Company Summary Statement As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve. Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation. PPL’s companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid. We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today. Overview Responsible for project development, cost estimating, constructability, and real estate activities. Overseeing the development of all projects or key initiatives that are directly related to the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) systems and substations as well as asset replacement in support of an annual capital budget for PPL Electric Utilities (EU). Responsible for work planning execution, including development of project scope, budgets, schedules, contract strategy, constructability and Right of way acquisition. This includes portfolio oversight for risks, opportunities, benchmarking to implement project strategies to support 1st quartile goals in cost management and reliability. Project strategies should include obtaining and coordination of each functional group and stakeholder and defining deliverables and resources to support each project activity to support the specific project requirements. Develops and implements processes and procedures related to estimating, TOM Model, project development, work execution and program/project close out. Provides direct supervision, training and development to employees. Provides strong influence and maintains positive relationships with support organizations that are critical support to the group's work product. Ensures safe work practices for the various types of field visits and inspections. Requires professional knowledge, including environmental regulations, PA PUC regulations, the ability to testify at hearings; interpersonal and negotiation skills necessary to interact with governmental officials, key community leaders and individual property owners. Responsibilities • Develops business insights based on analysis of results and communicates key findings to leadership to facilitate data-driven decision making. Integrates business insights into detailed project executions plans across the T&D portfolio. • Ensures alignment with PPL EU safety, financial, customer, reliability, and performance goals. Implements key performance measures, controls, and procedures to ensure consistent application of processes across functional groups. • Responsible for the leadership and oversight developing project schedules to support required capital improvement required in-service dates. Team prepares detailed activity-based schedules for all T&D line and substation projects. • Overall planning for portfolio planning of project in-service dates, budgeting, and plant in-service strategies for the portfolio. • Oversees project development team and creates strategies to minimize costs growth and sets project working budget targets to keep us in market. • Team provides estimates for all T&D and substation projects through-out the Lifecyle of the projects. Always driving team to consistently increase accuracy and drive costs down. • Conducts risk analysis involved in executing the projects based on uncertainties associated with the project scope. • Works closely with other work groups to effectively monitor program changes and support successful project execution strategies. Focuses on project risks and implements appropriate courses of action to reduce risk. • Manages quality and timely delivery of team deliverables. • Establishes metrics, performance indicators, goals, processes, and performs benchmarking for continuous improvement integration. • Ensure all projects are meeting business and corporate financial tracking responsibilities. • Develop and execute a strategy for working and competing outside the PPL territory under FERC 1000 or other competitive T&D project opportunities. This includes contracting strategy and risk management. • Establish the business strategy for the transmission siting, right-of-way, and real estate group in support of the overall T&D and EU strategies and goals. • Ensure team is looking at acquiring future land right acquisition to support long term business needs to support the asset management strategy. • Ensure that all required project land rights and permits are identified, obtained, maintained, and complied with throughout the project lifecycle to meet project deadlines and milestones. • Ensure that all required project land rights and permits are identified, obtained, maintained, and complied with throughout the project lifecycle. • Ensure compliance with local, regional, state and federal siting, permitting, and licensing requirements and these requirements are built into the project execution strategies. • May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule. • Performs other duties as assigned • Complies with all policies and standards Qualifications 1. BA or BS degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Construction Management, Real Estate or another related field 2. 10+ years of related experience in managing projects or experience in budgeting, scheduling, design, or construction management. 3. 2+ years of supervisory experience. 4. Proven project management skills with a record of effective implementation of cost, schedule and scope plans 5. Knowledge of contracts, legal agreements, PUC regulations, real estate, and environmental regulations in a utility environment 6. Valid Driver's license Preferred Qualifications: • Advanced degree in Business, Construction, Engineering, Environmental, or related field • Professional Registrations • Knowledge of electric utility transmission and substation systems • Experience in implementing process enhancements and efficiencies. • Knowledge of eminent domain process, PUC regulations, real estate process, environmental regulations • Accomplished public speaker with the ability to represent PPL EU before local, regional, state and federal officials and in hearings/public meetings. • Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to supervisor a highly productive, multi-tasking work group. • A thorough understanding of the company’s corporate structure, geography and land holdings is an asset to the individual holding this position.