Sherri Jett will be the new director of facilities for Michigan State University’s Power and Water Department in Infrastructure Planning and Facilities.
In her role, she will oversee the utility’s entire infrastructure, steer efforts in developing capital and operating expense budgets for the fiscal year and will work to keep power, steam and water supplied across campus.
“We’ve got a great team here,” Jett said. “I’m very lucky and I’m very impressed with everyone and how conscientious they are at being cost effective for the university. People are very hard-working and act like it’s their own checkbook and that’s a great mindset to have.”
Jett has more than 25 years of domestic and international energy industry experience. She has held various positions with Black and Veatch, an engineering and construction company that specializes in infrastructure. Most recently, she was stationed in Jakarta, Indonesia leading the company's microgrid/hybrid renewable engineering services team in Asia.
Jett holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in chemical engineering and is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Michigan.
She will oversee major projects such as the new water filtration plant and tower, which will double MSU’s water storage capacity and improve the quality of water flowing through its distribution system.