Principal Engineer- T&S Project Dev
Principal Engineer- T&S Project Dev
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Job Description
Principal Engineer- Transmission & Substation Project Development
Reports to Senior Manager-Project Dev & Asset Mgmt
Reports to Rochester NY - Scottsville NY OR Kirkwood General Office
The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from: $120000- $142916
Job Summary
This position is responsible for executing on comprehensive needs and solutions assessments to address a wide range of T&S reliability and infrastructure needs. This position is expected to develop internal staff collaborate across organizations and lead external (consulting) resources across a wide-range of utility disciplines (P&C Engineering etc.) in the pursuit of project development.
Key Responsibilities
- Some specific responsibilities include oversight of the following T&S capital plan activities:
- Responsible for the development of the majority of new T&S capital projects to a Conceptual design level (IP2) ready for financial approval and eventual handoff for project Execution (i.e. detailed design procurement and construction).
- Responsible for ensuring that all proposed T&S projects meet stakeholder and internal Investment Plan requirements by ensuring proper justification and supporting documentation is available.
- Lead member and contributor role at the Transmission System review Group (TSRG) responsible for vetting and approving new projects prior to delivering them for execution. Includes thorough review and feedback of submitted TSRG stakeholder materials. May take on role of chair or vicechair of TSRG for AVANGRID.
- Responsible for technical investment oversight and decision making for all T&S capital projects from inception through construction.
- Supports all aspects of AVANGRIDs Long Term Outlook of the T&S CAPEX investment portfolio including rate case preparations regulatory funding commitments ISO reporting etc.
- Regular collaboration with Operations Maintenance and Planning personnel to identify and mitigate T&S system issues.
- Investigates reports of T&S system needs requiring comprehensive intervention assessments in a prioritized manner to ensure that issues are appropriately addressed in AVANGRIDs long term investment plan (e.g. operations maintenance field surveys etc.).
- Establishes the acceptable level of documentation required for projects based on the cost complexity and regulatory requirements associated with each project.
- Extensive presentation and report preparation (and or review/editing) skills are essential including the ability to concisely articulate decision making. This includes both executive and comprehensive level explanations of system need ranging in complexity along with mapping to recommended solutions (or planned projects).
- Ability to present compelling messages to internal and external stakeholders including executives regulators and ISOs.
- Ability to develop and build collaborative and constructive relationships across internal business areas and teams and/or external stakeholders including regulators and ISOs.
- Principal Engineer: Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.
- Provide technical leadership in most complex projects that have a wide impact on the business
- Mentor develop and support team in technical skills
- SME for team
- Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy standards and best practices
- Work independently with little supervision
Required Qualifications
- Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Civil or Structural Engineering. An advanced education such as an MBA and / or a Professional Engineering License is a plus.
- 10 years of practical experience and working knowledge across a broad range of T&D Power Systems including Planning Engineering Construction or Operations.
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Company:
NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORPMobility Information
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Job Posting End Date:
August-8-2025Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Contract
