Commercial Manager, Energy & Utilities

The role

The Commercial Manager, Energy & Utilities will own electricity, water, and natural gas agreements across operating and development sites. You will translate load requirements and operating plans into negotiated service agreements and contract structures.

What you will do

• Develop utilities contracting strategy for each site
• Negotiate power, water, and natural gas agreements
• Benchmark pricing against market and comparable facilities
• Assess utility and service providers on credit, financial stability, and delivery reliability
• Convert site load forecasts and operating plan changes into utility capacity and contract requirements
• Evaluate renewable energy options including on-site generation, battery storage, and power purchase agreements
• Work with utilities, local governments, and community stakeholders to advance utility access and generation strategies
• Track utilities contracts across the portfolio
• Report on utilities spend and contract status to leadership

Required qualifications

• 5+ years negotiating utility, energy, or industrial infrastructure service contracts
• Working knowledge of power markets, rate structures, and interconnection processes
• Strong credit and counterparty risk judgment
• Proven ability to make and defend commercial decisions independently
• Hands-on experience with at least one renewable procurement structure such as a PPA or green tariff
• Working understanding of other renewable procurement structures
• Familiarity with on-site generation and battery storage including project economics and incentives
• Ability to work with engineers to assess technical feasibility, reliability tradeoffs, and payback

Nice to have

• Experience with international utility and energy contracting

About the company

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company. They aim to supply critical minerals for energy, AI, and defense technologies by combining industry expertise with software and automation.