​The Green Recruitment Company is working alongside an energy storage market leader, led by proven transmission-level project developers, with a well-positioned pipeline that will transform America’s electric grids into cleaner and more versatile critical infrastructure.

The Senior Transmission & Interconnection Engineer will be an integral member of the Transmission & Interconnection Team and provide system analysis and modeling support for the interconnection of utility-scale standalone storage projects within designated regions of North America.

Responsibilities

Responsible for all aspects of specific interconnection projects assigned, including but not limited to:

• Working with the Transmission Manager to keep up with all major Transmission & Interconnection items going on in the market or projects assigned to them, including but not limited to:

• Overall Transmission Planning & Interconnection processes

• Stakeholder Meetings & Working Groups

• Interconnection Queue

• Familiarity with PJM, SPP, and NYISO markets

• Under supervision of the Transmission Manager, maintain real time communications with Project Developers assigned to their projects

• Identify transmission/interconnection project risks and communicate them to Project Developers

• Perform Generation Interconnection studies, prepare study reports per ISO/RTO/Utility requirements and present findings at stakeholder meetings

• Perform and/or coordinate required internal studies (Power flow, Open Bay, Site Location and gen tie route assessment)

• Support lead identification and proposal activities to meet business development goals

• Conduct injection analysis to identify appropriate project size

• Come up with planning level network upgrade costs the same way that the ISO/RTO/Utility would do

• Continuously track project status and milestones completed

• Maintain project specific milestone schedule up to date

• Track project milestones (SS)

• Provide reports on Interconnection Studies Reports

• Review FS/SIS/FS report results and outline subsequent steps

• Develop (in coordination with their team) meeting minutes for ALL meetings with outside entities

• Archive all minutes in appropriate file location

• Support the Transmission & Interconnection team on automating repetitive tasks

• Use Python programming to automate power flow studies, and/or other studies internal to the Transmission & Interconnection team

• Versatile team player, excellent oral and written communication skills, mentors junior engineers and works towards mutual team goals

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Qualifications:

• Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university required. Emphasis in power systems strongly preferred

• Minimum of 2 years of Transmission planning and interconnection fundamental experience

• Experience with PSS/E, TARA, or similar power flow software

• Experience in electric transmission planning, operations or related discipline

• Transmission planning experience with very strong power flow modeling skills

• Understanding of electricity market policy and rules with respect to interconnection and transmission planning

• Strong computing skills including MS Office Suite

• Effective communication, interpersonal and organizational skills

• Ability to prepare both written and oral presentation materials of complex matters

• Knowledge of electric theory with strong understanding of utility and ISO operations and transmission planning process

• Multitasking, dynamic, self-motivated individual able to work in groups or independently

• Ability to simultaneously support multiple development projects across multiple states and regions

• Familiarity with storage and renewable trends in the electric market

• Strong knowledge of energy storage value proposition and/or engineering and/or fundamentals of energy storage projects

• Supportive, resourceful, and willing to take on new tasks

• Creative and independent thinker; demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a diverse, fast-paced team