Principal Project Manager

Title: Energy Project Development Principal Manager

Job Family: Energy Procurement & Management

Location: Rosemead, CA, US(Hybrid)

Pay: $211,500 - $300,000

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an Energy Project Development Principal Manager at and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll establish strategy and set course for development of utility-owned energy storage projects and competitive transmission projects in the California Independent System Operator system. You will lead a team that will execute that strategy to develop these projects, prepare bids to be submitted into competitive processes, and cultivate strategic partnerships.

As an Energy Project Development Principal Manager, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future? 

Responsibilities

• Creates and directs strategy for utility-owned storage (UOS) and competitive transmission activities
• Oversees UOS and competitive transmission projects by directing the development, bidding, due diligence, contracting, and closing process
• Oversees team responsible for development of UOS and competitive transmission projects and submission into competitive processes 
• Manages and negotiates engineering, procurement, and construction agreements, strategic partnership agreements, and other related commercial transactions 
• Develops commercial structures to advance competitive transmission activities
• Engages and directs internal and external stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives
• Assesses operating strategies around market conditions and trends, as well as state, local and federal regulatory policies and actions to guide competitive business strategies
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity

Minimum Qualifications

• Seven or more years managing/supervising an organization/unit or possesses seven or more years project management experience.
• Experience with energy projects, competitive transmission, or competitive infrastructure origination and development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), Juris Doctorate (JD), Master’s in Engineering or other advanced degree.
• Seven years of direct experience developing bids for large infrastructure projects and/or generation and energy storage resources. 
• Seven years of direct experience negotiating complex commercial transactions such as power purchase, engineering, procurement and construction, joint venture, and other related agreements. 
• Strong technical knowledge of transmission planning and/or energy storage resources.
• Strong knowledge of FERC Order 1000 and/or California Public Utilities Commission’s UOS regulatory framework. 
• Diverse background in people management and team leadership capabilities.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical ability to provide recommendations on projects and bidding strategies.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to simultaneously manage a variety of assignments, work quickly and effectively under pressure, and prioritize activities and risk.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.