Regional Manager

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing. Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.

Testing Required: Not Applicable

Hybrid Role: Must be able to come on-site periodically and reside a commutable distance from the assigned work location.

Emergency Response: Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

Contacts and confers with elected officials mayors, county executives, city councils, managers and appointed officials to insure positive support of DTE's legislative, operational and community interests as as well as leading company and local government initiatives that focus corporate resources and activities on the company's business success and the wellbeing of customers, shareholders and employees.

Key Accountabilities

• Serve as the company's lobbyist regarding local legislation in counties, cities, townships and villages and assist the company's state and federal lobbying efforts.
• Take decisive, independent, proactive action at government meetings in counties, cities, townships and villages to promote and/or protect DTE's interests in all areas - electric power generation and transmission, gas production and distribution, nuclear operations, environmental concerns, taxes, media and public relations.
• Recognize competitive threats to corporate operations i.e. franchise infringement, municipalization, deregulation and take early action to diffuse or resolve issues that drive such threats.
• Obtain franchises through the local legislative or election process in all communities in the company service area where an approved franchise is deemed critical to DTE's interests.
• Take a leadership role in EdPAC and Foundation recruitment activities and provide specific recommendations and strategies for expenditures from each.
• Maintain and manage a budget for company corporate philanthropic support for communities and determine where such support is to be directed in the region.
• Provide direction and support to DTE's associated volunteer activities which draw upon the entire employee population for volunteers to undertake projects which determine the company's image across its service territory, a major driver of customer satisfaction.
• Communicate the company's concerns to the communities and equally important, the communities' concerns to the company.
• Serve as the lead management representative to both governmental CEOs and DTE Energy senior officers and directors.
• Coordinates activities with Political Professional Groups Manager
  
  

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Seven years work experience dealing with local community and governmental activities/officials or three years of experience independently managing a territory
  
  

Preferred

Other Qualifications

• Degree in business, political science, liberal arts, science or engineering
  
  

Other Requirements

• Strong knowledge of power plant, electric and gas transmission and distribution and gas compressor station operations.
• Possess strong problem solving and negotiations skills and the ability to resolve issues in a confrontational atmosphere.
• Possess leadership skills both with internal and external groups.
  
  

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities, and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

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At DTE Energy, we are committed to providing an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and a sense of belonging. We seek individuals with a heart for service, a passion to help our communities prosper, and ideas to help shape the future of energy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity, employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal and/or state laws.