Talent & Succession Planning

“To say Steve is a mentor doesn’t quite capture it. He’s been a friend to me, to our members, and to the energy community at large. His passion for storytelling and people has inspired countless professionals, and his legacy will continue to shape this industry long after he steps back from his editorial role.”

“The new Utility Policy Fellows Program, supported by funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, provides early career scholars the opportunity to engage with regulators, consumer advocates, and industry leaders on regulated energy and water issues.”

“The race for skilled resources is more competitive than ever as the existing workforce ages and labor markets wane, making enterprise alignment on talent acquisition strategies, career pathways, and succession planning critical.”

SEPA clearly is as passionate about Public Utilities Fortnightly as we are. And is ready to invest aggressively to really ramp up our capacity and expand our service to you and the entire utility regulatory and policy community.

“To reclaim balance, a cultural reset is needed – one that places mission and purpose at the center of operations. Workforce development must be a pillar of this reset.”

"We ask our project managers to first understand why business diversity is important, then to understand that we will need to subcontract our typical engineering services that we provide. Those are two new ways of thinking for our employee-owners."

“We want to be known as the go-to engineering company. The Minnesota Vikings are the only ones we work for outside of the solar market. We see unique niche engineering specialties within what we do, like SCADA.”

“We were the civil contractor on the rebuild of about 400 manholes in and around St. Louis as they were upgrading the infrastructure. We’ve also been doing other underground distribution work with Ameren Missouri running conduits.”

“We joint ventured with a competitor to bid the project, because of the city’s requirements, the proposed accelerated schedule, and the city gave an equalization advantage for local businesses.”

“It’s about recruiting and maintaining the right group of people, and I believe we’re the premier transformer contractor in the southeast U.S. Not because of me, but because of the men and women that comprise that group.”