Director Energy Delivery Construction

Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Lead the Future of Energy Delivery.

Are you ready to shape the reliability and resilience of gas and electric systems across Iowa and Wisconsin? As

Director of Energy Delivery Construction

, you’ll drive strategic initiatives, oversee multimillion-dollar capital projects, and lead a high-performing team committed to safety, innovation, and operational excellence. This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact—on our infrastructure, our communities, and the future of energy.

This role can be based out of any of our operating centers within our service territories and requires approximately 25% travel.

What You Will Do

- Performs all leadership duties, including hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct, and modeling Alliant Energy’s Core Values at all times.

- Responsible for the development and implementation of gas and energy operations and strategic plans. Leads the planning, coordination and management of gas and electric distribution capital budget.

- Directs the methodologies used to cost effectively manage all phases of large electric and gas construction projects, as scheduled and within budget.

- Ensure contracts are effectively managed with vendors and others as required to ensure optimum pricing, risk transfer, and other related contract terms and conditions. Work with internal and external counsel as required. Maintains a solid relationship with key contractors, vendors and suppliers.

- Oversees the implementation of strategic improvement plans to all business processes within assigned organization in order to deliver desired vision and performance goals.

- Responsible for providing the company’s strategic and long-range plan to Senior Managers and Managers.

- Utilizes system performance metrics to ensure effective and efficient process standards are met and improving as expected.

- Deliver profit and loss results for assigned area.

- Maintains a solid working relationship with union leadership while making strategic recommendations to increase productivity, quality and customer service levels.

- Takes a leadership role to ensure employees are compliant with all environmental codes related to local, state or federal guidelines. Models strategic environmental stewardship across company territory to employees, contractors, customers and general public. Ensures that no notices of violation are issued against the company within energy delivery operations.

- Demonstrates leadership in the area of safety and promotes a safety conscious culture among employees. Deploys processes and work practices that continually promote a safe working environment including observing and enforcing safety rules and operating practices, encouraging safe work behaviors and correcting unsafe behaviors/practices, investigating accidents and safety incidents, administering and monitoring safety programs, performing assessments, and communicating safety information out to the workforce.

- Actively supports emergency response efforts as needed.

- Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

- Bachelor's Degree Emphasis in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.

Required Experience

- 10 years of related experience.

- 6 years progressively more responsible management experience.

Key Skills

- Business Insights

- Business Strategies

- Customer Service Management

- Emergency Response

- Financial Management

- Gas Distribution Systems Management

- Issue Management

- Leadership

- Maintenance Management

- Occupational Health and Safety Management

- Outage Management

- Regulatory Strategies

- Standards Compliance

- Strategic Communication Planning

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

It's not just what we do; it's how we do it.

Live Safety. Everyone. Always | Make Things Better | Care For Others | Do The Right Thing | Act For Tomorrow | Think Beyond. Be Bold

Alliant Energy and its subsidiaries are committed to creating a culture of belonging and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by law.

All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a background check, and a drug screen where applicable.

Disclaimer:

The above information on this description has been crafted to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email talent@alliantenergy.com.