Job Title: Principal Engineer - T&S Project Development (NY)
Location: Rochester, NY , Binghamton NY
Office
Salary: The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from $130k to $140k
Sign on bonus: YES
This position is part of a diverse team of utility experts tasked with
creating and executing on a best-in-class T&S asset planning strategy
across AVANGRID. This role utilizes practical and analytic knowledge to
perform needs and solution studies on T&S assets at all voltage levels
including the development of mitigating projects and programs.
This role leads or supports all of the T&S Asset Strategy
responsibilities including the following:
• Execution of the AVANGRID Asset Management initiative in the
electric networks organization.
• Point for decision making and navigation of T&S projects through
the Investment Planning process from inception through construction.
This includes technical oversight of all projects, including legacy
projects, through the various stages of design and construction.
• Research, development, continual refinement, and execution of an
industry leading T&S asset planning strategy.
• Ensuring that T&S asset condition needs across AVANGRID are
identified, prioritized, and addressed with appropriate mitigating
solutions in a comprehensive manner.
• Centralized oversight, development, support, and coordination of
the T&S capital project portfolio ensuring they have been properly
vetted and documented in support of prudent and defendable CAPEX
investment decision making.
• Anticipation, preparation and initiation of strategy discussions
and activities as required to meet regulator, customer and key
stakeholder expectations in support of business growth objectives.
• Developing and building collaborative and constructive
relationships with regulators and ISO’s by ensuring proposals are
thoughtful, prudent, and well documented.
Behavioral Skills and Requirements
Leadership Competencies
• Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.
• Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide
impact on the department
• Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills
• Ability to collaborate across departments
• Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards and best
practices
• Work independently with little supervision
Behavioral Competencies
• Develop self & others
• Empower to grow
• Collaborate and share
• Be a role model
• Focus to achieve results
• Be agile
Technical Skills and Requirements
The following skills and associated competency levels are desired of
those candidates seeking a position in Transmission & Asset Substation
Planning. However, offsetting industry and other relevant technical
skills will be considered for candidates without previous experience in
these Transmission & Asset Substation Planning activities (e.g.
Transmission Planning, P&C, etc.).
Technical Skills/Competencies
• Theoretical Engineering knowledge: Planning, Operations and
Engineering Design, Analytics, Modeling & Calculation (e.g. sym.
Components, per unit, etc.), Understanding the Business Model
• Practical Engineering Experience/Application: Planning,
Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g. field experience,
standardization, develop business case and defend in front of
stakeholders)
• Engineering documentation: Ability to adequately document and
interpret engineering documentation, review and approve engineering work
done by others
• Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment: Local, State
and Federal Regulatory Standards and Requirements (NERC, NPCC, ISO, PUC,
etc.)
Functional Job Specific Competencies
1. Strategic and Technical Leadership: Provides technical leadership
of internal or external contractor teams working across multiple
operating companies and geographic locations. Initiates, leads,
collaborates or advises on a broad range of highly complex multi-
disciplinary issues across electric Networks business areas such as
Asset Management, T&S project technical review, System Topology design,
Reliability and Resiliency, Equipment Standardization, Equipment
Ratings, and Protection & Control. Provides leadership and facilitates
collaborative decision making.
2. Communicate, influence and motivate: Use of developing verbal and
written communication skills with team members and management to inform
and influence others, providing input for business plans and decision
making.
3. Predict needs, direct the development of solutions: Support
studies and activities required to identify issues and system needs,
evaluate threats/opportunities, define and prioritize system-wide
solutions based on risk, value and implementation complexity.
Education & Experience Requirements:
BSEE required with additional consideration given to applicants with
Advanced Degrees or Certifications (e.g. MSEE, PE, etc.)
10+ years of experience (Industry Related)
Company:
NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORPMobility Information
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Job Posting End Date:
January-24-2025