Collaborate with STACK Energy and STACK Policy teams to work with external stakeholders to create new processes or improve existing processes to support data center integration (i.e. planning process improvements, load interconnection queue reform)
Prepare presentations, track market activity, and provide weekly and biweekly reports
Collaborate with other business units supporting STACK Development as necessary, including preconstruction, supply chain, design and engineering, sales, legal, and tax
Aid in the preparation of business cases and recommendations for leadership approval
Other duties as assigned