Director, Transmission Development

Invenergy drives innovation in energy. Powered by decades of entrepreneurial experience and unparalleled execution, we solve the energy challenges facing our customers and communities. We provide power generation and storage solutions at scale around the world to create a cleaner energy future. We develop. We build. We own. We operate. We are Invenergy.

Job Description

Position Overview

The Director, Transmission Development will oversee and implement key aspects of Invenergy’s transmission project development efforts in Mid-Atlantic states including New Jersey, New York and Maryland and in the broader Northeastern U.S. and Canada. Responsibilities will include serving as a lead project representative with a broad range of interested stakeholders—including state and local officials, local taxing bodies, chambers and Economic Development Organizations, workforce and supply chain partners, and community interest groups—as well as supporting the identification and evaluation of new transmission project development opportunities. The ideal candidate will have diverse experience in the industry. The role will rely on an ability to evaluate, through independent analysis as well as stakeholder engagement, the disparate economic, market, regulatory, political, industry, technological, and other factors impacting the viability of project opportunities. Then translate these insights into concise recommendations and actions and drive them to completion. This position may be based either out of Invenergy’s New York City office or remote elsewhere in the region.

About Invenergy Transmission

Invenergy Transmission is an affiliate of Invenergy, a U.S.-based leader in sustainable energy solutions. Over 20 years, Invenergy has developed thousands of miles of power infrastructure, ensuring affordable, reliable clean energy delivery to millions of homes and businesses. Today, we’re a leader in developing some of America’s most ambitious clean energy transmission projects. From the Garden State and the Empire State to America’s High Plains, Invenergy’s transmission projects deliver cost competitive energy for consumers, jobs for workers, economic development and economic justice for communities, and millions of tons of CO2 reductions yearly. Invenergy’s advanced development-stage transmission projects represent over $40 billion of new clean energy infrastructure investment, including direct investment in over 12 gigawatts of new transmission capacity and an equivalent amount of enabled new-build wind and solar generation.

Responsibilities:

• Represent Projects or Invenergy Transmission in meetings with county and municipal officials, local taxing bodies, landowners, community leaders and advocates, and other local and state stakeholders and in public meetings hosted by the project.

• Lead negotiation on county and municipal approvals required for project development.

• Build awareness of and position Invenergy as a good corporate citizen in local project communities, with regional, state and local NGOs in the energy industry, economic development, non-profit and other realms.

• Monitor project opposition and develop relationships and educate key individuals to mitigate the spread of opposition.

• Support existing transmission project developments within the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States, and Canada and develop new project opportunities.

• Coordinate with internal teams of subject matter experts across public affairs, regulatory, permitting, engineering, financing, interconnections, and other areas.

• Manage department key performance indicators and provide recommendations to improve metrics where applicable.

• Support the identification and management of key project risks across all aspects of project development and execution.

• Work with any Tribal Nations and U.S. federal, state, county, and municipal government jurisdictions with interests in or authority over project areas and routes, and manage all of their needs and requirements, including pursuing partnerships where beneficial to project and community success.

• Supervise the effective handling of confidential data and sensitive information.

• Cultivate and maintain key external stakeholder relationships.

• Oversee cross functional groups to gather and document process/system improvement requirements.

• Manage tasks according to budgets and schedules, including coordinating internal and external technical support and assist in project budgeting and scheduling based on local public engagement needs.

• Monitor and evaluate competitor projects and positioning to determine impacts on Invenergy Transmission business

• Identify new opportunities for transmission business growth