Manager Resource Development

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

PSE's Energy Resource Development team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Manager Resource Development position!

Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Job Description

The Manager Resource Development works with PSE executives to align our business strategy and manage PSE's energy resources portfolio to include capital, operational, risk, compliance and/or budget requirements. Collaborates with other PSE departments, resource and regulatory agencies, and other discipline-related organizations to develop policy and programmatic direction. Serves as a key witness in regulatory proceedings.

This position manages the development of strategic resources to support the company's energy supply portfolio. Leads and coordinates key functions in the development of potential generation and transmission resources from opportunity identification, proposal creation, and project development through start of construction. Oversees project development including negotiations and oversight, for the build out of new renewable energy resources, new capacity resources, the redevelopment of existing resources, and possible transmission facilities necessary to serve load.

This includes developing and implementing self-build strategies, evaluating potential asset targets, and shepherding the self-build development through the entire development life cycle. Represents PSE's interests in commercial development agreements with outside parties.

Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE's operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.

Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations.

Job Responsibilities

* Employee Safety, Development & Team Building - Provides employees with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities and builds effective teams:

* Demonstrates a passion for safety. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety including eliminating at-risk behaviors by conducting safety audits and inspections, eliminating hazards and near misses, and attending safety meetings.

* Sets clear expectations and holds employees accountable for performance as well as safety goals/targets where applicable.

* Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions. Ensures required training is successfully completed.

* Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results.

* Accountable to ensure employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements, as well as safety standards.

* Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews and development plans.

* Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve employee, business, customer and safety results.

* Leads the development of PSE's generation self-build opportunities and creates development proposals to be evaluated in the Company's RFP (request for proposal) process.

* Leads the planning and development of PSE's transmission development as required to support PSE generation requirements in the region.

* Oversees financial feasibility analyses, engineering plans, operational plans, environmental strategies, legal review and real estate review.

* Oversees and leads negotiations of business deals critical to PSE's corporate growth strategy, including acquisitions and development projects, purchase and sales agreements, O&M agreements, real estate agreements, interconnection agreements, and service agreements.

* Directs efforts to cultivate and consummate co-development opportunities with Independent Power Producers that would lead to long-term ownership opportunities of generation assets.

* Creates resource strategy for purposes of optimizing RFP bid submittal proposals that compete with third party submissions.

* Leads due diligence reviews of energy resource additions and other commercial transactions, including financial feasibility analyses, engineering review, operations review, environmental review, legal review, and real estate review.

* Represents PSE's commercial interests in arrangements where PSE enters into joint development agreements with outside parties for new energy resources and other commercial transactions.

* Oversees and negotiates business deals required to successfully implement an acquisition or development, including purchase and sales agreements, joint ownership agreements, construction agreements, joint development agreements, O&M agreements, real estate agreements, interconnection agreements,…