Economic Development Project Manager , II or III

Overview

Company Summary Louis ville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies, are regulated utilities that serve more than 1.3 million customers and have consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. LG&E serves 334,000 natural gas and 433,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties.

KU serves 569,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia. LG&E and KU are major employers and active supporters of the communities they serve. They empower employees, community members and initiatives across their service territory through volunteerism and investments in organizations that support education, sustainability and wellbeing.

Overview The Economic Development Project Manager position serves as the company representative on economic development projects and assists community economic development partners to best position new or expanding company locations within PPL, LG&E, KU and RI service territory. This position performs a wide variety of services and coordinates detailed assignments related to the company s economic development strategy and efforts to include data gathering, information sharing, rate estimates, contract development and communication coordination.

The Project Manager supports economic development efforts through leadership engagement and customer service to government and community economic development professionals on a regular basis. The position engages regularly with a wide variety of departments throughout the company as a single point of contact to ensure adherence of company policies while advancing economic development efforts and ensuring a positive customer experience for external stakeholders.

Location This position can be located in Louisville or Lexington.

• Spearheads and strengthens the PPL, LG&E, KU and RI economic development mission and goals.
• Advance communities’ preparedness of project management, sites, buildings and infrastructure needs in order to proactively market the competitive advantages of the PPL, LG&E, KU and RI territory
• Acquires utility specific site information and responds to project inquiries regarding infrastructure, tariffs, rates, policies and practices of the company within the required deadlines
• Maintains confidentiality of economic project details with internal and external stakeholders
• Develops rapport, as liaison, with the state economic development cabinet, community constituents, site consultants, real estate executives and others, through community visits, written correspondence, telephone, and customer meetings
• Responsible for fostering relationships with external stakeholders to improve the states and the company’s competitive position for site locations
• Develops and maintains ongoing communication with site consultants, real estate professionals, state and community economic development partners, workforce agencies, governmental officials and other key public/private stakeholder groups
• Represents the company at business attraction and marking events/conferences to promote the company’s service territory for new business expansion and relocation
• Increases electric and gas revenue with economic development project opportunities to grow businesses in company’s service territory where existing infrastructure exists and can be strategically planned
• Develops economic development project opportunities to grow businesses in company’s service territory
• Cultivates internal company expertise on polices, tariffs, practices, regulations and system operations in the preparation for prospective customers
• Experienced with economic development community partners and consultants in business growth, research and other economic development activities, including PPL, LG&E, KU and RI product and services which may add value to customers
• Acquires and contacts leads utilizing interpersonal skills, marketing and computer-enhanced research methods
• Research utility and economic development best practices and maintains current knowledge of industry trends and efforts
• Maintains communication with…