Director, Utility Asset Management
QTS Data Centers
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Irving • Arizona • Colorado • United States
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About the role
- Provide leadership and support to the Asset Management team including oversight and creation of annual Asset Management budget and monitoring actual performance against budget
- Track utility asset performance against original planned goals and objectives and financial and operational goals
- Collaborate with the Facility Operations team to develop strategic plans to achieve both our owners' and investors' financial and investment goals
- Collaborate with the Facility Operations team to perform regular reviews of portfolio properties and ensure physical aspects of the portfolio meet owner, lender, and investor requirements
- Assist in the development and monitoring of compliance programs as needed
- Support Facility Operations during planned and unplanned outages with technical guidance and management of third-party utility O&M providers
- Provide assistance with associated warranty claims against OEM and EPC providers as needed
- Manage quality programs required for OFCI utility equipment
- Review and advise on organizational documents, agreements, and contracts to ensure document accuracy, protection of company interests, and legal, tax, and other regulatory compliance
- Provide ongoing portfolio analysis and recommendations as needed, including income, expenses and capital projects
- Collaborate with HR to optimize recruitment, training, compliance, performance management, compensation, and company culture, ensuring strong employee relations and organizational effectiveness
- Ensure monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements are met for owners, lenders, investors, and government entities
- Prepare annual budgets for all portfolio properties and entities
- Stay abreast of outstanding operational and management issues across the portfolio
- Lead preventative maintenance program to ensure assets within the supervised portfolio meet company requirements
- Review and understand management agreements and other related documents pertaining to existing and new or proposed projects and provide input as requested
Requirements
- Ten or more years of utility or other energy-related asset management
- Four or more years of people leader experience
- Four or more years of experience operating high voltage substations
- Demonstrated experience working directly with executives and collaborating effectively across all levels of the organization
- Experience managing an extensive portfolio of work across large regions
- Able to travel up to 50% of the time or as needed to support relationship-building and team management
- Master’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or comparable experience (preferred)
- Fifteen or more years of utility or other energy-related asset management (preferred)
- Six or more years of people leader experience (preferred)
- Experience managing large energy assets (100+ MW) (preferred)
- Established relationships with leading utility partners and O&M providers (preferred)
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate MOMA agreements >$25 million in value (preferred)
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- flexible spending and HSA accounts
- paid holidays
- paid time off
- paid volunteer days
- employee assistance program
- tuition assistance
- parental leave
- military leave assistance
- QTS scholarship for dependents
- wellness program
- other company benefits
- bonus eligible
- may be eligible for equity
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
asset managementbudgetingportfolio analysiscompliance programspreventative maintenancehigh voltage substations operationnegotiationfinancial analysiscontract reviewquality management
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationorganizational effectivenessemployee relationsstrategic planningrelationship-buildingperformance managementtrainingproblem-solving
Certifications
Master’s degree in engineeringMaster’s degree in Construction ManagementMaster’s degree in Business Administration