Director, Utility Delivery

QTS Data Centers•Irving, TX

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About The Position

The Director, Utility Delivery will be responsible for the team leading Utility Development across the North American footprint. This leader owns all utility distribution, transmission, and substation efforts (both utility and QTS-led) to deliver projects on-budget, on-time, and as-scoped. This team also leads engagement and contracting with third-party partners such as substation EPCs, equipment vendors, and commissioning agents. This role will interface and collaborate with many critical stakeholders, including but not limited to pre-development teams leading entitlements; utility engagement teams leading power due diligence; energy leaders driving power contracts and negotiations; sales teams coordinating customer demands; technical engineering teams; finance teams; and development team project leaders planning and building new data centers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction, energy management, or equivalent professional experience
Ten or more years of utility and energy projects, along with construction management
Four or more years of people leader experience
Experience delivering utility and/or client HV substations
Demonstrated experience working directly with executives and collaborating effectively across all levels of the organization
Able to travel up to 50% of the time or as needed to support relationship building and delivery

Nice To Haves

Fifteen or more years delivering utility & construction projects
Six or more years of people leader experience
Experience leading large-scale power projects (100+ MW)
Established relationships with leading utility construction & EPC partners
Demonstrated ability negotiating construction agreements
Experience managing large portfolio of work
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong negotiating skills
Ability to build relationships and influence cross-discipline teams
Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing situations at a high growth company
Ability to prioritize, multitask, and deliver high quality work in tight timeframes

Responsibilities

Leader for the team driving transmission & substation projects across North America
Lead and expand the team of Utility Program Managers, Project Managers, and Coordinators
Manage and expand relationships with key substation EPC partners
Manage and expand relationships with key high- & medium-voltage equipment suppliers
Oversee HV & MV equipment procurement alongside QTS procurement leads
Lead all aspects of high-voltage projects, including scope, schedule, & budget
Negotiate contracts with substation EPCs
Track and report on power project status for all North American sites
Drive and own utility portfolio-level budget and financial reporting to QTS leadership
Develop project and equipment forecasts to aid procurement & vendor partners
Collaborate with Pre-Development, Utility Engagement, Energy, Development, Legal, and Sales to deliver power capacity in line with customer demands