Sr Director - Line Projects

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Augusta, ME
177K-221K Annually
Senior level
Energy • Renewable Energy
The Role
The Sr Director - Line Projects will lead and manage the Electric System Engineering efforts across Central Maine Power, focusing on transmission and substation projects, ensuring reliability, project completion on schedule, and budget management. Responsibilities include oversight of engineering studies and capital projects, staff development, and collaboration with regulatory agencies to support objectives and strategic goals.
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The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from: $177,000 - $221,000

Job Summary:

Direct the Electric System Engineering across Central Main Power by leading, planning, directing, controlling, and measuring the efforts of the transmission, substation, system protection, and engineering standards functions, which includes the engineering, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and commissioning projects of electric substation, transmission, and distribution facilities.

Responsibility includes accomplishment of broad corporate objectives and department goals, including budget management for substation, transmission, and large-scale projects. Must manage organizational performance to maximize the effectiveness of capital projects and engineering studies, which improve reliability and operating efficiency. Provides technical advice to senior management when required.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Directs subordinate senior staff. Sets department goals and strategic direction and initiates action plans, engineering studies, and assignments to accomplish goals. Provides technical support, guidance, coaching, and counseling toward effective performance and appraises individual performance. Develops organizational performance measures, initiates actions to enhance performance, reviews work processes, systems, procedures and practices, and directs changes to improve productivity or control costs.

  • Oversees the development of engineering & reliability studies and capital projects, programs, and budgets. Analyzes broad technical alternatives to develop long-range technical direction. Approves projects, executes contracts, and authorizes expenditures within LOSA. Initiates actions to ensure continuity of service, high reliability and cost-effective engineering, design, and technical support for construction of transmission and substation facilities including interconnected system protection and communication systems. Assures that projects are completed on schedule and within budget.

  • Interprets and administers company policies and procedures. Plans and implements training and development of department personnel. Determines staffing needs and obtains approval for resource requirements. Develops and controls department budget. Recommends promotions, personnel changes, budgets, organizational changes, and company policies.

  • Provides technical support to the operating and maintenance departments of the companies.

  • Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers. May represent the companies in technical committees at NYISO, ISO-NE, NPCC, and other regulatory agencies. Provide technical input and testimony to the Public Utilities Commissions.

  • Reviews state and federal legislative bills and proposed agency regulations to evaluate the impact to the Company. Participates in Company's legislative and regulatory activities and may be required to present testimony.

Required Qualifications:

Education & Experience Required:

  • Bachelors’ Degree with a minimum of 15 years relevant experience required. 

  • Master’s Degree preferred. 

  • Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

  • Minimum of 10 years of broad experience in design, delivery, operation, and/or planning.

  • Experience in reviewing and analyzing federal and state statutory and regulatory codes and actions.

Skills/Abilities:

  • Exceptionally strong planning, coordinating, and organizational skills.

  • Competent leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments and conflict resolution.

  • Able to foster individual professional development.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  • Able to communicate effectively with outside regulatory and governmental agencies, as well as the general public.

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Company:

CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO

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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country

AVANGRID’s employment practices and policies are geared to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. At AVANGRID we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at [email protected]

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions.  This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables

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The Company
Bilbao, , Biscay
25,323 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

With more than 180 years of history, Iberdrola is today a global energy leader, the leading wind power producer and one of the largest electricity companies in the world in terms of stock market capitalisation.

We have been committed to clean energy for more than 20 years with the objective of exceeding 52,000 MW of renewable capacity by 2025.

The group supplies energy to nearly 100 million people in dozens of countries, has more than 600,000 shareholders, a workforce of more than 42,300 employees.

We are leading the energy transition to a sustainable model through our investments in renewables, smart grids, large-scale energy storage and digital transformation to deliver the most advanced products and services to our customers.

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