Director of Engineering & Technology Operations

About the role

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years, we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a Director and participates as an active member in leadership teams at Seattle City Light.
• Provides strategic and operational engineering leadership for the Utility.
• Supports Seattle City Light as a public utility that has a strong connection to the residents and businesses of our city, and those of our Franchise Cities.
• Manages a multicultural and diverse staff in a workplace that values diversity, fairness, and equity.

Qualifications

• Minimum of fifteen years of experience in Engineering.
• Minimum of eight years of significant management experience, with progressively responsible leadership and project management assignments, and demonstrated ability leading high-performing teams in large organizations.
• Demonstrated experience with electric utility systems.
• Proficient knowledge of utility T&D and Generation automation technology, Smart Grid concepts and structure.
• Knowledge of emerging utility and public infrastructure issues, and social, economic, and political impacts within the region and at a national level.
• Working knowledge of Project Management process and concepts.
• Experience managing project budgets.
• Strong ability to lead and manage change, excellent written and verbal communications skills, with experience creating and delivering public presentations to a variety of constituents.

Desired Qualifications

• Competitive candidates will possess an advanced degree or relatable experience in Engineering or a related field.
• Advanced degree in relevant field.
• Professional Engineering license.
• Experience working with a public utility with hydroelectric generation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of federal and state regulations related to electric utility engineering systems.
• Experience with regulatory processes, policy development and compliance.
• Demonstrated knowledge developing strategic recommendations around grid modernization, distributed energy resources, general system maintenance as well as new infrastructure installations.
• Experience participating in municipal/city public processes and communication in a large metropolitan setting.
• Fundamental understanding in economics and financial analysis.
• Ability to negotiate and administer contracts and agreements, budget preparation, economics and finance.
• Ability to work within a union environment with multiple collective bargaining agreements and knowledge of the City of Seattle personnel policies and procedures will be essential for success in this position.
• Experience and/or certification in project management; with demonstrated successful implementation of high impact projects.
• Strong functional problem-solving skills.
• Experience and/or certification in change management and communicating change to a broad audience.

Pay

Total compensation and relocation packages are competitive and depend upon qualifications and experience. The full salary range for this position is $243,565.20 to $389,725.20 annually.