Manager - Planning T&D

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

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Bonuses

401(k) match

Health/dental/vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Job summary

Avangrid in Orange, CT seeks a Manager of Transmission and Distribution Planning to lead a team ensuring reliable grid planning through regulatory alignment and advanced engineering.

You will oversee investments, performance metrics, and coordinated studies with regulators and ISO-NE, delivering cost-effective, future-ready solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in T&D planning, strong leadership, and proven communication skills; a Master’s degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering preferred.
• 8+ years in T&D planning, engineering, or operations.
• Proven leadership and cross-functional team management.
• Knowledge of utility operations and regulatory compliance.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to present.

Responsibilities

• Manages and develops engineering staff and sets department objectives.
• Develops performance measures and improves productivity.
• Conducts system evaluations to identify needs and propose solutions.
• Develops short- and long-range plans for reliability and capacity.
• Oversees investment planning and regulatory dockets; provides testimony when required.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Strategic planning

Project management

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering (preferred)

Job description

Manager - Planning Transmission and Distribution

Reports to: Director - Planning Transmission and Distribution

Full Time

In Office: Orange, CT

The 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

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.
• Works closely with internal departments within Avangrid and Iberdrola, consultants, attorneys, government agencies like DOE, regulatory agencies such as PURA and FERC, external entities such as ISO-NE, CONVEX, neighboring utilities, and industry organizations like EPRI.
• Monitors industry trends, assess technological advancements, and integrate applicable innovations into corporate strategies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in T&D system planning, engineering, or operations.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to manage cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated knowledge in utility operations and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation, review, and approve engineering work done by others.
• Experience leading implementation of complex initiatives.
• Strong communication and presentation capabilities.
• Experience in strategy development and implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering or related field.

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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: October-2-2026