Director of Critical Infrastructure

The Director of Critical Infrastructure leads Substation Engineering, Electric and Gas Control Center, Distribution Automation, and Gas Critical Infrastructure functions. The role oversees engineering, asset lifecycle management, operational technology, and control center operations to support safe, reliable, and efficient electric and gas service. Responsibilities include developing departmental personnel, managing budgets and engineering consultants, overseeing applicable compliance activities within assigned areas of responsibility, and coordinating infrastructure planning, maintenance, and emergency preparedness with internal and external stakeholders.

• Ensure departmental functions and activities are performed safely, efficiently, and effectively in accordance with standard utility practices, good engineering principles, applicable codes and regulations, and CoServ policies.
• Supervise, coach, motivate, and lead departmental managers, holding them accountable for achieving desired results.
• Determine departmental staffing requirements and obtain needed staffing with appropriate approvals. Develop workforce plans, succession strategies, and technical development programs to support long-term departmental effectiveness and organizational continuity.
• Oversee preparation of annual operating and capital budgets for Substation and Gas Critical Infrastructure, Electric and Gas Control Center, and Distribution Automation cost centers.
• Establish internal controls and enforce approval authorities for departmental operating and capital expenditures.
• Determine engineering consultant requirements, negotiate rates, terms, conditions, and contracts with appropriate approvals, and manage professional engineering contractors supporting departmental projects.
• Direct preparation of engineering plans for electrical substations and gas distribution regulation stations (DRS) to support short- and long-range system forecasts.
• Direct substation and DRS design and project management, including approval of layouts, engineering plans, and cost estimates for critical utility supply infrastructure and upgrade projects identified through construction work plans and system needs.
• Oversee preparation of accurate engineering drawings, bills of materials, and cost estimates that clearly communicate design requirements to field personnel and contractors.
• Direct development of equipment standards, specifications, and application best practices, incorporating input from other departments on infrastructure design and deployment.
• Oversee asset lifecycle management, including condition assessment, asset health evaluation, replacement planning, and risk-based capital prioritization for critical utility infrastructure.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on maintenance strategies, inspection programs, and operational practices that support the long-term reliability and performance of critical utility infrastructure.
• Coordinate with the transmission service provider on planning and construction of transmission and substation projects supporting CoServ's system.
• Oversee the utilization of Distribution Automation, SCADA, communications, and related operational technology platforms to support data accuracy, system effectiveness, and operational readiness.
• Direct Electric and Gas Control Center operations and system operator activities to support safe, effective, and reliable monitoring and control of utility infrastructure in a 24/7 operating environment.
• Establish operational performance expectations, readiness standards, and response protocols supporting system reliability, resiliency, operational continuity, and emergency preparedness, including gas emergency response and…