Director, Utility Delivery & Coordination

About This Opportunity

Our talent team is representing a confidential data center infrastructure organization seeking a Director of Utility Delivery & Coordination. This role will be the linchpin between project teams, utility providers, and external partners to ensure that utility energization milestones are met on schedule across a growing portfolio of mission-critical facilities. Reporting to the Chief Energy Strategy Officer, you'll drive accountability, mitigate risks, and position projects for successful and timely energization.

Responsibilities

• Lead utility coordination efforts across multiple data center development projects
• Develop and maintain utility delivery plans, milestone schedules, and critical-path tracking
• Integrate utility milestones into overall project development and construction schedules
• Drive accountability for achieving utility-related commitments and energization dates
• Identify schedule, permitting, engineering, procurement, and construction risks that could impact energization
• Develop and implement mitigation plans to maintain project schedules
• Evaluate utility scopes, infrastructure plans, and project assumptions for gaps and dependencies
• Escalate critical issues and recommend corrective actions
• Serve as primary point of coordination between internal project teams, utility providers, consultants, contractors, and third parties
• Partner with Development, Design, Construction, Operations, Procurement, Real Estate, Legal, and Finance teams
• Facilitate recurring meetings, both internal and external, plus executive updates and reviews
• Present project status and risk assessments to executive leadership and stakeholders
• Develop standardized utility coordination processes and reporting frameworks
• Maintain portfolio-level milestone tracking and risk registers
• Drive continuous improvement across utility delivery and project execution practices

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Energy Systems, Business, or related field
• 8–15 years of construction project management experience, with at least 5 years in utility, mission-critical, or data center industries
• Experience managing utility interconnections, substations, transmission, distribution, or large-scale infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of utility planning, construction, energization processes, and project execution
• Demonstrated success managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects with significant schedule and capital implications
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and relationship-management skills
• Experience presenting to executive leadership and influencing strategic decisions
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Our client is unable to sponsor or transfer sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT

How We Work with You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. A recruiter from our team will conduct an initial screening and discuss the role in detail. Once we confirm mutual interest and fit, we submit your profile to our client. Please do not contact the client directly, as all coordination is handled through Get A Job.ai to ensure a smooth and confidential process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process and are competitive with market standards for this level of responsibility and experience.

Equal Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to equal employment opportunity. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.