Senior Transmission Contract Manager

Puget Sound Energy • Bellevue, WA

116d • $120,400 - $200,400

About The Position

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing demand for electricity, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now. PSE's Transmission Contracts team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Senior Transmission Contract Manager position! Join the team and play a role in ensuring reliable access to electricity across PSE’s transmission system. This is an excellent opportunity to play an integral role at PSE to meet our new clean energy goals and to drive a transformation of the region’s generation and transmission portfolio. Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in engineering, mathematics, finance, economics, business or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Ten (10) years of relevant work experience, preferably in the energy industry as legal counsel, an analyst, economist, engineer, or related experience, including three (3) years of demonstrated experience working with transmission contracts, FERC OATTs, and open access transmission service.
• Professional negotiation and contract dispute resolution experience.
• Demonstrated capability to carry out complicated analysis combining multiple sources of data, inputs, and sensitivities.
• Understanding of transmission modeling and planning, risk assessment, electricity trading and energy market conditions.
• Ability to develop industry contacts, establish relationships, influence others’ positions and negotiate outcomes.
• Ability to work in a team environment with a strong ability to think independently and facilitate cooperation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive experience with PSE transmission contracts and operating protocols.
• Demonstrated understanding of Company, BPA, and WECC transmission systems.
• Previous work experience in hybrid roles that combine technical, economic, and policy aspects of transmission systems.
• Experience in electric utility system operations, wholesale power markets, power scheduling and transmission operations.
• Real Time Energy Imbalance Market, Regional Transmission Organization (RTO), and or Independent System Operator (ISO) experience.
• Advanced degree in law, engineering, business, economics or another relevant field of study.

Responsibilities

• Serves as an expert on managing and negotiating critical agreements representing PSE as a Balancing Authority, Transmission Owner, Transmission Operator and Transmission Service Provider.
• Manages the contractual arrangements for the company’s transmission assets to ensure adequate transmission for PSE’s transmission customers while reducing risk and minimizing costs for customers.
• Provides technical leadership and guidance to the transmission contracts team in drafting, negotiating, and managing contracts for transmission service, transmission-to-transmission interconnection, generation interconnection, inter-utility operating agreements, balancing authority agreements, and other agreements as necessary under PSE’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).
• Conducts and oversees technical, economic, and risk analyses of contractual proposals and alternatives to identify benefits and costs.
• Provides counsel on critical regulatory or legal matters that involve technical knowledge or opinion and presents findings to PSE’s senior leadership.
• Coordinates and reviews the work of contract administration staff (including contractors and/or consultants).
• Analyzes, develops, facilitates, and implements transmission service solutions for complex, multi-faceted projects involving multiple project areas and stakeholders.
• Represents company’s interest in regional transmission policy stakeholder processes (BPA, NorthernGrid, CAISO, etc.), on high visibility projects, other industry technical committees, and on contractually required committees such as operating committees.
• Works with transmission customers and cross-functional teams on issues relating to business practices, transmission service obligations/provisions, transmission outages, Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS), and technical systems implementation.
• Provides lead support for FERC formula rate proceedings, FERC audits, and WUTC General Rate Case filings fulfilling data request assignments responses via data collection, analysis, written responses and peer review.
• Provides strategic direction for PSE’s transmission strategy and in support of transmission planning obligations and Integrated System Planning.
• Develops relationships and communicate requirements with transmission customers, other utilities, traders, schedulers, and internal departments in order to enhance PSE's ability to reliably and cost effectively serve our customer base.
• Works within Company policies, systems, evaluation and approval practices, procedures, transmission tariff rules, business practices, and applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
• Facilitates contract dispute resolution.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Voluntary options of supplemental life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare, and an Employee assistance program (EAP).
• 401(k) investment option and a cash balance retirement plan.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees