Assoc. Dir. Wildfire Risk & Vegetation Mgmt

JOB DESCRIPTION

Associate Director, Wildfire Risk & Vegetation Management
Salary Grade: G03
Minimum  Midpoint  Maximum
$121,529 - $164,065 - $206,600

This position is posted until filled.

SUMMARY:

Oversees risk assessment, vegetation management, and wildfire mitigation activities. Leads processes to identify and assess risk, partnering with senior leadership to develop effective mitigation strategies and plans with a focus on wildfire safety. Leads and manages risk efforts, ensuring awareness across multiple business areas, oversees and manages operational risk management providing guidance as a subject matter expert on corporate risk tools, policies, practices, and processes. Provides authoritative wildfire risk support, advice, and recommendations to ensure effective risk management and mitigation. Oversees the development of executive presentations on risk overview, mitigation strategies, performance against plans. Develops and proposes new plans, strategies, and/or approaches to address risks. 


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Leads wildfire risk assessment and mitigation activities
• Leads the process to identify and document risk, assess the impacts, explore & evaluate mitigation alternatives, develop risk scoring and mitigation prioritization approaches
• Works with internal and external stakeholders to maintain geospatial Hazardous Fire Areas (HFAs) and identify opportunities to apply the HFAs to various operations and wildfire mitigation initiatives
• Develops and maintains effective relationships across the Enterprise to understand the interdependencies between risks and identify mutually beneficial mitigation strategies
• Influences investment planning to include programs to enhance system safety
• Partners with corporate risk staff to ensure Wildfire Risk practices are developed and consistent across the Enterprise. 
• Recognizes internal and external developments that may impact wildfire risks within our service territories
• Manage and lead the development of risk spend efficiency analysis including any new risk reporting requirements for the annual plan
• Facilitate the thorough documentation of risk spend efficiency analysis to ensure transparency, repeatability, and auditability of the work
• Develop and/or update processes as needed to streamline ongoing development of risk and/or spend efficiencies
• Build and enhance internal alliances with key operating leadership and subject experts to utilize appropriate metrics and analytics to support wildfire mitigation plan proposals
• Lead and manage team to ensure resources are optimized in support of strategic initiatives and activities
• Prioritize workload based on resources, while promoting employee development
• Develop and deliver dashboards, reports and presentations on regulatory wildfire risk analytics topics
• Represent the Company in community, industry, and regulatory forums to educate and build partnerships around wildfire safety and related activities (e.g., Fire Safe Councils, wildland management agency meetings, wildfire conferences, etc.)
• Build and foster external alliances to maintain up to date knowledge of industry-related issues in wildfire risk reporting
• Serve key strategic and advocacy role for information systems that support wildfire modeling efforts, providing common platform for wildfire risk analytics that drives consistency and repeatability
• Maintains industry contacts for benchmarking and sharing information
• Responsible for supporting regulatory communications

COMPETENCIES: 

• Strong team player displaying enthusiasm and a true commitment to personal and team growth and development with interest and ability to work in a collaborative manner functioning as an active participant
• Works as a problem solver and critical thinker
• Flexibility and the ability to adapt to ever-changing situations
• Ability to analyze scientific, environmental, economic and hazard data
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal
• Ability to successfully support complex and time sensitive projects, manage time and client requests and resolve issues in a timely and high-quality manner
• Well-developed time management skills and work on tasks as part of a larger project team
• Highly self-motivated, client focused and work well in a team environment
• Broad knowledge of the utility industry, trends, issues, business operations, and safety practices and regulations
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise risk management concepts, methods, practices and techniques
• Strong interpersonal, influence and collaboration skills to effectively partner with leaders and peers in multiple departments and facilitate effective cross-functional team building
• Strong written and oral communication skills to develop and deliver executive level briefings both in writing and orally
• Excellent critical thinking abilities to interpret and implement high-level regulations and execution plans
• Analytical investigative and problem-solving skills. Strong leadership skills to effectively coach and mentor staff and peers, as well as complete department operational plans
• Strong adaptability, organizational, prioritization and independent working ability to effectively deal with ambiguity and changing business priorities
• Knowledge and skill in process improvement concepts, methods and practices (e.g. Six Sigma, Agile, etc.)
• Experience leading and/or managing cross-functional teams, organization, or workgroup

QUALIFICATIONS                    

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:  

Bachelors in engineering, business, wildfire science, forestry, natural resources, or risk related discipline Advanced Degree (PhD, JD, etc.) with nine years of relevant experience in quantitative analysis, risk management, wildfire science, forestry, natural resources, operations, maintenance, construction of electric systems or electric generation, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience related to the discipline. 

Experience in government agency and first responder relations

Experience in wildfire science and weather (e.g., wildfire behavior, fuels, meteorology, etc.)

Three years of experience in managing, coordinating, and performing complex business analysis and regulatory proceedings. 

Operational experience in oil and gas, natural gas and/or electric operations business.

Cross-functional project management skills, strategic planning or utility operations.

Experience with a variety of problem-solving tools and techniques (e.g. failure modes, stochastic modeling, cause analysis, fault tree, quantitative analysis. Monte Carlo simulations, etc.). 

Previous experience in risk management, safety engineering or quality engineering. 

Preferred Experience:

Risk Management Certification

Proficiency in data management skills, as well as general understanding of GIS techniques

Master's degree preferred

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manages staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: 

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret highly technical utility infrastructure designs, construction, operations and maintenance documents and procedures. Ability to absorb and discern general business periodicals, technical bulletins, professional journals, permits, environmental, or governmental regulations

Ability to write complex reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
                 
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:   

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical correlation, and fundamentals of math related to mechanical and electrical design.

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
                
COMPUTER SKILLS:  

Proficient using MS Office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Working knowledge of word processing, financial spreadsheets, graphs, and presentation software. 

ANALYSIS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY: 

Strong analytical and quantitative skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit up to two-thirds of the time. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to ten pounds. Capable of driving long distances.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

office and field environment.

SAFETY AND ADA STATEMENT

Safety Statement:
Safety is a core value at (TXNM Energy/PNM/TNMP) and our vision, "everyone goes home safe", reflects our commitment to promoting an environment conducive to learning, improving and building safety practices. Our safety value is built upon the belief that every employee deserves to work in an environment free from harm.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Statement: 
If you require assistance with the job application process due to a disability, please contact HR ADA Analyst, at 505-241-4627.