Benefits:

• Competitive compensation

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with substantial company match

• Life and Travel Insurance

• Tuition Assistance

• Wellness Reimbursement Program

• Paid Holidays and Vacation

What is a Manager - Vegetation Management?

The Manager - Vegetation Management leads a team of internal forestry professionals and an all-contractor field workforce responsible for Central Hudson’s enterprise vegetation management program across more than 8,000 circuit-miles of overhead electric and gas rights-of-way. Your mission is to safeguard reliability (with a focus on SAIFI improvement), control and reduce program costs, and accelerate the adoption of modern technologies and processes—such as remote sensing technologies and advanced workmanagement tools—to deliver a bestinclass vegetation program that meets regulatory and safety requirements while supporting our broader transformation goals. This is a program leadership role, not a field supervision role: the Manager owns the program’s budget, regulatory compliance, contractor performance, and reliability results, and sets the multi-year strategy needed to meet corporate reliability, safety, and cost objectives.

What does a Manager - Vegetation Management do?

• Develops and executes multiyear vegetation management strategies covering transmission, distribution, and gas corridors, aligning with corporate reliability, safety, and cost targets.

• Owns the program’s O&M budget, including forecasting, cost-per-mile accountability, and cost control.

• Supports NYPSC rate proceedings and regulatory filings and ensures compliance with NERC FAC-003 and New York PSC reliability rules.

• Governs all vegetation contractors commercially, including RFP strategy, performance-based contracts, and work-quality and safety auditing.

• Owns vegetation-related reliability outcomes (including tree-caused SAIFI reduction), reports program KPIs such as cost per mile and outages per circuit-mile, and leads modernization through remote sensing, drone inspection, and predictive analytics.

• Leads and develops the internal vegetation team, and engages internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, municipalities, and property owners.

• Supports storm/emergency restoration efforts

What does it take to be a Manager - Vegetation Management?

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, environmental science, forestry, natural resources, or a related field and 5 years of experience in utility operations, program management, or a regulated infrastructure function. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, an associate’s degree in the aforementioned fields of study and 7+ years of experience in utility operations, program management, or a regulated infrastructure function. In lieu of an associate’s degree, a High School Diploma or equivalency degree and 10+ years of experience in utility operations, program management, or a regulated infrastructure function

• Experience managing or developing a program or operating budget, including forecasting and cost control

• Vegetation management, utility forestry, or large-scale rights-of-way experience, or comparable utility operations experience with the ability to acquire the technical domain

• Experience in a regulated, compliance-driven environment, with the ability to support regulatory reporting and audits

• Proven contractor or vendor management experience, demonstrated ability to lead teams and drive change

• Valid driver's license

Preferred:

• ISA Certified Arborist or Utility Specialist, or the ability to obtain.

• Working knowledge of NERC FAC-003 and New York PSC requirements, and experience supporting rate proceedings or regulatory audits.

• Experience deploying remote sensing, drone inspection, or predictive analytics in a field program.

• PMP certification

Applications will be accepted until August 7, 2026.

Pay Range: $126,500-$196,100

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