Senior Utility Contracts Manager

What you'll do

• Negotiate utility infrastructure agreements and amendments with utilities, counsel, and internal teams.
• Track contractual obligations, deadlines, deliverables, and risks across projects; escalate at-risk items and report status to leadership.
• Translate utility requirements into actionable guidance and coordinate construction, compliance, and operating obligations across teams.

What they ask for

• 8+ years in the electric utility sector, at a utility, or negotiating and managing utility agreements for large customers or developers, including direct experience with large-load interconnection, energy service/electric service agreements, and utility construction agreements.
• Strong working command of utility tariffs, connection requirements, interconnection, metering, and reliability obligations.
• Hands-on familiarity with the engineering, procurement, and construction lifecycle.
• Demonstrated success negotiating complex infrastructure agreements with utility counterparties.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting hyperscale data center, large industrial, or other large-load development projects.
• Familiarity with behind-the-meter / bring-your-own-capacity structures, customer-build lead lines, utility asset transfer agreements, contract lifecycle management tools, or utility regulatory proceedings.

Pay

Up to $160,000 - $200,000+ USD base salary; Bonus amount not stated

Tools

NERC, MISO, ERCOT, CAISO