Senior Utility Infrastructure Program Lead

Quality Technology Services, LLC; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Quality Technology Services, LLC seeks an experienced Utility Development Program Manager to oversee power delivery strategies for data center campuses across North America. You will collaborate with energy leaders, utilities, and regulators to secure timely energization and manage complex substation and transmission line projects.

You will lead diligence on new site feasibility, coordinate with partners, and drive standardization across utility design while handling budgets, schedules, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, construction, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of medium/high-voltage substation, transmission line, or utility infrastructure construction management experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex utility or infrastructure projects.
• Working knowledge of transmission line design, construction, interconnection, and natural gas utility processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint for executive reporting and Excel for budgets and tracking.
• Ability to travel up to 50%

Responsibilities

• Create and implement a strategy to ensure timely delivery of power delivery to development sites as needed to support existing and future leases.
• Serve on the diligence team to advise and evaluate utility capacity feasibility of potential new sites, including transmission line routing, interconnection, and deliverability constraints.
• Management of partners and consultants related to electrical substation and transmission line design and construction.
• Lead in standardization of utility substation design, including distribution feeds to multiple buildings.
• Coordinate transmission line development activities, including route selection, right-of-way (ROW) acquisition support, permitting, and easement strategy in partnership with utilities and third-party engineers.
• Support transmission interconnection processes, including coordination with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, and regulatory bodies to secure timely energization.
• Manage budgets and cost forecasting of utility projects, including construction and equipment for both substation and transmission line scopes.
• Develop transformer, transmission structure, and equipment specifications.
• Procure substation long lead equipment, transmission line materials (conductor, structures, insulators), and transformers.
• Procure and manage the construction of multiple substation and transmission line sites simultaneously.
• Track and report on the status and schedule of power delivery timelines, including transmission line milestones and interconnection dependencies.
• Support natural gas utility development activities, including coordination with gas providers, pipeline routing, service agreements, permitting, easements, and schedule alignment with campus power delivery needs.

Skills

Substations

Transmission Lines

Construction Management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Risk Management

Transmission (Overhead & Underground)

Transmission Interconnection / ROW & P

High-voltage electricity

Utilities

Natural Gas Utilities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, construction, or equivalent experience

Job description

Quality Technology Services, LLC seeks an experienced Utility Development Program Manager to oversee power delivery strategies for data center campuses across North America. You will collaborate with energy leaders, utilities, and regulators to secure timely energization and manage complex substation and transmission line projects.

You will lead diligence on new site feasibility, coordinate with partners, and drive standardization across utility design while handling budgets, schedules, and