Senior Vice President T&D Oversight

LIPA seeks a Senior Vice President of Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Oversight to oversee PSEG Long Island’s design, operation and maintenance of the power delivery system to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation.

This is a new position at LIPA, intended to provide more senior-level T&D expertise and leadership to manage LIPA’s T&D oversight functions. The new Senior Vice President is expected to utilize his/her power delivery expertise and leadership skills to enhance effective and transparent relationships with PSEG Long Island. Of paramount importance is identifying and deploying improvements to current emergency and storm response performance, as well as, more in-depth analysis, leadership, and approval of T&D plans and budgets.

The Senior Vice President reports to the CEO at LIPA and will supervise a Director of T&D System Oversight, a Senior Manager of Emergency Response Oversight, and a Manager of Distribution System and Distributed Resource Oversight. The Vice President will set objectives, goals, and job functions, provide on-going performance feedback, and enrich employee development. In addition, he or she will analyze all employee resources to determine if organization changes or augmentations are needed to meet LIPA’s objectives of improved safety, reliability, emergency/storm response, and cost-effective operations.

Essential Duties:

•  Lead LIPA’s review and assessment of PSEG Long Island’s Emergency Response Plan and implementation of storm response preparations and restoration.
•  Lead T&D Oversight staff’s review and assessment of PSEG Long Island’s development of short and long-term T&D system plans to meet future system load; and the development and implementation of the T&D Capital and O&M budgets to assure continued reliable and cost-effective operation.
•  Assure that PSEG Long Island identifies and implements industry best practices and new technologies for T&D system planning and operation, including emergency response and asset management.
•  Assure that the T&D Oversight staff is monitoring the day-to-day operation of the T&D system for safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation, as well as compliance with NERC standards.
•  Assure that T&D Oversight staff is monitoring and assessing PSEG Long Island’s interconnection of generators in accordance with LIPA and NYISO tariffs, in support of State clean energy goals.

LIPA’s Corporate Values

Service: In all our actions, we serve our customers, community, and the environment.

Key Actions:

•  Everything we do is for the benefit of our customers.
•  Demonstrates high ethical standards.
•  Filters all actions and decisions through the lens of LIPA’s Values.

Collaboration: We leverage the abilities of our colleagues and stakeholders to benefit our customers.

Key Actions:

•  Solicits and incorporates diverse perspectives.
•  Operates as one LIPA team.
•  Communicates fiercely. Open, honest, candid, transparent, respectful. No surprises. Assumes positive intent. We are all here to perform and grow.
•  Gives and seeks constructive feedback often. Feedback is our fuel.
•  Fosters respectful interactions with fairness, equality, dignity, and inclusion.

Excellence: We build our successes, celebrate our wins, and learn from our mistakes.

Key Actions:

•  Delivers on responsibilities and commitments. No excuses.
•  Makes clarity own responsibility. If it isn’t clear, asks questions.
•  Works with purpose. Knows why we do what we do.
•  Does great work. If there is a better way, finds it.

The Successful Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and a Master’s degree in engineering, management or business. Fully qualified candidates will possess at least 15 years of combined experience in electric utility transmission and distribution (T&D) planning, engineering, operation, maintenance, or construction to successfully perform the job duties and responsibilities. Of particular interest are individuals with expertise evaluating and implementing best practices in T&D planning, budgeting, operations, and emergency and storm response. Additional experience with existing and emerging technologies as it relates to power delivery functions is considered ideal.

The successful candidate must have strong leadership and management skills, particularly in the areas of developing and coaching employees, along with a demonstrated ability to partner with, and influence, peers at LIPA and PSEG Long Island.

LIPA is also targeting individuals with the following skills and abilities:

•  Ability to interact with personnel of various technical skills and various levels of management.
•  Interpersonal skills, work collaboratively across departments and organizations.
•  Working knowledge of computer programs including Microsoft Word and Excel.
•  Communicate effectively verbally and in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
•  Excellent judgment and critical thinking, using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
•  Strong analytical ability.
•  Exhibits high ethical standards, expert judgement, and strong business acumen.
•  Project management ability and experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Compensation, Benefits & Relocation

The total compensation and relocation package is competitive. LIPA offers a full complement of benefits including a variety of healthcare options, including retiree health, and participation in the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) or the New York State Voluntary Defined Contribution Program (VDC).

To Apply

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume in PDF format to pprouse@mfpllc.us no later than January 22, 2021

Patrick Prouse
Mycoff Fry Partners LLC
PO Box 1310
Conifer, CO 80433
(800) 525-9082