Manager - Planning T&D

iberdrola; Orange (CT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Bonuses

12% 401(k) match

Health, dental, vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Job summary

Avangrid is seeking a Manager - Planning Transmission and Distribution in Orange, CT to lead a team focused on reliable transmission and distribution planning. The role oversees regulatory alignment, strategic engineering, and investment planning to support grid resilience.

Reporting to the Director, you will guide short- and long-range plans, manage resources, and drive initiatives such as DER interconnections, energy storage, and non-wires solutions in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Manages and develops engineering staff, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Sets department objectives, coaches, and conducts performance evaluations.

Job description

Manager - Planning Transmission and DistributionReports to: Director - Planning Transmission and DistributionReports Full Time In Office: Orange, CTThe salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $150,000 - $185,200

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance‑based bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways

For more information, please visit: Benefits - Avangrid

Job Summary

The Manager of Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Planning leads a team responsible for ensuring the efficient and reliable operation of the transmission and distribution systems through strategic planning, regulatory alignment, and innovative engineering practices. This position oversees comprehensive grid assessments, investment planning, and implementation of advanced solutions that align with regulatory requirements and corporate strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages and develops engineering staff, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Sets department objectives, coach, and counsel team members, and conduct performance evaluations.
• Develops organizational performance measures, initiates actions to enhance performance, reviews work processes, systems, procedures, and practices and directs changes to improve productivity or control costs. Determines staffing needs and obtains approval for resource requirements.
• Leads detailed evaluations/assessments of the transmission and distribution systems to identify current and future needs, proposing cost‑effective and innovative solutions.
• Develops short‑and long‑range plans to meet system reliability and capacity needs. Oversees, defines, and prioritizes system‑wide and circuit‑level solutions based on established criteria, risk, impact, value, and implementation complexity. Provides oversight and recommendations as to the prioritization of Avangrid Networks distribution capital investments.
• Defines and manage an investment pipeline aligned with regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and Avangrid strategies.
• Leads coordination of rate cases and regulatory dockets related to system planning and provide expert testimony when required.
• Oversees interconnection studies for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and load integration. Implement initiatives supporting beneficial electrification, energy storage, data centers and non‑wires solutions (NWS).
• Leads and implement enhancements to planning processes, ensuring alignment with emerging trends, technologies, and regulatory expectations.
• Supports the development and ongoing review of NWS process and plan development.