Manager, Project Development – Transmission & Distribution
HybridArlington, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead development of utility-class transmission, distribution, and grid interconnection projects for Priority Power's industrial and commercial clients. Manage full project lifecycles including site identification, right-of-way acquisition, environmental permitting, and ERCOT interconnection processes. Develop technical service plans, coordinate engineering studies, and oversee budgets while shepherding projects from concept to construction handoff. Collaborate with cross-functional teams on contractor selection and project financing. Requires 10+ years of high-voltage T&D project development experience, P.E. licensing preferred, and 25% travel. Based in Arlington, Midland, or Houston, TX.
Required Qualifications
- At least 10 (ten) years of project development and/or project management experience in utility-class high-voltage electrical infrastructure
- Meaningful hands-on experience in transmission lines, substations, and/or distribution systems
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Thorough familiarity with high-voltage T&D infrastructure including transmission line design, substation equipment, protection and control systems, and distribution architecture
- Knowledge of multiple RTOs/ISOs (particularly ERCOT) and associated transmission service providers (TSPs) and distribution service providers (DSPs)
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
- Extensive knowledge of high-voltage electrical transmission, substation, and distribution systems, including line design, transformer and switchgear selection, protection and control schemes, and grid interconnection requirements
- Excellent oral and written communication skills including public speaking and/or platform skills for executive management presentations
- Self-starter, very self-reliant and capable of operating with minimum supervision
- Ability to work within a cross-functional team environment for project development and execution
- Ability to manage client expectations within the context of project development and execution
- Ability to effectively address and either manage or participate in the resolution of conflicts with clients or other project stakeholders which may arise throughout the course of project development
- Willingness and ability to travel 25 - 50% on average but more as required by projects
Desired Qualifications
- Professional Engineering licensing or ability to obtain
- Experience in T&D project development including ROW acquisition, easement negotiation, land-use and environmental permitting (NEPA, TCEQ, local/county), utility coordination, and transmission or distribution interconnection processing
- Experience with energy storage (BESS) integration into transmission or distribution systems, microgrid design, or private wire infrastructure
- Experience with both front-of-the-meter transmission projects and behind-the-meter distribution and private wire systems, across multiple voltage classes
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