Director Development

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Position Specific Description

The Director, Development is a strategic leadership position requiring extensive experience in large-scale transmission permitting. This role entails overseeing a portfolio of projects within the PJM jurisdiction, with a primary emphasis on transmission routing, siting, and licensing. The ideal candidate will possess commercial acumen and a proven track record managing infrastructure projects. The successful candidate must have experience with financial due diligence, scheduling, budgeting, and successfully managing large transmission or other linear projects to completion. This role will be responsible for overseeing and driving progress on new electric transmission projects within the PJM region, leading projects through planning, routing and siting, permitting, and major project approvals. This position will also be responsible for leading and managing resource allocation, schedules, and technical accuracy, ensuring the project is completed in the most cost-effective, efficient, and competitive manner within the budget and schedule.  As Director, the successful candidate will lead the team managing awarded projects within PJM guiding all aspects of the project life cycle, including early issue identification and resolution, financial feasibility and progress analysis, internal and external reporting, and close coordination with engineering/design, legal, marketing/communications, project controls, and other critical components of project development. 

Other responsibilities will include:

• Serving as a key party during mid-stage project development with Counties, State and Local Agencies, Local Stakeholder Groups, and internal subject matter experts.
• Providing reports on project progress, risk mitigation efforts, and compliance with corporate metrics through monthly metric meetings and regularly as needed.
• Providing expert testimony during regulatory proceedings, where required.

Job Requirements

• Minimum ten years of experience in any combination of linear project development and management, engineering, procurement, construction, and/or finance required
• Possess a broad range of industry experience from: project management, project controls, linear operations & maintenance, transmission design and construction, finance, procurement, and environmental regulations and compliance
• Proven success in executing and completing several major infrastructure projects
• Experience managing capital budgets
• Contract analysis and negotiation of commercial terms and conditions within various contracting structures
• Ability to manage multiple projects and activities simultaneously and effectively prioritize resources
• Ability to make decisions with limited data and identify/quantify risks associated with those decisions
• Ability to complete complex tasks with a minimum of supervision and minimum rework
• Ability to consider both analytical data and commercial/financial implications in making sound recommendations

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage key stages of transmission project execution, including routing, right-of-way acquisition, environmental analysis, permitting, engineering/design, regulatory compliance, local community and stakeholder engagement, project legal review and financial feasibility
• Maintain collaborative relationships and clear communication internally and externally with key stakeholders and leaders
• Organize and manage project details to support project timelines and key milestones
• Identify schedule risks and potential threats to project execution
• Proactively communicate timelines and risks with project team and corporate leadership
• Utilize internal and external resources to accomplish goals
• Ensure compliance with applicable technical and regulatory requirements

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Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Business Development
Organization:  NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC 
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

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