Sr Director - Electric Line Projects

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NY: $158,000 - $218,000

Purpose

Direct the Projects Lines team across AVANGRID Networks operating Companies (CMP, NYSEG, RGE, UI) by leading, planning, directing, controlling, and measuring the efforts of the transmission Project Units which includes the engineering, design, construction, and commissioning projects of electric transmission and distribution facilities. Responsibility includes accomplishment of broad corporate objectives and department goals, including budget management for substation, transmission, and large-scale projects. Must manage organizational performance to maximize the effectiveness of capital projects. Provides technical advice to senior management when required.

Responsibilities

• Directs subordinate senior staff. Sets department goals and strategic direction and initiates action plans, engineering studies and assignments to accomplish goals. Provides technical support, guidance, coaching and counseling toward effective performance and appraises individual performance. Develops organizational performance measures, initiates actions to enhance performance, reviews work processes, systems, procedures, and practices and directs changes to improve productivity or control costs.
• Reviews state and federal legislative bills and proposed agency regulations to evaluate the impact to the Company. Participates in Company’s legislative and regulatory activities and may be required to present testimony.
• Assures that projects are completed on schedule and within budget. Interprets and administers company policies and procedures. Plans and implements training and development of department personnel. Determines staffing needs and obtains approval for resource requirements. Develops and controls department budget. Recommends promotions, personnel changes, budgets, organizational changes, and company policies.
• Oversees the development of engineering & reliability studies and capital projects, programs, and budgets. Analyzes broad technical alternatives to develop long-range technical direction. Approves projects, executes contracts and authorizes expenditures within LOSA. Initiates actions to ensure continuity of service, high reliability and cost-effective engineering, design, and technical support for construction of transmission and substation facilities including interconnected system protection and communication systems.
• Provides technical support to the operating and maintenance departments of the companies. Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers. May represent the companies in technical committees at NYISO, ISO-NE, NPCC, and other regulatory agencies. Provide technical input and testimony to the Public Utilities Commissions.

Skills And Requirements

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years relevant experience preferred. Associates Degree with a minimum of 20 years relevant experience required.
• Minimum of 10 years of broad experience in design, delivery, operation, and/or planning.
• Experience in reviewing and analyzing federal and state statutory and regulatory codes and actions.

Skills/Abilities

• Competent leadership skills, with ability to manage multiple assignments and conflict resolution.
• Exceptionally strong planning, coordinating and organizational skills.
• Able to communicate effectively with outside regulatory and governmental agencies, as well as the public.
• Able to foster individual professional development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Director Competency Requirements

It is preferred that for this role, the candidate fulfills the global competency requirements below.

• Show Technical Competence:
• Promotes working relationships across team and geographical boundaries, building synergies, efficiencies, and shared learning.
• Drives operational decision making and innovation that encourages balanced risk taking and careful judgment.
• Contributes to the purpose, vision and values at divisional level and interprets them to drive change at the divisional /functional level.
• Being perceived as a leading professional in their activity area strengthening and developing knowledge within the organization in them
• Grows, develops, and promotes talent across divisional and geographical boundaries.
• Build a Global Community:
• Grow our Talent:
• Drive Excellence:
• Drives stretching divisional, functional, and technical performance and delivers outstanding results aligned to the organization’s purpose.
• Show Passion for the Future:
• Think Commercially:

Competencies

• Be a role model
• Develop Self & Others
• Collaborate and Share
• Be agile
• Technical Skills
• Focus to achieve results
• Empower to grow

Our Selection Process

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables