Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.
Director, Transmission Development -Oversees all project management functions on a suite of competitive transmission projects across the full range of complexity with total budgets up to $4 billion primarily utilizing APS EPC (Engineer, Procure, Construct) execution model.
What your day would be like:
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Director, Transmission Development
Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications
1) Develops, directs, guides and supervises all activities across the project lifecycle such as financial feasibility analysis, engineering/design, project legal review and financial negotiations.
2) Manages a cross functional team of land acquisition specialists, project managers and engineers to ensure that they are operating efficiently across groups and meeting project needs.
3) Assesses program risks and team performance to maximize return on investment, minimize changes and mitigate barriers, ensuring project goals are achieved across safety, quality, cost, schedule, and team member performance.
4) Manages program communications by leading executive update meetings and program stage gate review meetings to make communications transparent to internal stakeholders regarding project issues and decisions.
5) Leads and develops project managers to ensure all assigned projects are initiated, planned, monitored and closed in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach in accordance with both internal and external stakeholder processes.
6) Supports, monitors and reinforces vendor and employee safety performance through safety-in-design, implementation, and recognition of improved process.
7) Oversees and directs project teams in managing external EPC, land, siting, and communication vendors to ensure smooth operating rhythm.
8) Translates company financial, commercial, technical, operating and risk management goals into effective contracting strategies and objectives.
9) Serves as a stakeholder lead during development with regulatory entities, landowners, NGOs, other utilities, communities, legal, etc.
This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.
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