Director Project Management & Development

Overview

Calpine Corporation is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Its fleet of 77 power plants in operation represents over 27,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern, and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.

The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.

Calpine is helping the nation meet its clean energy goals by developing, constructing, owning, and operating natural gas-fired and renewable generation that uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner. Calpine is a champion for carbon capture and sequestration (CCUS) and supports policies that incentivize CCUS technology; with at least 11 facilities in its fleet identified as strong candidates for CCS deployment, the Company’s goal is to lead the power sector in carbon capture deployment.

Calpine is progressing on its Sutter and Pastoria Decarbonization Projects in California, which secured cost-sharing agreements with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations. This position will be based in Calpine’s Walnut Creek office and will primarily support California CCS initiatives, while also supporting other CCS projects across the Company’s portfolio as needed. The Lead of Process Engineering for Carbon Capture will oversee engineering efforts related to these initiatives, collaborating with technology owners and EPC contractors to manage a team focused on process engineering design and ensuring the quality of third-party work.

Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following; other duties may be assigned):
Provides engineering and technical support for new projects and build-outs large and small. Works to help identify and develop new technologies and applications of these to help determine the advisability of moving forward with the project. Analyzes technical aspects and provides costs and budgeting to be applied to planning and cost analytics for projects, and ensures spending for overall budgets, schedules, and performance standards are set, maintained, and achieved.

Develop SOW technical scopes for Third-party contract resources supporting development cost build and analytics.

Maintains the efficiency of important aspects of the project management process, such as planning, scheduling, coordination, budget, and risk assessment. Defines and develops project management best practices, processes, and policies to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and goals. Partners with multi-departmental leadership and other stakeholders to locate opportunities and develop and prioritize projects according to relevant measurement criteria. Responsible to ensure that all project development technical aspects are sufficient in supporting commercial approval and are adequate to support execution within the defined scope, quality, time and cost requirements.

Responsible for the supervision of Project Managers to ensure that all projects are delivered within the defined scope, quality, time, and cost requirements.

Assesses on an ongoing basis new possible technical innovations and technology that may be used to improve efficiencies in existing power generation assets or in the development and implementation of new lines of business.

Specialized Job Responsibilities

• Support the design for the existing portfolio of FEED studies and pilot projects, as well as additional studies undertaken by Calpine. Assist with engineering input on projects that receive positive FID…