Assistant General Manager, Energy Supply - City of Tallahassee

The City of Tallahassee – Electric & Gas Utility has an immediate opening for an Assistant General Manager in our Electric & Gas Utility Energy Supply Division. This is a leadership position reporting to the General Manager, Electric & Gas Utility. 

ABOUT TALLAHASSEE ELECTRIC & GAS UTILITY 

Tallahassee’s Electric & Gas Utility’s mission is to enrich the quality of life in Tallahassee by providing quality energy services and being leaders in our organization, community, and industry.

We hold each other accountable to support and demonstrate the City-Wide Organizational Values in our daily actions and decisions.

• Honor public trust through ethical behavior
• Provide exceptional citizen service
• Lead with integrity at every level
• Collaborate to reach common goals
• Invest in employee excellence
• Promote equity and celebrate diversity

The following objectives are the guiding principles for the Electric & Gas Utility.  As with the City-Wide Organizational Values, we hold each other accountable in our commitment to meeting these objectives.

• Safety – Committed to promoting a culture of safety excellence
• Customer Services/Reliability - Delivery of reliable high-quality utility services
• Cost/Value – Delivery of cost-effective energy service to our customers.
• Regulatory – Foster a culture of compliance excellence.
• Employee Excellence – Cultivate a workplace where employees are valued, trusted, and responsible for exceptional performance.

Tallahassee’s Electric & Gas Utility provides reliable electric service to over 125,000 customers in a 221 square mile service territory that includes both the City of Tallahassee and portions of the unincorporated areas of Leon County and reliable natural gas services to over 35,000 customers within Leon, Wakulla, and Gadsden counties.  A full service vertical electric utility, Tallahassee has 725 MW of generation located at three sites, 60MW of solar under a Purchase Power Agreement, 224 miles of transmission (115kv & 230 kv), 28 substations with two more in engineering, and 3,631 miles of distribution.  The City’s Electric Utility is registered as a Balancing Authority, Transmission Owner/Operator, and Generation Owner/Operator under the NERC Reliability Standards.

Tallahassee Electric & Gas has been recognized nationally and regionally for its strong performance.  These recognitions have included the APPA E. F. Scattergood Award, two APPA DEED Energy Innovator Awards, APPA Reliable Public Power Provider (Platinum level), APGA System Operational Achievement Recognition (Gold), APGA Safety Management Excellence Award, the Public Gas System Achievement Award, and Power Magazine naming the City’s Hopkins Generating Plant one of the Top Six Gas Fired Power Plants in the World.

ABOUT TALLAHASSEE

Tallahassee is a vibrant City that is home to Florida’s state government, two major universities – Florida State University and Florida A&M University, as well as one of the largest community colleges in the state – Tallahassee Community College.   Centrally located in the panhandle, Tallahassee is only hours away from white sandy Gulf beaches, Walt Disney World, and the Atlantic Ocean.  Tallahassee has one of the top parks and recreation departments in the country and was recently named an All-America City for the 2^nd time.  Leon County Schools were recognized by the Florida State Board of Education as an Academically High Performing District for the second year in a row.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

As an Assistant General Manager for the Electric & Gas Utility, the successful candidate will lead the Energy Supply Division. The incumbent serves on the Electric & Gas Utility management team and exercises considerable independent judgment, discretion, initiative, and independence in carrying out their responsibilities. Work is performed under the administrative direction of the General Manager–Electric & Gas Utility. The work is reviewed through conversations, conferences, reports, observations, and by results obtained. Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that the operational responsibilities are conducted within prudent utility practices, generally accepted engineering practices, and consistent with the City’s values and customer service standards.
• Participating in the development of the long-term Electric & Gas Utility strategic plan and the annual operational plans to support the strategic plan.
• Establishment and administration of safety programs and practices to promote a safe work environment.
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements including, but not limited to, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), SERC reliability standards, environmental regulations and requirements, and land use regulations and requirements.
• Management of the City’s Electric power generation facilities including the operations, maintenance, plant expansions and plant retrofits. 
• Management of the Wholesale Energy Services group which includes fuel procurement, fuel risk management program, and next day and beyond energy trading.
• Ensuring operations are conducted within all applicable environmental and regulatory permits. 
• Interacts with regulatory agencies on permit issues and operations. 
• Acts as the City’s Designated Representative under Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
• Serve as the Logistics Section Lead responsible for coordination of all logistical activities within the Electric & Gas Utility during a storm response period.

EDUCATION, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE and REQUIREMENTS

The ideal candidate will have:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field and six years of professional experience in one or more of areas associated with planning, design, operations, regulation, or maintenance of: (i) electrical power delivery facilities; (ii) system operations; (iii) electric generating plants of 100 megawatts or larger in size; or (iv) NERC Compliance activities; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Three years of the required experience must have been in a supervisory capacity.
• A team player with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization
• A forward and global thinker with a high level of initiative and creativity
• An outstanding negotiator skilled in conflict resolution
• Honest with a high degree of integrity
• Assertive and decisive
• Flexible, anticipating change, and remaining open to new ideas
• Ability to obtain and maintain throughout their period of employment the required clearances to have unrestricted access to critical facilities consistent with FERC, NERC, and SERC reliability standards. 

Individuals in these classifications are:

• Considered essential employees during emergency/storm events and must be able to work 16 hours per day for extended periods of time and may be required to be away from their family.

HOW TO APPLY

A completed City of Tallahassee employment application is required. A resume may be attached to the application but will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applicants must apply on-line via the internet at https://www.talgov.com/employment/employment.aspx. If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources Department at (850) 891-8214

Compensation

The City of Tallahassee offers competitive salary and benefits. In addition to competitive salaries, the City offers a full slate of benefits for its employees including a defined benefit pension plan, City contribution to a 401K plan, cafeteria style benefit offerings including Flexbucks, 12 paid holidays, personal leave, sick leave, and catastrophic leave.

The City of Tallahassee is an Equal Opportunity and Veteran’s Preference Employer.

If you have a disability requiring accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator, in the Office of Diversity& Inclusion at (850) 891-8950 or at TLHADA@talgov.com. Preference will be given to veterans and spouses of veterans in accordance with Florida Statues 295.085.