Senior Manager/Director, Interconnection

Urban Grid; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits

Company-paid life insurance

Retirement plan with matching contributions

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Urban Grid is seeking a Senior Manager/Director, Interconnection in Houston, Texas, to oversee its interconnection team and provide technical support for projects. This role involves managing interconnection processes, aligning schedules with development targets, and ensuring project bankability.

Candidates should have a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, at least 7 years of experience, and excellent leadership skills. The position offers a hybrid working schedule and a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in the electric utility or renewable industry.
• Experience in PJM, MISO, SERC, TVA, WECC, BPA is preferred.
• Understanding of wholesale power market pricing and dynamics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage interconnection team, overseeing engineers and similar roles.
• Lead all phases of the interconnection lifecycle from application to COD.
• Negotiate final interconnection agreements ensuring milestones are met.

Skills

Leadership and management capabilities

Excellent verbal and written skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving skills

Understanding of power modeling tools

Education

Master's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSSE

TARA

PROMOD

PowerWorld

Job description

Urban Grid is a leading independent power producer (IPP) delivering reliable, utility-scale solar and storage solutions to help meet America's unprecedented energy demand. We develop, own and operate projects that strengthen local economies through long-term partnerships and responsible land stewardship. By integrating agrivoltaics into our land management practices, we enhance soil health, support local farmers and benefit the communities we serve. With a strong focus on execution and integrity, we are committed to being a trusted domestic energy provider and responsible corporate citizen. Urban Grid is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and operates across the United States with a growing portfolio that includes 12,000 megawatts of development assets. We continue to maintain our optionality to co-locate with battery storage based on customer demand, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness in our energy solutions. Since becoming an IPP in 2023, we have successfully brought five solar projects online, begun construction on three additional projects and are actively advancing one gigawatt of capacity into pre-construction. Visit www.UrbanGridSolar.com for more information. Urban Grid is a portfolio company of Brookfield, one of the world\'s largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets.

Job Summary

The Senior Manager/Director, Interconnection will provide oversight of the Interconnection team, which is part of the larger Transmission & Interconnection & Development Engineering department and the Development organization. This role will provide interconnection technical support to the entire business. This team is responsible for managing all interconnection queue positions supporting projects under active development. This includes handling all communications with ISO/RTOs and utilities and developing a comprehensive interconnection strategy for every development project. The Senior Manager or Director will play a critical role in enabling project bankability by optimizing interconnection positions, managing risks, and ensuring timely progression through ISO/RTO processes.

Responsibilities

• Management and oversight of the interconnection team, including Interconnection Engineers and similar roles
• Lead all phases of the interconnection lifecycle: Application, Agreements to COD
• Oversee: Interconnection requests and submissions, milestone tracking, deposits, and deliverables
• Ensure alignment of interconnection schedules with overall project schedules and development targets
• Leadership of interconnection applications and study evaluations for utility-scale solar and battery storage queue projects
• Oversee negotiation of final interconnection agreements and act as project manager to ensure all milestones in the Interconnection agreement are met
• Provide interconnection due diligence for M&A activities
• Coordination with internal and external teams to create new steady state, dynamic and PSCAD models for development projects
• Provide technical support to the development organization and other areas of the company as necessary
• Represent Urban Grid and advocate its interests in technical stakeholder organizations of various ISO/RTOs

Requirements

• Master\'s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering preferred
• Experience in PJM, MISO, SERC, TVA, WECC, BPA is preferred
• Proven leadership and management capabilities
• Excellent verbal, written, technical and presentation skills
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, problem-solving
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in the electric utility or renewable industry
• Understanding of power flow and other cost modeling tools including PSSE, TARA, PROMOD or PowerWorld
• Familiarity with major North American Transmission Service Provider OATTs and interconnection processes is preferred
• Understanding of wholesale power market pricing and dynamics is preferred
• Strong work ethic and exceptionally high work standards
• Location: Hybrid in Houston, Texas (4 days in office, Fridays remote)
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Visa sponsorship or transfer visas, including H-1B or L-2, are not available for this position

Benefits

Urban Grid offers an exciting benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending account, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, voluntary life, and long-term disability, paid paternal leave, and a retirement plan with matching contributions. Full-time position with competitive compensation package, including bonus.