Senior Transmission Contract Manager

Description

• Provides technical leadership and guidance to the transmission contracts team in drafting, negotiating, and managing contracts for transmission service, transmission-to-transmission interconnection, generation interconnection, inter-utility operating agreements, balancing authority agreements, and other agreements as necessary under PSE’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).
• Works with transmission customers and cross-functional teams on issues relating to business practices, transmission service obligations/provisions, transmission outages, Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS), and technical systems implementation.
• Conducts and oversees technical, economic, and risk analyses of contractual proposals and alternatives to identify benefits and costs.
• Provides lead support for FERC formula rate proceedings, FERC audits, and WUTC General Rate Case filings fulfilling data request assignments responses via data collection, analysis, written responses and peer review. Provides strategic direction for PSE’s transmission strategy and in support of transmission planning obligations and Integrated System Planning.
• Represents company’s interest in regional transmission policy stakeholder processes (BPA, NorthernGrid, CAISO, etc.), on high visibility projects, other industry technical committees, and on contractually required committees such as operating committees.
• Provides counsel on critical regulatory or legal matters that involve technical knowledge or opinion and presents findings to PSE’s senior leadership.
• Facilitates contract dispute resolution. Performs other duties as assigned.
• Develops relationships and communicate requirements with transmission customers, other utilities, traders, schedulers, and internal departments in order to enhance PSE's ability to reliably and cost effectively serve our customer base.
• Coordinates and reviews the work of contract administration staff (including contractors and/or consultants). Analyzes, develops, facilitates, and implements transmission service solutions for complex, multi-faceted projects involving multiple project areas and stakeholders.
• Serves as an expert on managing and negotiating critical agreements representing PSE as a Balancing Authority, Transmission Owner, Transmission Operator and Transmission Service Provider.
• Works within Company policies, systems, evaluation and approval practices, procedures, transmission tariff rules, business practices, and applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
• Manages the contractual arrangements for the company’s transmission assets to ensure adequate transmission for PSE’s transmission customers while reducing risk and minimizing costs for customers.

Requirements

• Demonstrated understanding of Company, BPA, and WECC transmission systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel.
• Ability to develop industry contacts, establish relationships, influence others’ positions and negotiate outcomes.
• Ten (10) years of relevant work experience, preferably in the energy industry as legal counsel, an analyst, economist, engineer, or related experience, including three (3) years of demonstrated experience working with transmission contracts, FERC OATTs, and open access transmission service.
• Bachelor’s in engineering, mathematics, finance, economics, business or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Demonstrated capability to carry out complicated analysis combining multiple sources of data, inputs, and sensitivities.
• Experience in electric utility system operations, wholesale power markets, power scheduling and transmission operations.
• Advanced degree in law, engineering, business, economics or another relevant field of study.
• Ability to work in a team environment with a strong ability to think independently and facilitate cooperation.
• Understanding of transmission modeling and planning, risk assessment, electricity trading and energy market conditions.
• Previous work experience in hybrid roles that combine technical, economic, and policy aspects of transmission systems.
• Extensive experience with PSE transmission contracts and operating protocols.
• Professional negotiation and contract dispute resolution experience.
• Real Time Energy Imbalance Market, Regional Transmission Organization (RTO), and or Independent System Operator (ISO) experience.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance