Senior Environmental Solutions Lead – T&D

EPRI; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

EPRI's Transmission and Distribution Environmental Solutions Program seeks an Environmental Solutions of T&D Technical Leader II in Charlotte, NC. The role focuses on environmental impact, site design, and data-driven approaches using UAS, GIS, and ML to support reliable electricity delivery while protecting resources.

The candidate should have a technical degree, 10+ years of relevant experience, and strong communication skills. Electric utility experience is a plus; relocation is possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required.
• Graduate degree preferred (master or PhD).
• 10+ years of experience relevant engineering or research experience.
• Electric utility experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.
• Regularly demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.
• Maintains familiarity with the progress and problems in assigned technical areas.
• Has developed relationships with primary advisors to a research area.
• Provides assistance to the EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International.
• Effectively communicates strategies and results, expressing thoughts clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing, to subject matter experts, program members and advisors through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences.
• Regularly communicates and coordinates work activities across programs.
• May provide oversight of a project team to assure technical and financial milestones are met.
• Organizes the external and interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.
• Supports the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports.
• Manages small or medium (less complex) projects including budgets and resources without direct people management responsibilities.
• Influences project teams in the engineering aspects of the technical work.
• Increased interactions and coordination of EPRI work with national and international technical networks (e.g, manufacturers, consultants, academia and research organizations)
• Begins to lead proposal efforts and new promotional work.
• Develops research or services opportunities of value to EPRI members that fit EPRI's mission and capabilities. This will include solving customer problems, producing insights and information vital to the members, and delivering information in a manner that members and customers can and will apply.
• Continues to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.

Skills

Wildlife management

Remote sensing (UAS)

Data analysis

Machine learning

Programming (R, Python)

GIS tools (ESRI)

Excellent communication skills

Electric utility experience (nice to 5

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a technical field

Graduate degree (Masters/PhD)

10+ years of experience relevant engineering or research

Electric utility experience

Job description

EPRI's Transmission and Distribution Environmental Solutions Program seeks an Environmental Solutions of T&D Technical Leader II in Charlotte, NC. The role focuses on environmental impact, site design, and data-driven approaches using UAS, GIS, and ML to support reliable electricity delivery while protecting resources.

The candidate should have a technical degree, 10+ years of relevant experience, and strong communication skills. Electric utility experience is a plus; relocation is possible.