Engineer - T&D

United Illuminating; Orange (CT); On-site; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Awesome benefits

Performance bonus

Job summary

THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY in Connecticut seeks an Engineer for Transmission & Distribution (T&D) to review, analyze, and coordinate medium-to-complex projects for the T&D system. You will approve planned outages and coordinate with ISO and other operators.

Willingness to be on-call is required. Candidates should have strong engineering fundamentals, ABET-accredited degree, and 2–5+ years of experience in engineering.

Qualifications

• Theoretical engineering knowledge in planning, operations and design.
• Practical engineering experience in planning, design and field work.
• Ability to document and interpret engineering work accurately.
• Ability to review and approve engineering work for compliance.

Responsibilities

• Perform system analyses and calculations using standard methods and guidelines.
• Develop alternative designs to improve processes and services.
• Address outages, disturbances, and power quality issues with appropriate solutions.
• Prepare and maintain drawings (schematics, one-line diagrams) and related documents.
• Represent OES on project teams and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and provide guidance on OES issues.
• Explain complex issues and build consensus with customers and stakeholders.
• Promote cross-functional teamwork across tasks and projects.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Practical experience

Engineering documentation

Review & approval

Education

ABET-accredited EE degree

BS in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Title

Engineer - Transmission & Distribution (T&D) System.

Benefits

• We offer AWESOME BENEFITS + Performance Bonus

Location

CT - Orange - 100 Marsh Hill Rd

Work-Type

OFFICE

Salary Range

The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from $87,600 to $109,500

Job Summary

The engineer will review, analyze, and coordinate moderate to complex planned construction projects, maintenance requirements and responses to system disturbances related to the operation of the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) System. Approve planned outages and clearance requests. Coordinate work with other departments within UI and other outside system operators (e.g., ISO, CONVEX, NUSCO). Work is to be completed with minimal guidance. The incumbent must be available for oncall, as necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform moderately complex system analyses, design and calculations using std methodology & principles & other viable approaches.
• Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve problems or to improve processes/services.
• Solves moderately complex system operating problems. Take a new perspective on established solutions. (e.g., outages, system disturbances, power quality, load flow studies, maintenance recommendations).
• Prepare, maintain, and understand drawings (e.g., schematics, one-line diagrams). Develop and specify equipment, assemble documents and other requirements for assignments of moderate to complex level of difficulty.
• Represent Operate Electric System (OES) on assigned project teams.
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and provide guidance to other team members on OES issues. (e.g., review and evaluate proposals and projects).
• Guide or mentor others. Provides expertise to operators, dispatchers, engineers & consultants.
• Interprets & make recommendations with respect to customer & stakeholder needs. Explains difficult issues & works to establish consensus.
• Promotes cross functional teamwork on assigned tasks and projects. Assist in guiding and mentoring engineers in OES.
• Provides direction for resources outside of the department.
• Works independently to address std & non-std system operating situations.
• Apply design stds., industry codes, design criteria, guidelines & UI polices/procedures. (e.g., planned system outage and clearance requests, coordinate system restoration).
• Interprets processes and standards related to OES.
• Recommend solutions and best practices for standard and nonstandard situations.
• Represents OES on projects, task forces and studies.
• Develop business cases & manage small projects/processes/initiatives or teams in accordance with applicable UI guidelines.
• Coordinate phases of OES work for assigned portions of a project/program. (e.g., clearance requests)
• Plan, schedule, monitor, control budget/estimates, for assigned tasks and/or projects.
• Possess in-depth experience, knowledge and skills in distribution design and operations, along with related business practices and procedures (e.g., design criteria, standards, NESC).
• Able to explain difficult issues and work to establish consensus.
• Able to work in a cross-functional team and guide or mentor other team members.

Required Qualifications

• Technical Skills/Competencies
• Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
• Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses" of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.)
• Engineering documentation # Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
• Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others to ensure compliance with

Company Standards, Specifications, And Contract Requirements

• Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment - Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements

Education & Experience Required

• BS/BA Degree Experience: Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited college/university plus 2-5+ years’ experience performing engineering duties or an A.S. Electrical Engineering degree from an ABET accredited university plus 9 years’ experience in Engineering with UI Engineering Training Curriculum (e.g., ECNEPUI) or equivalent is required.

Company

THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

Equal Opportunity Employment

At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Disability Accommodation

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Emergency Role & NERC Compliance

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

Job Posting End Date

September-5-2026