CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND GENERAL MANAGER
- Employer
- Basin Electric
- Location
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Start date
- Apr 18, 2021
- Closing date
- Apr 27, 2021
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- Category
- Executive, Management
- Job Type
- Employee
- Employment Status
- Full Time
Job Details
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND GENERAL MANAGER
Basin Electric Power Cooperative, a member-owned G&T cooperative, is seeking candidates for the position of CEO and General Manager.
Basin Electric, headquartered in Bismarck, ND, generates and transmits wholesale bulk electric power, primarily to 141 member rural electric systems located in nine states.
- Assets of $7.6 billion
- Consolidated annual gross revenue of $1.8 billion
- Member systems distributing electricity to approximately 3 million consumers
- 1,850 employees
- Owns over 4,200 megawatts and operates over 5,100 megawatts winter generating capability
- Maintains more than 2,500 miles of transmission lines and infrastructure
Basin Electric’s largest subsidiary, Dakota Gasification Company, is a for-profit subsidiary that owns and operates the Great Plains Synfuels plant near Beulah, North Dakota. The Synfuels Plant gasifies lignite coal to produce pipeline quality synthetic natural gas. In addition, Dakota Gas produces petrochemicals, rare gases and fertilizer products.
Applicants for this position must demonstrate a successful career history of executive leadership in a complex and changing business environment; deep and broad knowledge of the energy sector; excellent communication skills, and the highest level of professional integrity. The successful candidate, as a national leader in the American power industry, must have the ability to effectively interact with diverse audiences both internal and external to the organization. The Board of Directors is seeking candidates for this position who possess appropriate experience and skills to address strategy and vision, operational safety, effectiveness and efficiency, financial management, and the highest degree of leadership and management expertise. Additionally, this position requires familiarity with and effective vision for the future of the electric generating and transmission industry and Basin Electric’s related subsidiaries, and the economy in the cooperative’s service area. Extensive travel by air and vehicle is required.
Basin Electric is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer regarding race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, and veterans status.
Company
Basin Electric employs more than 2,300 people at facilities in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming. We are a diverse workforce consisting of shift workers, engineers, administrative staff and maintenance professionals who keep our facilities run
Basin Electric is member owned and member driven. Every employee at Basin Electric works toward a common goal - to serve our members by listening to them and working in their best interest. We invest in our communities and the people who power them.
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