Versant Power · 1 month ago
SENIOR MANAGER, ENGINEER & SYSTEM PLANNING
Hampden, ME, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
10+ years expVersant Power is a utility company in northern and eastern Maine focused on delivering reliable electricity service. They are looking for a Senior Manager of Asset Management & System Planning to lead the development of long-term investment strategies and ensure the reliability and resilience of the electric grid.
Utilities
Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership to the Asset Management and System Planning departments
Oversee development and refinement of the long-term T&D capital investment plan, ensuring it reflects system needs, internal priorities, and alignment with regulatory requirements
Ensure high-quality system planning studies that support upgrades, load growth, DER integration, and reliability improvements
Support filings such as rate cases, storm dockets, and the Integrated Grid Plan (IGP), ensuring consistent and technically sound documentation
Champion cross-functional collaboration between engineering, operations, and regulatory teams to ensure cohesive planning and execution
Support alignment of asset data, GIS, AMI insights, and engineering analysis to support strategic investment decisions
Collaborate with senior leadership, regulators, and external stakeholders to represent company strategy and technical plans
Oversee applicable company capital, operations, and maintenance budgets ensuring alignment with business strategy
Ensuring engineering and operations activities are completed in regulatory compliance with FERC, NERC, NPCC, ISO-NE, and MPUC
Responsible for leadership development and succession planning within Asset Management to ensure Versant Power has the leadership capacity it needs in the future to achieve its operational and growth objectives
Supports the System Emergency Operations Plan (SEOP)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field required
Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in electric utility operations, engineering, asset management, or system planning
Strong background in capital planning, grid reliability, and condition-based investment decision-making
At least 7+ years of progressive leadership experience, including managing technical teams or leading cross-functional initiatives
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and decision-making skills
Proven ability to communicate complex engineering and planning concepts to regulatory bodies, and executive leadership, and non-technical stakeholders
Demonstrated commitment to workforce development and delivering high quality internal and external customer service
Strong interpersonal, consultative, and stakeholder engagement skills
Solid foundation in operational safety principles and practices
Preferred
Professional Engineer (PE) license or advanced degree
Experience contributing to or leading regulatory filings such as rate cases or grid modernization plans
Familiarity with climate vulnerability assessments, integrated grid planning, or resilience planning
Proficiency with data tools such as AMI analytics, GIS platforms, or capital planning models
Company
Versant Power
We’re committed to helping connect people and power communities in northern and eastern Maine.
501-1000 employees
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