Job Description:
Transmission Project Development Senior Engineer 1
Summary
The Transmission Project Development Senior Engineer 1 is responsible for sponsoring technical and engineering efforts in support of transmission utility projects. This role involves developing project scope, schedules, and costs while identifying synergies and cross-cutting opportunities to maximize value. The position requires coordinating and performing technical analyses for transmission-level projects and driving multiple aspects during licensing and construction to streamline and optimize resources.
Responsibilities
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Oversee engineers performing diagnostics, equipment monitoring, inspections, and grid technology reviews.
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Build relationships to facilitate cross-functional knowledge transfer across work groups.
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Lead the preparation of technical reports, presentations, and other documentation to communicate project status, findings, and recommendations.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective development, integration, and implementation of technologies and asset management strategies.
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Support new equipment installation and startup, leading handover processes to ramp-up and sustaining phases.
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Provide guidance to junior engineers in investigating threats to distribution system infrastructure.
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Gather and correlate data using engineering studies and procedures, including routine and diagnostic testing of components and systems.
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Facilitate training and professional development opportunities for engineering team members.
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Ensure compliance with standards of conduct and integrity when handling sensitive, financial, and cybersecurity-related information.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelors degree in Engineering or a scientific/technical/math field.
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Seven or more years of experience performing engineering work in operations, production, construction, or maintenance environments.
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Valid Class C Drivers License.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience supporting testimony development for regulatory proceedings and environmental licensing.
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Engineering experience with modeling and performing power system analyses on transmission systems (50 kV to 500 kV).
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Experience with +50 kV substation and transmission line design, with emphasis on transmission lines.
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Proficiency in GE PSLF, PowerWorld simulation software, PLS-CADD, and/or SPIDA.
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Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent certification.