Sr. Manager, Energy Operations Group Lead

LA28 is the independent, non-profit, privately funded organizing committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We are on a singular mission to create an Olympic and Paralympic Games that celebrate all that this city and country have to offer, delivering an unparalleled experience for athletes, fans, partners, and our community.  The 2028 Games mark the return of the Summer Games to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years and Los Angeles’ third time hosting an Olympic Games and first time welcoming the Paralympic Games. This presents a unique and exciting opportunity to celebrate our legacy with the Games and push the Olympic and Paralympic Movements forward, writing a new chapter of Games history in Los Angeles.  Putting on the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a team sport. To build a Games unlike any the world has seen before, we need the best team in place–a team full of perspectives, experiences, and expertise. LA28 is guided by the following set of values and behaviors: optimism, integrity, excellence, inclusion, co-creation, and boldness and look forward to hearing about how your past experiences align with them.   Position    Summary   The Sport & Games Delivery Group aims to deliver the most seamless, innovative, and engaging Games experience ever for all athletes, fans, partners, and the community. The Sport & Games Delivery team is currently organized into four key areas including Venue Infrastructure, Venue Management, and Sport, but will expand to close to fifty functional areas by Games time.  The Venue Infrastructure Team is responsible for delivering the competition and non-competition venues fit-for-purpose for the preparation and staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This department is responsible for managing the design, development, program management, construction, maintenance, and removal of all Games infrastructure in existing and fully temporary venues.  Energy is a functional area that lives within the Venue Infrastructure Team. The Energy Team is responsible for ensuring the end-to-end delivery of power to all Games venues and facilities. The Energy Team coordinates with other LA28 functional areas, external utility providers, government organizations, venue owners, and temporary power providers to ensure successful delivery of electrical services and operations to power all Games operational sites.   Reporting to the Director, Head of Energy Operation, the Senior Manager, Energy Operations Team Lead will be responsible for supporting the Energy Operations Team as a Subject Matter Expert in one of the following six areas: (1) Facility Owner Coordination, (2) Development of Testing Plan, (3) Equipment Procurement and Delivery Tracking, (4) development of Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO) Procedures (5) Labor Contracts Accreditation and (6) Remote Monitoring Creation and Implementation.   The Energy Operations Team is responsible for understanding and implementing the installation of all portable temporary electrical overlay systems; educating external Utility Service Providers and Union Representatives of Games stakeholder requirements and service levels; coordinating with external Unions and trade schools to establish detailed portable power overlay training syllabus/ course outline providing a rolling estimate of Games loads for all competition and non-competition venues; validating through the Games Energy Council any high voltage projects critical for Games Energy supply to venues; reviewing all designs for medium voltage feeds and venue medium/low voltage power distribution; performing detailed electrical studies of venue loads; overseeing Temporary Power Providers (TPPs) to ensure they deploy a technically accurate design; creating comprehensive Energy Testing Plans and Protocols; and performing Comprehensive Risk Analysis and developing Risk Mitigation Studies.    Generic skills needed to work in the LA28 Energy Operations Team include experienced electrical and/or general building construction managers for medium voltage and low voltage temporary installations from the building, construction, and events industry. Critical Infrastructure experience with Leadership skills including but not limited to the following: People Management Skills including holding people accountable for results, Training subordinates across multiple projects, providing timely feedback (negative and positive) to ensure KPIs are met and qualifications are established and reinforced, standardization of requirements, process, protocols and expectations across a program-wide audience.  Key   Responsibilities   Trade School Integration   Stakeholder Integration: Lead the coordination between internal stakeholders, external delivery partners, temporary power providers (TPPs), and electrical design engineers to ensure seamless execution of the Energy overlay masterplan.  Design Optimization & Review: Develop and enforce a rigorous, data-driven review process for all stakeholders to establish and approve technical requirements for the Games' Energy designs. Evaluate Venue Development design revisions and mitigate their impacts on temporary and legacy electrical infrastructure.  Workforce Development: Partner with local trade schools and labor unions to develop detailed training syllabi for temporary portable power operations, establishing a robust local talent pipeline.  Quality & Compliance Assurance: Define minimum technical standards for all TPP-supplied electrical equipment to ensure strict compliance with design documents. Verify that all personnel meet required qualification standards before equipment installation, testing, and operation.  Non-Exclusive Use Period (NEUP) Installation & Construction   Primary Venue Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact for facility owners (e.g., stadium authorities, universities) to negotiate equipment footprints, complex cable routing, and temporary utility placement while preserving venue aesthet