Utility Asset Manager

Utility Asset Manager

The Utility Asset Manager is responsible for planning, budgeting, overseeing, and documenting substation operations and maintenance. This role contributes to the overall performance of a state or region of the company, including ensuring profitability targets are met and company-wide processes and procedures are designed, implemented, and followed. This position reports to a Manager or Director of Utility Asset Management but works across all departments to promote company culture, drive profitability, and sustain growth. This is an individual contributor position tasked with building positive working relationships with team members, partners, company affiliates, owners, investors, and other stakeholders.

Essential duties and responsibilities include supporting the Asset Management team with required reporting, data collection, and deliverables; managing and organizing documentation for the Utility Asset Management team; providing inputs to annual Asset Management budget and monitoring actual performance against budget for assigned sites; tracking Utility Asset performance against original planned goals and objectives, financial and operational goals; collaborating with the Facility Operations team on assigned sites to develop strategic plans to achieve both our owners' and investors' financial and investment goals; reviewing and advising on organizational documents, agreements, and contracts to ensure document accuracy, protection of company interests, and legal, tax, and other regulatory compliance; ensuring monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements are met for owners, lenders, investors, and government entities for assigned sites; collaborating with peers to stay abreast of outstanding operational issues across the portfolio; assisting in performing regular reviews of grounds, buildings, and property, and ensuring physical aspects of the supervised region meet company standards; reviewing, understanding, and helping negotiate Operations & Maintenance agreements and other related documents pertaining to existing and new or proposed projects; collaborating with engineers and technicians to perform root cause analyses and drive solutions and corrective actions for unplanned events within the substation; tracking, uploading, and verifying the accuracy of documentation pertaining to periodic maintenance of substation equipment.

Basic qualifications include 2 or more years of utility, renewable energy, or other energy-related asset management; demonstrated experience working effectively across all levels of the organization; and the ability to travel up to 40% of the time or as needed to support relationship-building and team management.

Preferred qualifications include four or more years of utility, renewable energy, or other energy-related asset management; experience managing energy assets; demonstrated ability to read and translate service agreements; and established relationships with leading utility partners and O&M providers.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include thought leadership and decision-making skills, strong business and strategic planning capability, excellent communication skills, and the ability to apply analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills in a fast-paced, changing, and growing environment. Ability to motivate and persuade others to drive organizational change, experience managing across multiple departments, and attention to detail required to manage both projects and people within established timelines. Knowledge to assist in establishing and maintaining substation safety procedures for personal protective equipment (PPE), lockout/tagout practices, and safe clearance protocols. Ability to identify energized and de-energized equipment within a high-voltage substation. Technical acumen to read, translate, and apply the information contained in owner's equipment manuals and substation drawings. Thorough understanding of electrical safety procedures and codes.