Site Utility Manager, Site Services

The Position

Are you ready to lead the charge in shaping and managing critical energy infrastructure for one of the world’s leading biotech campuses? Genentech is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Site Utility Manager to oversee the operation and maintenance of our state-of-the-art utility systems, including a high-voltage electrical substation, cutting-edge microgrid, centralized thermal heating/cooling, and emergency power systems. In this pivotal role, you will build and lead a team of utility experts, drive major infrastructure projects, ensure safe and resilient power delivery, and contribute to long-term energy reliability for mission-critical operations.

If you have a proven track record in power systems, operations leadership, and innovative energy management, this is your opportunity to transform the future of campus utility infrastructure with a focus on sustainability, efficiency, and state-of-the-art technology.

The Site Utility Manager leads all aspects of our site-wide utility infrastructure. This strategic leadership role is the owner of mission-critical assets, including our high-voltage electrical substation, an integrated microgrid, centralized thermal heating/cooling, and emergency power systems.

This position is responsible for building and leading the team that will operate and maintain our new private substation and microgrid in addition to other energy utility infrastructure site wide. The Senior Manager will also serve as the user lead for related design and construction projects, ensuring safe, reliable, and resilient power delivery for our mission-critical operations. This role assumes full responsibility for the long-term maintenance of all energy utilities after project completion and commissioning.

• Project Leadership
  • Serve as the user team lead on all design and construction projects for energy utilities.
  • Represent Site Operation’s interests in all design and engineering engagements for large site wide utility projects.
  • Articulate technical and maintenance requirements for utility systems. Review and validate technical drawings and specifications by project teams.
  • Lead stakeholders and champion for key construction milestones and commissioning activities, ensuring internal and regulatory safety compliance.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, including R&D organization, Site Automation, etc, to ensure sitewide utilities meet the demands of critical stakeholders.
  • Guide the development of standards and specifications for all utility infrastructure and generation systems, including the microgrid, with consideration for predictive analytics and demand response.
  • Following commissioning, oversee all aspects of the ownership and long-term maintenance of the energy utilities to ensure reliability and performance.
  • Act as a senior technical consultant to all site business units for utility planning, load forecasting, and new capacity requests.
• Operations & Maintenance
  • Implement and oversee the site utility infrastructure maintenance strategy.
  • Manage contract service providers in the day-to-day operations ensuring 24/7 readiness for all energy utility systems including high-voltage (HV) medium-voltage (MV) electrical systems; and the central thermal cooling and heating plant.
  • Direct teams responsible for planning, scheduling, and execution of operations and maintenance for all high-voltage, medium voltage and thermal plant equipment ensuring 24/7/365 reliability.
  • Collaborate with Site Automation and Sustainability teams optimizing utilities operations through implementing state of the art SCADA, protection systems, and microgrid controls.
  • Participate in grid services such as islanding, export or demand response programs to enhance resilience and capture operational savings.
  • Develop and implement robust safety and compliance programs aligned with OSHA, NFPA 70E, and other applicable codes.
  • Use a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to prioritize, schedule, and track resources across all utility systems.
  • Support interface activities with the interconnected utility, including outage coordination and load forecasting.
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