Senior Manager, Substation Operations

Skip to main content. sitemap Profile Sign Out View More Jobs Senior Manager, Substation Operations Nashville, TN, United StatesUnited States Job Identification 339617 Job Category Product and Research Posting Date 07/10/2026, 05:31 PM Role People Manager Job Type Regular Employee Does this position require a security clearance? No Years 10+ years Applicants Less than 10 applicants Additional Info Visa / work permit sponsorship is not available for this position Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English Job Description Role Overview  As Senior Manager, Substation Operations, you will lead operational oversight, reliability planning, and integration readiness for critical substation and transmission infrastructure supporting North American data center operations. This role ensures the continuous availability and resiliency of power supply systems through disciplined operations, maintenance governance, utility coordination, and proactive risk mitigation.  You will serve as the operational integration lead for sites incorporating power generation and grid-interconnection assets, ensuring a seamless transition from construction and commissioning into safe, reliable commercial operations. You will partner across Power Generation Operations, Engineering, Development, Construction, Commissioning, utilities, transmission operators, OEMs, vendors, and site operations teams to maintain readiness, reliability, and accountability across the power infrastructure portfolio.  Responsibilities Key Responsibilities Provide leadership and oversight for the operation, maintenance, integration, and reliability of critical substation and transmission infrastructure supporting data center operations. Ensure continuous availability and resiliency of power supply systems through proactive operating discipline, risk identification, and reliability governance. Develop maintenance, inspection, testing, and reliability programs for substations, transmission assets, grid-interconnection equipment, protection systems, and associated electrical infrastructure. Lead incident response, root cause analysis, corrective action planning, and lessons-learned execution for substation and power delivery events. Build and maintain strong relationships with utility providers, transmission operators, interconnection partners, and senior utility leadership to ensure obligations and service commitments are met. Assess existing infrastructure for operational vulnerabilities, capacity constraints, reliability risks, and maintenance gaps; develop mitigation strategies and execution plans. Partner with engineering, development, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure future infrastructure designs meet reliability, maintainability, safety, and operational readiness expectations. Serve as the operations integration lead for facilities incorporating generation assets, substations, transmission interconnections, and other critical power infrastructure. Coordinate transition activities between construction, commissioning, acceptance testing, asset onboarding, procedure development, training, staffing, and commercial operations teams. Ensure operational readiness through procedures, staffing plans, training programs, maintenance frameworks, spare parts planning, and handoff governance. Build, lead, and develop a team responsible for substation operations, asset integration, reliability execution, and operational readiness activities. Provide...