Company Summary Statement Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies, are regulated utilities that serve more than 1.3 million customers and have consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. LG&E serves 334,000 natural gas and 433,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties. KU serves 569,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia. LG&E and KU are major employers and active supporters of the communities they serve. They empower employees, community members and initiatives across their service territory through volunteerism and investments in organizations that support education, sustainability and wellbeing. Overview The Economic Development Project Manager position serves as the company representative on economic development projects and assists community economic development partners to best position new or expanding company locations within PPL, LG&E, KU and RI service territory. This position performs a wide variety of services and coordinates detailed assignments related to the company's economic development strategy and efforts to include data gathering, information sharing, rate estimates, contract development and communication coordination. The Project Manager supports economic development efforts through leadership engagement and customer service to government and community economic development professionals on a regular basis. The position engages regularly with a wide variety of departments throughout the company as a single point of contact to ensure adherence of company policies while advancing economic development efforts and ensuring a positive customer experience for external stakeholders. **This position can be located in Louisville or Lexington.** **\#LG&EKU** **\#INDLGE** Responsibilities •Spearheads and strengthens the PPL, LG&E, KU and RI economic development mission and goals. •Advance communities’ preparedness of project management, sites, buildings and infrastructure needs in order to proactively market the competitive advantages of the PPL, LG&E, KU and RI territory •Acquires utility specific site information and responds to project inquiries regarding infrastructure, tariffs, rates, policies and practices of the company within the required deadlines •Maintains confidentiality of economic project details with internal and external stakeholders •Develops rapport, as liaison, with the state economic development cabinet, community constituents, site consultants, real estate executives and others, through community visits, written correspondence, telephone, and customer meetings •Responsible for fostering relationships with external stakeholders to improve the states and the company’s competitive position for site locations •Develops and maintains ongoing communication with site consultants, real estate professionals, state and community economic development partners, workforce agencies, governmental officials and other key public/private stakeholder groups •Represents the company at business attraction and marking events/conferences to promote the company’s service territory for new business expansion and relocation •Increases electric and gas revenue with economic development project opportunities to grow businesses in company’s service territory where existing infrastructure exists and can be strategically planned •Develops economic development project opportunities to grow businesses in company’s service territory •Cultivates internal company expertise on polices, tariffs, practices, regulations and system operations in the preparation for prospective customers •Experienced with economic development community partners and consultants in business growth, research and other economic development activities, including PPL, LG&E, KU and RI product and services which may add value to customers •Acquires and contacts leads utilizing interpersonal skills, marketing and computer-enhanced research methods •Research utility and economic development best practices and maintains current knowledge of industry trends and efforts •Maintains communication with management both within and across organizations to ensure smooth running of all assigned projects •Advise leadership about the project portfolio, status, budget, and resource planning for delivering strategic business projects •Establish and nurture positive relationships with customer organizations •Responsible for the development, execution, and potential start of service plan for each assigned project •Responsible for all project management activities for assigned portfolio throughout the project life cycle •Develop and manage the project communication plan •Assists in managing day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope. Understands how to pull in internal resources to manage the project and scope. •Proactively identify risk and mitigation plans, monitor project status, recognize negative trends and project variances, and coordinate corrective action •Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately •Take ownership and delivery responsibility for special projects and company initiatives •Performs other duties as assigned •Complies with all policies and standards Qualifications **Required Education** Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Public Administration, Engineering or related field **Required Experience** + Proficient demonstration of written communication skills + Excellent interpersonal and organization skills with focus on customer service and time management **Preferred Qualifications** •Prior experience in direct economic development, redevelopment, real estate, public affairs, business operations or related field is •Familiarity with database applications, MS Office, written and verbal communications, presentations and meeting facilitation is •A basic economic development knowledge based is **Required Education** Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Public Administration, Engineering or related field **Required Experience** + Proficient demonstration of written communication skills + Excellent interpersonal and organization skills with focus on customer service and time management **Preferred Qualifications** •Prior experience in direct economic development, redevelopment, real estate, public affairs, business operations or related field is •Familiarity with database applications, MS Office, written and verbal communications, presentations and meeting facilitation is •A basic economic development knowledge based is •Spearheads and strengthens the PPL, LG&E, KU and RI economic development mission and goals. •Advance communities’ preparedness of project management, sites, buildings and infrastructure needs in order to proactively market the competitive advantages of the PPL, LG&E, KU and RI territory •Acquires utility specific site information and responds to project inquiries regarding infrastructure, tariffs, rates, policies and practices of the company within the required deadlines •Maintains confidentiality of economic project details with internal and external stakeholders •Develops rapport, as liaison, with the state economic development cabinet, community constituents, site consultants, real estate executives and others, through community visits, written correspondence, telephone, and customer meetings •Responsible for fostering relationships with external stakeholders to improve the states and the company’s competitive position for site locations •Develops and maintains ongoing communication with site consultants, real estate professionals, state and community economic development partners, workforce agencies, governmental officials and other key public/private stakeholder groups •Represents the company at business attraction and marking events/conferences to promote the company’s service territory for new business expansion and relocation •Increases electric and gas revenue with economic development project opportunities to grow businesses in company’s service territory where existing infrastructure exists and can be strategically planned •Develops economic development project opportunities to grow businesses in company’s service territory •Cultivates internal company expertise on polices, tariffs, practices, regulations and system operations in the preparation for prospective customers •Experienced with economic development community partners and consultants in business growth, research and other economic development activities, including PPL, LG&E, KU and RI product and services which may add value to customers •Acquires and contacts leads utilizing interpersonal skills, marketing and computer-enhanced research methods •Research utility and economic development best practices and maintains current knowledge of industry trends and efforts •Maintains communication with management both within and across organizations to ensure smooth running of all assigned projects •Advise leadership about the project portfolio, status, budget, and resource planning for delivering strategic business projects •Establish and nurture positive relationships with customer organizations •Responsible for the development, execution, and potential start of service plan for each assigned project •Responsible for all project management activities for assigned portfolio throughout the project life cycle •Develop and manage the project communication plan •Assists in managing day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope. Understands how to pull in internal resources to manage the project and scope. •Proactively identify risk and mitigation plans, monitor project status, recognize negative trends and project variances, and coordinate corrective action •Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately •Take ownership and delivery responsibility for special projects and company initiatives •Performs other duties as assigned •Complies with all policies and standards Remote Work The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers. Equal Employment Opportunity Our company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify, genetic information, disability status, or any other protected characteristic.