Utilities Manager

4 weeks ago

London Area, United Kingdom QTS Data Centers Full time

The Utility Development Program Manager will lead various aspects of power diligence, acquisition, and delivery across Europe. This leader will ultimately be responsible for ensuring utility capacity is vetted, secured, and delivered at each campus to support data centers. This role will interface and collaborate with many critical stakeholders, including but not limited to: pre-development leads evaluating new properties; operations leaders managing load growth projections; sales teams coordinating customer demands; procurement teams engaging with power equipment vendors; and development team project leaders planning and building new data centers.


Responsibilities - other duties may be assigned:

  • Lead power due diligence for prospective sites
  • Submit power applications to and review power study results from utilities
  • Negotiate power contracts for new and expansion capacity, alongside the Energy Team
  • Create and Implement strategy to ensure timely delivery of power delivery to development sites as needed to support existing and future leases
  • Management of partners and consultants related to electrical substation design and construction
  • Manage schedule and reporting of milestones for all utility projects
  • Manage budgets and cost forecasting of utility projects, including construction and equipment
  • Foster relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver utility developments, including QTS partners, power consultants, utilities, OEMs, EPCs, and equipment vendors
  • Procure substation long lead equipment, transformers, HV breakers, and MV switchgear
  • Procure and manage construction of multiple substation sites simultaneously
  • Deliver utility projects on-schedule, on-budget, and as-scoped
  • Track and report on status and schedule of power delivery timelines
  • Track and provide inputs to required utility metrics via various internal dashboards
  • Prepare executive updates and project update presentations for senior leadership


Essential Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, construction, or equivalent professional experience
  • Six or more years of medium/high voltage construction management
  • Six or more years or more years’ experience running multiple projects at the same time or related professional experience, with at least half in Europe
  • Knowledge of substation industry partners and transformer manufacturers
  • Be able to travel up to 50% of the time or as needed to support projects
  • Demonstrated experience working directly with executives and collaborating effectively across all levels of the organization


Desired Qualifications:

  • Five plus years of electrical substation construction, with at least half in Europe
  • Technical expertise in High and Medium Voltage Electrical Design or Construction
  • Experience leading due diligence on prospective large-scale power opportunities
  • Exposure to the power study and contracting process at various utilities
  • Experience managing large portfolio of work


Additional Skills:

  • Fluency in English required; fluency in other European languages strongly preferred
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to independently manage deadlines and support staff
  • Ability to influence cross-discipline teams
  • Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing situations at a high growth company
  • Ability to prioritize, multitask, and deliver high quality work in tight timeframes


QTS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to talentacquisition@qtsdatacenters.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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