Jennifer Powers
Assistant Director of Electric Utility - FILLED
Jennifer Powers, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053
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.
Very professionally managed: a peer said, “Group is very collegial, team-oriented and focused on achieving goals for the greater good of the utility.”
Company Information
Silicon Valley Power (SVP)
siliconvalleypower.com
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) by the American Public Power Association (APPA).
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 and this position’s direct report is the ambassador of the culture, focused on employees’ success and protecting their unique culture.
Benefits:
2022 Benefit Summary
Unclassified Misc. Management MOU
Silicon Valley Power | Home
Assistant Director of Electric Utility - Resource Planning and Customer Engagement: Role within the Utility
The Assistant Director – Resource Planning and Customer Engagement (AD) 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 Resource Planning and Customer Engagement division which provides resource acquisition and delivery, customer relations and sustainability, forecasting and resource planning, and external relations. Specific accountabilities and qualifications in this role include:
Demonstrated leadership with utility experience (Municipal or Investor Owned) with demonstrated ability to develop a vision for the workgroup, set priorities, establish goals, and deliver quantifiable results.
Strong communication skills with peers and others within the organization.
Knowledgeable with customer service, resources, rate/tariff development, revenue requirements, and public benefits programs for electric utilities.
Knowledgeable of CAISO/FERC/Municipal rules and regulations.
Ability to develop and implement the strategy to meet Carbon Free future by 2035.
Demonstrate relationships with peers in industries to keep current with industry trends.
Provide clear business context, career development support, and strategic leadership to the COO and Chief Electric Utility Officer.
Attend SVP’s city meetings and provide professional expertise to large groups and City staff.
Initiate, develop and maintain effective professional relationships with department peers, bargaining units, employees, and citizens.
Collaborate and prioritize with the three other Assistant Utility Directors.
Lead development and succession planning.
Community InformationLocated at the heart of Silicon Valley, about 45 miles south of San Francisco, the City of Santa Clara covers an area of 19.3 square miles with a population of 129,000. Santa Clara is home to an extraordinary array of high-tech companies.
Background Profile
Bachelor’s Degree:
in business administration, engineering, or an approved related field from an accredited college or university.
Advanced Degree:
in financial management, business or public administration, engineering, or law may be substituted for two (2) years of the qualifying experience requirement.
Experience:
Ten (10) years of increasingly responsible operations, engineering, contract or financial administration, legal support, resource planning or acquisition, asset management, or supervisory experience in an electric utility or a closely related organization.
Management Experience:
Three (3) years of management (of people) experience in an electric utility or a closely related organization.
For questions and more information about this opportunity, please contact:
Jenna FlanaganPhone or text: (916) 304-6663Email:
Jenna@JPowersInc.com
#J-18808-Ljbffr
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.
Very professionally managed: a peer said, “Group is very collegial, team-oriented and focused on achieving goals for the greater good of the utility.”
Company Information
Silicon Valley Power (SVP)
siliconvalleypower.com
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) by the American Public Power Association (APPA).
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 and this position’s direct report is the ambassador of the culture, focused on employees’ success and protecting their unique culture.
Benefits:
2022 Benefit Summary
Unclassified Misc. Management MOU
Silicon Valley Power | Home
Assistant Director of Electric Utility - Resource Planning and Customer Engagement: Role within the Utility
The Assistant Director – Resource Planning and Customer Engagement (AD) 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 Resource Planning and Customer Engagement division which provides resource acquisition and delivery, customer relations and sustainability, forecasting and resource planning, and external relations. Specific accountabilities and qualifications in this role include:
Demonstrated leadership with utility experience (Municipal or Investor Owned) with demonstrated ability to develop a vision for the workgroup, set priorities, establish goals, and deliver quantifiable results.
Strong communication skills with peers and others within the organization.
Knowledgeable with customer service, resources, rate/tariff development, revenue requirements, and public benefits programs for electric utilities.
Knowledgeable of CAISO/FERC/Municipal rules and regulations.
Ability to develop and implement the strategy to meet Carbon Free future by 2035.
Demonstrate relationships with peers in industries to keep current with industry trends.
Provide clear business context, career development support, and strategic leadership to the COO and Chief Electric Utility Officer.
Attend SVP’s city meetings and provide professional expertise to large groups and City staff.
Initiate, develop and maintain effective professional relationships with department peers, bargaining units, employees, and citizens.
Collaborate and prioritize with the three other Assistant Utility Directors.
Lead development and succession planning.
Community InformationLocated at the heart of Silicon Valley, about 45 miles south of San Francisco, the City of Santa Clara covers an area of 19.3 square miles with a population of 129,000. Santa Clara is home to an extraordinary array of high-tech companies.
Background Profile
Bachelor’s Degree:
in business administration, engineering, or an approved related field from an accredited college or university.
Advanced Degree:
in financial management, business or public administration, engineering, or law may be substituted for two (2) years of the qualifying experience requirement.
Experience:
Ten (10) years of increasingly responsible operations, engineering, contract or financial administration, legal support, resource planning or acquisition, asset management, or supervisory experience in an electric utility or a closely related organization.
Management Experience:
Three (3) years of management (of people) experience in an electric utility or a closely related organization.
For questions and more information about this opportunity, please contact:
Jenna FlanaganPhone or text: (916) 304-6663Email:
Jenna@JPowersInc.com
#J-18808-Ljbffr