Senior Transmission Development Manager – U.S. Energy Markets

Job Description

Ferrovial Energy is seeking a Senior Transmission Lines Project Manager to lead U.S. transmission strategy and execution across priority power markets. This role will coordinate executive, development, engineering, finance, legal, procurement, construction and asset management teams to identify, evaluate and deliver high-value transmission opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversight of technical, commercial and financial analysis for U.S. transmission opportunities, including investment cases, bid strategy, capex and opex assumptions, revenue forecasts, congestion risk, network upgrades, risk allocation and long-term value creation.
• Direction of internal teams, external advisors and subcontractors on market studies, load analysis, generator interconnection and affected-system reviews, route evaluation, permitting strategy, cost estimates and lifecycle asset forecasts.
• Senior review of transmission asset design, constructability, FERC and NERC exposure, contractual structure and operational readiness.
• Maintenance of senior relationships with U.S. utilities, ISOs/RTOs, transmission owners, state regulators, landowners, EPC contractors, technical consultants, financial partners and asset operators.
• Leadership of negotiations and transaction support for EPC, owner’s engineer, equipment supply, interconnection, transmission service, joint development, M&A and asset acquisition or disposal processes.
• Establishment of governance, reporting and decision-making processes for complex projects, including schedule, budget, risk escalation, contractor performance, quality, safety and board-ready communication materials.
• Preparation of investment committee papers, board updates, management briefings, approval memos, risk summaries and strategic recommendations.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a senior transmission, infrastructure or energy development professional with 12 to 15 years of experience in U.S. transmission, high-voltage infrastructure, renewable or storage development, EPC delivery, investment analysis or infrastructure transactions. An engineering degree is required.

Required Experience

• Senior-level experience in transmission planning, power flow analysis, generator interconnection, affected-system studies, congestion and curtailment assessment, and grid constraint evaluation across U.S. ISO/RTO and utility markets, including ERCOT, PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO, NYISO, ISO-NE, WECC, SERC and utility-service territories.
• Technical experience should include high-voltage line and substation design review, protection and control interfaces, route alternatives, constructability, commissioning and operational readiness.
• Commercial experience should include investment estimates, project budgets, EPC pricing, cost benchmarking, contingencies, owner’s costs, schedule risk, lifecycle economics, revenue forecasts, cost-of-service models, merchant exposure, congestion value, basis risk, ancillary services and tax-credit-sensitive renewable or storage economics.
• Hands-on experience with U.S. infrastructure development and construction, including permitting, environmental studies, rights-of-way, land acquisition, utility coordination, procurement, EPC contracting and change-order management.
• Experience with interconnection agreements, transmission service agreements, O&M arrangements, owner’s engineer scopes, joint development agreements, acquisitions and utility coordination documentation is also expected.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with U.S. transmission assets, competitive transmission processes, utility partnerships, merchant transmission concepts, regulated infrastructure investments, M&A or commercial advisory mandates will be highly valued.
• Working knowledge of FERC-jurisdictional interconnection and transmission planning, OATTs, cluster studies, network upgrade cost allocation, queue reform and Order No. 2023 is preferred.
• Advanced financial modeling capability, including valuation, bid models, sensitivities, scenario analysis, congestion and basis-risk analysis, network upgrade exposure, tax-credit assumptions and executive decision materials.
• Exceptional executive communication, negotiation, stakeholder management and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience presenting recommendations to investment committees, executives, boards, lenders, partners, public-sector stakeholders and utility executives is important.
• Ability to produce executive-ready briefing notes, strategy updates, board decks, decision memos, negotiation summaries and action reports.
• Fluency in English is required; additional languages are valued.

Travel

Travel will be required based on project and opportunity needs.