CenterPoint Energy, Inc

DIRECTOR, ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION & SUBSTATION CAPITAL DELIVERY

CenterPoint Energy, Inc • $150K — $180K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of experience in electric utility, transmission, substation, or capital project management.
  • Demonstrated leadership in managing large capital project portfolios within a regulated utility environment.
  • Strong understanding of transmission and substation project lifecycles and governance processes.
  • Experience managing risk and resolving complex project issues under regulatory constraints.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence diverse stakeholders.
  • Professional Engineer license or Project Management Professional certification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning and execution of electric transmission line and substation capital projects.
  • Ensure projects meet safety, quality, budget, and schedule goals.
  • Oversee project governance processes, including approvals and change control.
  • Manage portfolio performance and budget utilization for $1 billion project value.
  • Identify and manage risks for projects and the overall capital portfolio.
  • Collaborate across disciplines, including engineering, legal, and supply chain, for project success.
  • Develop executive-level updates and reports on portfolio performance.

Benefits

  • Paid training from day one
  • Transit subsidies and flexible work schedule
  • Paid holidays and time off
  • Access to discounts on fitness facilities and wellness programs
  • Professional development programs with tuition reimbursement
  • 401(k) plan with company match and contributions
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Director, Electric Transmission and Substation Capital Delivery is responsible for leading the successful execution of a portfolio of electric transmission line and substation capital projects for CenterPoint Energy's Houston service territory. This role provides strategic leadership and operational oversight to ensure projects are delivered safely and in accordance with approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, regulatory, and governance requirements. The Director manages a capital portfolio of approximately $1 billion.

Essential Functions
  • Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of a portfolio of transmission line and substation capital projects, ensuring alignment with company strategy, reliability objectives, regulatory commitments, and customer needs.
  • Ensure project teams deliver approved scope within established schedule and budget commitments while meeting safety, quality, environmental, and operational requirements.
  • Provide oversight of project governance processes, including stage gates, approvals, change control, cost forecasting, schedule management, risk reviews, and executive reporting.
  • Manage portfolio-level performance, including budget utilization, schedule adherence, risk exposure, resource needs, and project health indicators.
  • Establish and reinforce consistent project management processes, procedures, controls, and accountability across the capital delivery organization.
  • Identify, assess, and manage risks at both the project and portfolio levels, including permitting, siting, engineering, procurement, construction, outage coordination, stakeholder, commercial, and regulatory risks.
  • Serve as a senior escalation point for project issues impacting cost, schedule, scope, quality, safety, stakeholder commitments, or regulatory obligations.
  • Collaborate with engineering, construction, operations, supply chain, legal, regulatory, finance, environmental, land/ROW, and external partners to support successful project delivery.
  • Oversee contractor and vendor performance to ensure execution quality, contract compliance, safety performance, and achievement of project objectives.
  • Develop and communicate executive-level portfolio updates, forecasts, risk summaries, decision needs, and performance insights for senior leadership and governance committees.
  • Lead, coach, and develop project management and capital delivery teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and disciplined execution.
  • Portfolio responsibility of approximately $1 billion in active and planned transmission and substation capital projects.
  • Project values ranging from approximately $100,000 to $500 million.
  • Oversight of multiple concurrent projects across various phases of development and execution.
  • Leadership accountability for project delivery performance, governance compliance, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and executive reporting.


Education Description
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, project management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.


Experience
  • Typically requires 12 or more years of progressive experience in electric utility, transmission, substation, engineering, construction, or capital project delivery roles.
  • Demonstrated experience leading large, complex capital project portfolios, preferably within an investor-owned utility or regulated electric utility environment.
  • Strong knowledge of transmission line and substation project lifecycles, including planning, engineering, procurement, permitting, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
  • Experience managing capital budgets, cost forecasts, schedules, contracts, project controls, governance processes, and portfolio-level performance reporting.
  • Proven ability to manage risk, resolve complex project issues, and make timely decisions in a highly regulated, safety-focused operating environment.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders across technical, commercial, regulatory, financial, and operational disciplines.
  • Professional Engineer license, Project Management Professional certification, or related credentials preferred.


We want you to know
Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.

What we bring to you
  • Competitive pay
  • Paid training
  • Benefits eligibility begins on your first day
  • Transit subsidies
  • Flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off
  • Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston
  • Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
  • 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution


Job Type: Full Time
Posting Start Date: 08/04/2026
Posting End Date: 08/18/2026

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About CenterPoint Energy, Inc

CenterPoint Energy is a domestic energy delivery company. The Company’s business segments include Electric Transmission and Distribution, Natural Gas Distribution, Competitive Natural Gas Sales and Services, Interstate Pipelines, Field Services and Other Operations. The Company serves metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. The company also owns a 58.3% interest in a midstream partnership it jointly controls with OGE Energy Corp. with operations in natural gas and liquids-rich producing areas of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

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Learn more about CenterPoint Energy, Inc
Size
9,418 employees
Market Cap
$19.2 billion
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Net Income
-$773 million
Founded
1866
5 Year Trend
+2.1%
Revenue
$7.4 billion
NASDAQ
CNP
* Ladders Estimates

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