Director, Interconnection Strategy (Hybrid Houston)

Urban Grid Solar Projects, LLC; Texas; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

HSA

FSA

Life Insurance

Disability

Paternal Leave

Retirement Plan

Job summary

Urban Grid Solar Projects, LLC seeks a Senior Manager/Director, Interconnection to oversee the Interconnection team within the Transmission & Interconnection & Development Engineering group in Houston, TX. You will guide interconnection strategy, manage queue positions, and coordinate with utilities to advance development projects.

The role requires 7+ years in electric utility/renewable industries, strong leadership, and deep knowledge of interconnection processes and power flow tools.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Experience in PJM, MISO, SERC, TVA, WECC, BPA is preferred
• Proven leadership and management capabilities.
• Excellent verbal, written, technical and presentation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, problem-solving.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in the electric utility or renewable industry.
• Understanding of power flow and other cost modeling tools including: PSSE, TARA, PROMOD or PowerWorld.
• Familiarity with major North American Transmission Service Provider OATTs and interconnection processes is preferred.
• Understanding of wholesale power market pricing and dynamics is preferred.
• Strong work ethic and exceptionally high work standards.
• Location: Hybrid in Houston, Texas (4 days in office, Fridays remote).
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis. Visa sponsorship or transfer visas, including H-1B or L-2, are not available for this position.

Responsibilities

• Management and oversight of the interconnection team, including Interconnection Engineers and similar roles.
• Lead all phases of the interconnection lifecycle: Application, Agreements to COD
• Oversee: Interconnection requests and submissions, milestone tracking, deposits, and deliverables
• Ensure alignment of interconnection schedules with overall project schedules and development targets
• Leadership of interconnection applications and study evaluations for utility‑scale solar and battery storage queue projects.
• Oversee negotiation of final interconnection agreements and act as project manager to ensure all milestones in the Interconnection agreement are met
• Provide interconnection due diligence for M&A activities
• Coordination with internal and external teams to create new steady state, dynamic and PSCAD models for development projects.
• Provide technical support to the development organization and other areas of the company as necessary.
• Represent Urban Grid and advocates its interests in technical stakeholder organizations of various ISO/RTOs.

Skills

Leadership

Interconnection

Electrical Eng

Power flow tools

Project management

Communication

Education

Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSSE

PROMOD

PowerWorld

TARA

Job description

Urban Grid Solar Projects, LLC seeks a Senior Manager/Director, Interconnection to oversee the Interconnection team within the Transmission & Interconnection & Development Engineering group in Houston, TX. You will guide interconnection strategy, manage queue positions, and coordinate with utilities to advance development projects.

The role requires 7+ years in electric utility/renewable industries, strong leadership, and deep knowledge of interconnection processes and power flow tools.