Manager – System Planning

Jobtailor; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ATC in Wisconsin is seeking a senior leader to provide strategic, technical, and people leadership for the transmission planning team that oversees the corridor from planning through regulatory support.

You will coach engineers, balance workloads and budgets, advance planning tools, ensure reliability standards compliance, and collaborate across engineering, operations, asset management, and regulatory affairs to deliver safe, cost-effective transmission investments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience in transmission planning or power systems
• Eight or more years of experience in transmission system planning, transmission design, engineering, operations, maintenance, or related technical area
• Proven ability to set priorities, manage resources, balance workloads, coach employees, and guide technical programs and projects
• Strong understanding of electric power system reliability standards, compliance procedures, and relevant regulatory organizations
• Progressive responsibility leading engineers, technical specialists, consultants, or complex cross-functional work
• Experience directing transmission planning studies and supporting project justification or regulatory approval
• Ability to explain complex technical matters clearly to executives, board members, customers, regulators, and industry stakeholders
• Experience developing capital forecasts, allocating financial resources, or prioritizing technical portfolios
• Exposure to FERC, NERC, MISO, PSCW, IEEE, EPRI, CEATI, EEI, NATF, or similar organizations

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, technical, and people leadership for the team responsible for planning ATC's transmission network
• Coach, mentor, and develop transmission planning professionals
• Set priorities, align internal talent and external consultants, and balance workloads and financial resources
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, high performance, innovation, and continuous learning
• Oversee the design, execution, evaluation, compliance, and continuous improvement of planning programs and processes
• Direct system planning studies and project development activities, including support for regulatory approval and technical testimony
• Advance planning criteria, guidelines, tools, technologies, processes, and documentation
• Support capital forecast development and prioritization of transmission investments
• Maintain governance for planning-related NERC reliability standard compliance
• Identify planning and compliance risks and guide corrective action
• Ensure planning work responds to changing customer needs and transmission system reliability requirements
• Provide leadership before, during, and after an ATC Ready event when called upon
• Represent System Planning in enterprise-wide discussions and champion organizational initiatives
• Partner across engineering, operations, asset management, project management, interconnection solutions, customer engagement, and regulatory affairs
• Communicate planning recommendations to executives, board members, customers, regulators, and industry stakeholders

Skills

Leadership

Resource management

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Mentoring/coaching

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

• Provide strategic, technical, and people leadership for the team responsible for planning ATC's transmission network
• Coach, mentor, and develop transmission planning professionals
• Set priorities, align internal talent and external consultants, and balance workloads and financial resources
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, high performance, innovation, and continuous learning
• Oversee the design, execution, evaluation, compliance, and continuous improvement of planning programs and processes
• Direct system planning studies and project development activities, including support for regulatory approval and technical testimony
• Advance planning criteria, guidelines, tools, technologies, processes, and documentation
• Support capital forecast development and prioritization of transmission investments
• Maintain governance for planning-related NERC reliability standard compliance
• Identify planning and compliance risks and guide corrective action
• Ensure planning work responds to changing customer needs and transmission system reliability requirements
• Provide leadership before, during, and after an ATC Ready event when called upon
• Represent System Planning in enterprise-wide discussions and champion organizational initiatives
• Partner across engineering, operations, asset management, project management, interconnection solutions, customer engagement, and regulatory affairs
• Communicate planning recommendations to executives, board members, customers, regulators, and industry stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience in transmission planning or power systems
• Eight or more years of experience in transmission system planning, transmission design, engineering, operations, maintenance, or another related technical area
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, manage resources, balance workloads, coach employees, and guide technical programs and projects
• Strong understanding of electric power system reliability standards, compliance procedures, and relevant regulatory organizations
• Progressive responsibility leading engineers, technical specialists, consultants, or complex cross-functional work
• Experience directing transmission planning studies and supporting project justification or regulatory approval
• Ability to explain complex technical matters clearly to executives, board members, customers, regulators, and industry stakeholders
• Experience developing capital forecasts, allocating financial resources, or prioritizing technical portfolios
• Exposure to FERC, NERC, MISO, PSCW, IEEE, EPRI, CEATI, EEI, NATF, or similar organizations

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in transmission system planning, compliance with electric power system reliability standards, and effective leadership in managing technical teams and projects. Proven ability to communicate complex technical information to diverse stakeholders and drive continuous improvement in planning processes.