Senior Interconnection Engineer – Grid & Storage

Orenda, Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 370,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan with 3% match

LifeTime Fitness corporate membership

Monthly commuter stipend

Learning and education stipend

Flexible PTO

Regular company events

Job summary

Orenda, Inc. is seeking a senior interconnection engineer in Brooklyn, NY to lead technical work within the interconnection process. The role involves site qualification, ruling validation, and classifying viability, with occasional data analysis and drawings for utility interconnections.

Reports to the Director of Origination Engineering. Requires 4+ years in utility distribution planning or DER engineering, experience with CESIR and IEEE 1547, and proficiency in AutoCAD.

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Qualify originated sites against sizing, feeder proximity, interconnection cost estimate, and utility specification.
• Validate every interconnection ruling against the original application.
• Classify project viability using our internal rubric, flag overscoped rulings, and negotiate reductions with utility project managers and engineers.
• Deliver data analysis including substation capacity analysis from the interconnection queue and flag headroom changes.
• Provide data to Principal Engineer and feed site screening patterns, CESIR trends, and improvement proposals.
• Produce engineering drawings for interconnection or design iterations as requested by the Principal Engineer.

Skills

Interconnection studies

Utility engagement

Data analysis

Substation analysis

AutoCAD drafting

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Orenda, Inc. is seeking a senior interconnection engineer in Brooklyn, NY to lead technical work within the interconnection process. The role involves site qualification, ruling validation, and classifying viability, with occasional data analysis and drawings for utility interconnections.

Reports to the Director of Origination Engineering. Requires 4+ years in utility distribution planning or DER engineering, experience with CESIR and IEEE 1547, and proficiency in AutoCAD.