Director Electric Transmission

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

PSE's Transmission team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Director Electric Transmission position!

Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Job Description

Puget Sound Energy is on a journey to deliver on our clean energy goals with a major milestone occurring by 2030. In order to support a decarbonized energy system, PSE is seeking a Director of Transmission to join our team.

The Director of Transmission is critical to the success of PSE and our customers. This role has four pillars that they will be responsible for:

Long Haul Strategy

As PSE continues to acquire and develop more clean energy, we need a leader that is strategic so we can move further and faster than we ever have. The Director of Transmission will play a critical role in accessing renewable energy zones that are not currently in our transmission footprint. To ensure viability, this role will lead a team that will review risk and play a critical role in determining which projects PSE will implement in order to hit our clean energy goals. The successful candidate will need experience with transmission studies, transmission design, regulatory issues and more to be successful.

System Planning

As the Pacific Northwest continues to grow, we also need to be mindful of our current infrastructure. This role will determine how we bring these resources to our system and make sure we have the right plan in place. This role will partner with our System Planning and Engineering departments to ensure that PSE has prudent local transmission strategy in place to support our delivery needs.

OATT

PSE is a FERC regulated entity and operates an Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) in accordance with FERC requirements. This role oversees the compliance of PSE’s OATT including the interconnection to our system for loads and resources, as well as how we contract and how we communicate with our customers. Ideally, the successful candidate will also have organized market experience to support oversight of PSE’s OATT in the context of a broader market footprint.

Markets+ As the needs of our customers evolve, PSE must also evolve in order to meet their needs. As such, PSE has committed to joining Markets+ in the next two years. This project will update our OATT and customer settlements to align with a new tariff under the Southwest Power Pool.

The successful candidate must be passionate about serving and giving back to our community. Lead by putting the needs of others first and empowering the team to do their best. Lead by example showing commitment and passion through your actions. This role will need to be able to tell a story with data to sell the business case such that senior executives and the Board of Directors understand the needs of the organization and our customers.

Job Responsibilities

+ Demonstrates a passion for safety. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety including eliminating at-risk behaviors by conducting safety audits and inspections, eliminating hazards and near misses, and attending safety meetings. + Sets clear expectations and holds employees accountable for performance as well as safety goals/targets where applicable. + Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions. Ensures required training is successfully completed. + Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results. + Accountable to ensure employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements, as well as safety standards. + Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve employee, business, customer, and safety results. + Oversee local area and long haul transmission planning activities to identify critical system needs while developing a range of potential transmission solutions to maintain system reliability and enable the clean energy transition. + Acquire or develop incremental owned transmission capacity through joint ownership or standalone ventures. + Lead all efforts in preparing business case justification including needs assessment, power engineering studies, design alternatives, construction and cost estimates, risk assessments, financial planning, and regulatory strategies. + Oversee the development of local area transmission plans to information PSE’s infrastructure development and capital planning process. + Lead PSE’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) management in compliance with applicable FERC requirements. + Oversee requisite power flow study analysis and engage with internal engineering and construction teams to ensure timely execution of customer interconnection and transmission service requests. + Lead the review and execution of transmission agreements including customer agreements, peer utility agreements and regional planning or coordination agreements. + Lead the review and implementation of FERC orders pertaining to PSE’s OATT function. + Oversee the engagement with transmission customers and the settlement of charges applicable to PSE’s OATT. + Execute on PSE’s plan to join a regional day ahead market by leading updates to PSE’s OATT and necessary changes to PSE’s transmission customer settlements. + Represent PSE in executive-level discussions pertaining to:

- Regional need for additional transmission capacity to realize clean energy objectives.

- FERC rate-making and formula rate proceedings.

- WUTC regulatory proceedings on transmission and Resource Strategy issues.

+ Ensure that all work performed is compliant with federal and State codes, WECC and NERC standards, FERC orders, and PSE Operating Standards and Field Procedures. + Oversee the development and management of department and project budgets and key performance indicators to meet company and departmental metrics and goals, including applicable Service Quality Indicators (SQI’s). + Provide leadership on continuous improvements, new options/programs to drive improved performance or lower risk. + Provide leadership during emergencies, emergency response or other efforts required for business continuity. + Formulate and conduct presentations to PSE executives and to industry representatives. + Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Desired Qualifications

Additional Information

At PSE we value and respect our employees and provide them opportunities to excel. We offer a competitive compensation and rewards package.

The pay range for this position is $168,000.00 - $359,400.00, and this position is eligible for annual goals based incentive bonuses.

PSE offers a suite of benefits to our employees. Employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance. There are additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare, and an Employee assistance program (EAP). For long term savings, PSE offers a 401(k) investment option and a cash balance retirement plan. Employees will also receive Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year. Detailed benefit overviews can be found on our Career page - Why Work For Us (pse.com).

Families and businesses depend on PSE to provide the energy they need to pursue their dreams. Our steadfast commitment to serving Washington communities with safe, dependable and efficient energy started in 1873. Today we're building the Northwest's energy future through efforts like our award winning energy efficiency programs and our leadership in renewable energy.

Puget Sound Energy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status or presence of a disability that with or without reasonable accommodation does not prevent performance of the essential functions of the job, or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law.

Should you have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable accommodation with the job application process, please contact the Human Resources Staffing department at jobs@pse.com or 425-462-3017.