Senior Electric Division Manager - FILLED

Jennifer Powers • Full-time • California, United States • $150k - $200k / year • 1d ago

This is your opportunity to be on the executive leadership team of an amazing, people-first utility and to Thrive!

Highlights

Be an influential part of an incredible publicly owned utility where Compassion & Accountability sum up this unique culture.
This utility company truly respects its customers and their responsibility for the environment and a carbon-free future.
The opportunity to develop your career and have fun with strategic endeavors such as meeting climate goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 40% by 2030 while also ensuring that 50% of retail sales are from eligible renewables by 2030.
To be a part of an amazing leadership team who invites new leaders in and really values their input.
Join an extremely successful not-for-profit utility that holds themselves to the highest financial standards.

Company Information

Silicon Valley Power (SVP) is a 125-year-old California-based not-for-profit municipal electric utility that is owned and operated by the City of Santa Clara.
SVP provides electricity service to over 57,000 residential and business customers, at rates 25 to 53 percent below neighboring communities. High-profile customers include large corporations such as Intel, Applied Materials, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and NVIDIA.
SVP is the only full-service, vertically integrated publicly owned utility in Silicon Valley owning generation, transmission, and distribution assets.
Beginning in 2018, SVP began providing 100% carbon-free power to all residential customers.
In 2022, SVP was recognized as a Diamond Level Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) from the American Public Power Association (APPA) for providing reliable and safe electric service.

They Value and Appreciate their Employees

The executive team is strong with great communication skills, where transparency and spearheading innovation is key to their ongoing success.
The Electric Utility Chief Operating Officer is the ambassador of the culture, focused on employees' success and protecting their unique culture.
Benefits:
- 2022 Benefit Summary (Refer to column for Unit 9, Misc. Management Employees)
- Unclassified Misc. Management MOU
- Silicon Valley Power Home

Senior Electric Division Manager - Resources: Role within the Utility

The Senior Electric Division Manager - Resources leads the utility strategy to meet a Carbon Free future while demand continues to grow at a rate of 10% per year. This role has primary accountability for providing leadership in the Resources division which oversees system contracts as well as power trading and scheduling.

Specific accountabilities and qualifications in this role include:

Demonstrated leadership with workgroups with the ability to develop vision, set priorities, establish goals, and deliver quantifiable results.
Develop a team with strong analytic skills for developing, analyzing, and presenting data/information/trends within the utility.
Demonstrated knowledge of the CAISO Rules and Regulations, Day-Ahead and real-time markets within the CAISO system, Congestion Revenue Rights.
Ability to develop and implement the strategy to meet Carbon Free future by 2035 (City of Santa Clara Climate Action Plan).
Knowledgeable and familiar with:
- trading floor operations and interaction with a Scheduling Coordinator.
- natural gas markets and procurement.
- PG&E Rate Cases related to natural gas and transmission areas.
Initiate, develop and maintain effective professional relationships with department peers, bargaining units, employees, and citizens.
Lead development and succession planning.

Community Information

Located at the heart of Silicon Valley, about 45 miles south of San Francisco, the City of Santa Clara is home to an extraordinary array of high-tech companies and attractions.

Background Profile

Bachelor's Degree: in a related field. Substitutions: 8 years of applicable electric utility experience may be substituted for the education requirement.
Experience: Six (6) years of experience at a responsible level in the electric utility industry or related field; Substitutions: An advanced degree may be substituted for up to 2 years' experience.
Management Experience: Two (2) years of management experience.
Relocation: Ability to report to the office in Santa Clara.

For questions and more information about this opportunity, please contact:

Jenna Flanagan
Phone or text:
Email:

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