Director, Utility Development

Position

Director, Utility Development

Tract is seeking a results‑oriented utility development leader to join our growing Energy team. This new leadership role is designed to serve as the primary executor of power development strategy within an assigned state or group of states. Reporting to a regional Vice President of Utility Development, the Director will own all utility engagement, infrastructure coordination, and power delivery execution within their assigned market — bridging the gap between senior portfolio leadership and project‑level individual contributors.

The successful candidate will lead technically complex electrical infrastructure projects at scale, build relationships with electric utilities, regulators, and engineering partners, and take ownership of interconnection, permitting, and infrastructure delivery across multiple concurrent data center campus developments. The Director will coordinate internal and external resources to achieve results on scope, schedule, and budget, report progress, and elevate issues for resolution.

With daily transitions from strategic to tactical, the role demands comfort with business ambiguity and an entrepreneurial mindset.

• Own long‑term execution of power development strategy in assigned state markets, including all infrastructure and supply solutions required to deliver Tract’s powered land product.
• Lead engagement with electric utilities to develop and deliver HV and MV electrical infrastructure (transmission, substation, and distribution) for large‑scale data center campuses.
• Manage interconnection processes, utility studies, engineering coordination, and regulatory engagement at the state level.
• Oversee siting and construction coordination of transmission, substation, and distribution infrastructure across extensive campus developments; typical energy usage increases in 300 MW–1,000 MW increments across multiple properties within a development area.
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget of multi‑million‑dollar capital infrastructure projects across multiple concurrent sites.
• Coordinate with Tract’s Land Strategy, Engineering, Environmental, Regulatory, and Commercial teams to ensure projects advance through milestones and support timely land transactions.
• Establish KPIs and regularly report project status to VP and senior management; proactively elevate issues for resolution.
• Support fleet and end‑user engagement during project turnover, including energy supply agreement coordination and customer substation oversight.
• Maintain continuity of utility engagement and project execution to ensure institutional resilience in assigned markets.
• Recommend regulatory enhancements and policy positions to enable Tract’s emerging business model.
• Contribute to the development of standardized processes, reporting tools, and path‑to‑power documentation that support portfolio‑wide operational maturity.

• Education:
  
  BA or BS degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Power Engineering, Economics, Energy Management, Business, or a related field.
• 7 to 10 years of experience delivering technical infrastructure and utility contracting, with demonstrated leadership in a regulated electric utility, independent power producer, EPC firm, or large‑load energy development environment.
• Track record of successfully working with electrical utilities to develop, plan, and deliver HV and MV electrical infrastructure (69 kV+) and managing multiple utilities, engineers, and contractors to deliver electrical infrastructure (>50 MW) to projects.
• Demonstrated success managing scope, schedule, and budget of multi‑million‑dollar capex projects.
• Experience developing relationships across utilities, regulators, engineering firms, economic development agencies, and community leaders.
• Ability to translate technical engineering concepts and project status into actionable insights for executives, potential investors, and/or Board members.

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Energy, Business, Public Policy, or a related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) designation.
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