Manager/Senior Manager, Transmission New Markets

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.

This position will be open for application for at least 3 calendar days from the posting date. This position will remain open for application based on business need, which may be before or after the 3-day posting window.

Job Description

Position Overview

The Manager, Transmission Development will oversee and implement key aspects of Invenergy’s transmission project development efforts in the 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 Denver or Chicago offices.

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 support 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

• Understand and explain benefits of projects to host communities and leverage their input into project plans

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Economics, Engineering, Finance, or other relevant field

• 3 - 5+ years of experience or more in infrastructure and community stakeholder development, energy/utilities sector, project management or linear infrastructure project development

• Experience managing large projects and/or teams

• Experience with economic analysis of complex projects or businesses

• Broad experience engaging with subject matter experts to distil key insights

• Eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer visa s