Senior Manager, Transmission & Interconnection

Vesper Energy; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vesper Energy is seeking a Senior Manager for Transmission and Interconnection to lead strategy and execution for utility-scale solar and battery storage projects. This role requires 7+ years of expertise in transmission planning and interconnection.

The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, with strong commercial judgment and the ability to manage multiple priorities. The position involves governance oversight and coordination with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in transmission planning and interconnection.
• Strong understanding of ISO or RTO interconnection processes.
• Demonstrated ability to own complex interconnection workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive transmission and interconnection strategy.
• Lead high complexity interconnection execution.
• Establish standards for interconnection tracking and reporting.

Skills

Transmission planning

Interconnection strategy

Risk management

Cross-functional influence

Technical oversight

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

PSS/E

TARA

PowerWorld

UPLAN

Job description

Compensation starting at $154,000 annually.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Transmission and Interconnection owns transmission and interconnection strategy and execution for a defined portfolio of utility scale solar and battery storage projects, including development and M&A opportunities as applicable. This role is accountable for risk adjusted interconnection outcomes, including point of interconnection strategy, queue and study execution, agreement negotiation support, and portfolio reporting of cost, schedule, and constraint impacts. The role partners with Development, Origination and M&A, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, and Legal, and manages external consultants and utility and ISO or RTO interactions to drive interconnection decisions to closure and reduce surprises.

Role Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; electrical engineering with a power systems focus strongly preferred. Master’s degree in electrical engineering preferred. PE, PMP, and/or Six Sigma certification preferred.

Years of Experience: 7 plus years of relevant experience in transmission planning, interconnection, grid integration, and or power system studies supporting utility scale renewables and storage; utility, ISO or RTO, and or leading consulting experience strongly preferred.

Additional Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Demonstrated ability to model Vesper's values, Accountability, Respect, Courage, Collaboration, and Continuous Improvement, through day to day behaviors (e.g., flags risks early, communicates directly, involves the right stakeholders early, and documents and shares learnings).

Expert understanding of ISO or RTO interconnection and transmission planning processes, tariffs, and regulatory frameworks, including ability to anticipate and respond to process reforms

Demonstrated ability to own complex interconnection workstreams end to end, including constrained areas, significant network upgrades, and storage heavy configurations

Advanced technical oversight of transmission planning, capacity screening, and grid modeling, including ability to review assumptions, validate outputs, and explain implications clearly

Working familiarity with common modeling tools and data platforms such as PSS/E, TARA, PROBE, PowerWorld, UPLAN, and third party market and grid datasets as applicable

Strong commercial judgment translating technical outcomes into decision quality recommendations on capex, schedule, congestion and curtailment exposure, and project viability

Strong cross functional influence skills, including ability to align stakeholders, drive decisions to closure, and reduce rework without direct authority

High standards for governance and documentation, including disciplined assumptions tracking, risk registers, decision logs, and executive ready reporting

Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, surface trade offs early, and deliver accurate outputs on deadline with minimal rework in a lean environment

Strong vendor and consultant management capability, including clear scopes, deliverable standards, QA QC, and performance accountability

Key Responsibilities

Define and drive portfolio level transmission and interconnection strategy for assigned markets and projects, including point of interconnection approach, queue positioning, and risk adjusted development sequencing

Lead high complexity interconnection execution through ISO or RTO and utility processes by driving application quality, study progression, issue resolution, and milestone discipline

Own interconnection agreement negotiation support by developing negotiation strategy inputs and risk positions and partnering with Legal and Commercial to drive decisions to closure

Establish and maintain governance, standards, and templates for interconnection tracking, forecasting, and executive ready reporting across the assigned portfolio

Evaluate adverse study results and develop mitigation pathways, including upgrade alternatives, phasing, reconfiguration, restudies, and withdrawal and re entry options, with clear go no go recommendations

Direct technical oversight of consultant modeling and QA QC by validating assumptions against tariff requirements, project design basis, and Vesper standards and by ensuring deliverables is decision ready

Advise Development, Origination and M&A, Engineering, Finance, and executive stakeholders on interconnection implications for valuation, siting, financing readiness, and commercialization pathways

Represent Vesper in ISO or RTO stakeholder processes as applicable and translate policy and process changes into portfolio impacts, risk updates, and recommended actions

Improve throughput and quality of interconnection outcomes by implementing repeatable workflows, checklists, decision logs, and reporting mechanisms that reduce cycle time and errors