Sr Mgr Capacity Planning DER Interconnection

Manage the personnel and activities of all sections of the DER Planning and Engineering, including driving strategy and policy in Illinois, collaborating with capacity planning ,OCC (Operation Control Center), Regional Engineering and Operations, TSO (Transmission System Operation), LCS (Large Customer Services), Legal and Regulatory areas, Safety and Environmental Services, etc. This role requires interacting with legislatures, presenting at workshops, wring ComEd’s Multi-Year Grid Plan, Managing Hosting Capacity Investment Category and aligning on key issues with ComEd’s stakeholders. The Sr. manager should:

• Assure the development and effective implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Assure the focus and attainment of business goals and objectives.
• Develop and maintain an environment that promotes safety, diversity and inclusion, and high productivity.

Position may be required to work extended hours for coverage during storms or other energy delivery emergencies.

• Manages the development and implementation of short- and long-term strategic initiatives designed to assure the highest levels of customer services and to achieve Exelon’s safety, reliability and performance goals.
• Functionally focused balancing a mix of day-to-day operations and policy with strategic planning. Provides direction on core philosophies to the Company. Makes decisions on key business activities, which have a direct impact on the department or operations, indirect impact on other departments and/or the Company. Miscalculation might have long recovery period.
• Manage the overall budget of the department and Hosting Capacity expansion initiatives. Establish and monitor corporate business plans and business unit objectives.
• Provide grid planning support, come up with innovative programs to enable hosting capacity, connect DERs timely onto the grid.
• Provide technical thought-leadership around developing policies at state and federal level such as Value of DER, Non-Wires Alternatives, Virtual Power Plants, Community Solar and Storage programs, DERMS and Flexible interconnection approaches, Marginal Cost Studies, Cost Benefit analysis for hosting capacity programs.
• Interact with Legislator, provide testimonies and support as Responsible Business Person, testify in rate cases, and align with external stakeholders on key issues.
• Develop and maintain an environment that fosters a high-performance culture and a learning organization. Promote safety and diversity. Serves as a change agent for business initiatives and assures the human element is understood and considered. Assure timely recognition of employee contributions.
• Provide leadership to and development of the management team. Provide accurate and timely feedback regarding performance and operations. Conduct performance planning and appraisals. Identify opportunities for growth and learning.
• Establish, maintain and improve relationships with other departments in Exelon.
• Facilitates open and honest communication with staff. Assures that upward communication is integrated into the process, including employee concerns and complaints. Develop methods to assess communication effectiveness and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

• Manage a workforce that consists of several Planning Managers and 30 to 35 professionals composed of degreed engineers. Direct reports include three E04 Mgrs and 2- E03 Engineers.
• Responsible for initiating capacity expansion and or system reconfiguration projects for approximately 1,500 to 2,000 distribution feeders operated at 4, 13 and 34 kV; and approximately 75 substations supplied at 69, 138, or 230 kV and 200 substations supplied at 13 and 34 kV that serve the customers in Northern Illinois. Each Manager is responsible for recommending distribution capacity addition projects ranging from $25 to $50 million for approval each year. The Planning Managers are accountable for both short term and long term load forecasts for their areas and reconciling this forecast and its impact on the system with Transmission Planning.
• Manage the Planning Managers toward consolidation and implementation of a common set of processes and procedures to ensure a standard methodology across EED.
• Manage the organization providing support for voltage analysis, reliability studies, operating issues, storm restoration, and customer response. Provide active support to the operations center(s) during extreme weather conditions or system contingency situations.
• Actions have a significant impact on reliability and customer satisfaction goals and the level of capital expenditures required to meet customer load addition needs.
• Regular contact with senior management, directors and managers in EED Transmission and Distribution Operations and Customer Service areas, External Affairs, Regulatory, Legal and Exelon Energy Delivery.

• Bachelor degree in Engineering
• At least 10 years of industry experience including 3-5 years as a supervisor or manager.
• Broad knowledge of company, department policies, objectives, strategies, and goals; planning role; applicable governmental laws and regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus, establish trust, communicate effectively and foster culture change.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of regulatory issues.
• Proven leadership ability in a high-performance culture.
• Demonstrated business acumen, customer awareness and ability to create value.

• Graduate degree or Graduate level work in Engineering, Business Administration or related field.
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all management levels.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement process enhancements and efficiencies including technology and performance.

• Annual salary will vary based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors: $147,200.00/Yr. – $202,400.00/Yr. plus an additional $25K in Long Term Incentive Plan annually.
• Annual Bonus for eligible positions: 25%
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave and bonding/primary caregiver leave or parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program and resources for mental and emotional support
• Wellbeing programs such as tuition reimbursement, adoption and surrogacy assistance and fitness reimbursement
• Referral bonus program
• And much more

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