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The High Voltage Operations & Maintenance Leader serves as the senior authority for substations, transmission lines, relay protection systems, and interconnection facilities, ensuring safe, reliable, and precise execution of all HV maintenance and recovery activities.\nYou’ll oversee a highly specialized internal team responsible for complex maintenance, emergency response, and technical troubleshooting across assets ranging from 34.5kV to 500kV. This role partners closely with Engineering, Reliability, Construction, and NERC Compliance teams to improve operability, strengthen infrastructure resilience, and maintain industry-leading grid availability standards. Your leadership will directly influence system reliability, field safety, and operational readiness across Intersect’s portfolio.\nTeam Overview\nThis team plays a critical role in advancing Intersect’s mission to accelerate the clean energy transition by ensuring the reliability, safety, and long-term operability of utility-scale power infrastructure. The Operations & Maintenance organization partners cross-functionally across Engineering, Construction, Reliability, and Compliance to maximize asset performance and support rapid portfolio growth. Team members contribute to highly collaborative, technically challenging work that directly impacts grid reliability, operational excellence, and the scalability of Intersect’s infrastructure platform.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead Specialized HV Operations\nLead and develop a fleet-wide team of high-voltage technicians and specialists, maintaining strong technical competency, safety culture, and Qualified Electrical Worker (QEW) standards\n\nDirect execution of complex HV maintenance activities, including breaker timing, transformer internal inspections, SF6 gas handling, and advanced diagnostics\n\nCoordinate workforce mobilization for planned outages, emergency recoveries, and major repair events across operational sites\n\nEstablish and reinforce a zero-defect execution culture focused on precision, safety, and maximum asset availability\n\nDrive Technical Governance & Reliability\nPartner with the Reliability organization to support HV maintenance strategies, resource planning, and execution standards\n\nServe as the operational authority during engineering and design reviews to ensure substations, relay systems, and interconnection facilities are optimized for long-term maintainability\n\nMaintain and govern “Golden Records” for relay settings, coordination studies, and protection system documentation\n\nLead technical investigations and response efforts related to relay operations, trips, and fault events, including validation of protection setting changes\n\nStrengthen Infrastructure Resilience\nDevelop and maintain the HV Emergency Response strategy for catastrophic failures and grid-impacting events\n\nOversee critical HV spare parts readiness, including transformers, bushings, breakers, and other long-lead infrastructure components\n\nManage and evaluate specialized third-party HV contractors to ensure alignment with Intersect’s technical and operational standards\n\nSupport rapid restoration and recovery efforts to minimize operational downtime and maintain fleet reliability\n\nAdvance Electrical Safety & Arc Flash Programs\nReview and validate arc flash studies in accordance with IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E standards\n\nTranslate engineering analyses into practical operational procedures, PPE requirements, and safe work boundaries for field execution\n\nPartner with internal stakeholders to optimize relay settings and reduce incident energy exposure while maintaining system reliability\n\nOversee the fleet-wide arc flash labeling program to ensure labels remain accurate and compliant following system modifications\n\nServe as the technical authority for electrical safety training and mentorship for employees and contractors\n\nSupport Compliance & Operational Readiness\nPartner with NERC Compliance teams to maintain technical readiness for standards including PRC-005 and FAC-008\n\nProvide accurate maintenance records, testing documentation, and technical validation to support regulatory compliance activities\n\nEnsure maintenance 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