Director, Late-Stage Transmission Development (CA)

Date: Apr 18, 2024

Location(s): Juno Beach, FL, US, 33408San Francisco, CA, US, 94108

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 79121

(NEET) is the leading competitive transmission company in North America. We develop, finance, construct, operate and maintain transmission assets across the continent. We operate through our regional subsidiaries to integrate renewable energy and strengthen the electric grid. Is creating a sustainable future important to you? Join our world-class team today

Position Specific Description

The Director of Late-Stage Development, focusing on the CAISO region, is a strategic leadership position requiring extensive experience in large-scale transmission permitting, particularly within California's regulatory landscape encompassing federal, state, and local permitting requirements. This role entails overseeing a portfolio of projects within the CAISO jurisdiction, with a primary emphasis on transmission permitting. The ideal candidate will possess commercial acumen and a proven track record in managing the financial aspects of projects to ensure they deliver revenue for the business. Additionally, they should have experience with financial due diligence, scheduling, budgeting, and successfully managing large transmission projects to completion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership to the transmission development team, focusing on the CAISO region.

• Leading and coordinating key project functions, including financial feasibility analysis, engineering/design, legal review, and financial negotiations.

• Building strategic relationships and executing major contracts to support the Company's generating business growth initiatives.

• Overseeing day-to-day late-stage development activities, including contract management and coordination of internal departments and external resources.

• Serving as the primary stakeholder lead during late-stage development, engaging with relevant entities such as Counties, BLM, RTOs, M&C, and Legal.

• Delivering comprehensive reports on project progress, risk mitigation efforts, and metrics through monthly metric meetings and regular updates.

• Ensuring the successful startup and transition of assets to Operations.

Location: Remote (West Coast/California highly preferred)

This is a strategic hire requiring someone with exceptional leadership skills, deep understanding of transmission permitting processes, and a proven ability to manage a portfolio of projects while ensuring financial success.

Job Overview

Employees in this role are responsible for leading and coordinating key functions of a project such as financial feasibility analysis, engineering/design, project legal review and financial negotiations. The position plays a key role in building strategic relationships and executing major contracts necessary to support the Company’s generating business growth initiatives. This role reviews and oversees the development of key project agreements. This role is responsible for all aspects of the business deal and will be involved in the closure of multiple projects.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Translates company financial, commercial, risk management, technical and operating goals into effective contracting strategies and objectives

• Develops and maintains effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external strategic partners

• Assembles and leads internal cross functional, multi-disciplined teams through the solicitation and negotiation processes

• Provides overall leadership and drive key decisions during negotiations

• Delivers on contracting objectives and proforma requirements

• Delivers contracts that position the internal project execution team for maximum success

• Manages the contracting budget and schedule for assigned projects

• Provides periodic updates to and interact with senior management

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad/GED

• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience

• Experience: 10+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's - Business Administration

• Master's - Business Administration

The base pay for this position is $172,000.00 to $258,000.00 per year. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Business Development

Organization: NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC

Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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