Senior Power System Engineer

-; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading energy provider as a Senior Power System Engineer, where you'll drive the energy transition by ensuring optimum designs in transmission systems. This role involves compliance assessments, advanced modeling, and collaboration on innovative projects within a dynamic team.

Benefits

Performance Based Bonus

26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory days

Option to buy/sell holiday days

Generous pension scheme

Financial support for professional memberships and studies

Family care benefits

Health, fitness, and wellbeing support apps

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of power system fundamentals and dynamics.
• Experience in Power Industry/Consultancy/Manufacturing is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of electricity transmission system for NGET.
• Ensure compliance assessments for network connection and stability.
• Conduct advanced EMT modeling and system studies.

Skills

Simulation tools use (RMS or EMT)

Dynamic performance studies for HVDC/FACTS

Power electronics devices application

AC/DC network design

Technical information presentation

Customer interfacing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in power system engineering

Master's degree or PhD in related field

Job description

About us

At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as a Senior Power System Engineer to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all.

Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life.

National Grid is hiring Senior Power System Engineers for our Power Quality and Dynamic Performance (PQDP) Team based in Warwick.

About the role

As Power System Engineer, you'll lead the design of the electricity transmission system, ensuring optimum system design issues on National Grid Electricity Transmission's (NGET's) transmission network. Working closely with customers, supporting compliance assessments to ensure that they can connect to the transmission network.

You'll be involved in discussions and specifications of various technologies, e.g., HVDC and FACTS, collaborating in innovation projects and identifying technical requirements. To ensure compliance with relevant standards, you'll participate in advanced EMT modelling and system studies such as temporary overvoltages (TOV), harmonic analysis, voltage fluctuations, sub-synchronous torsional interaction (SSTI), and control interactions (CI). You'll maintain the integrity and safety of the network for all infrastructure and connection developments in the fields of power quality and dynamic performance.

You'll demonstrate solid understanding of power system fundamentals, power system dynamics, power quality, power system modelling and studies. You will have a bachelor's degree, master's degree or PhD in power system engineering or a related field.

What you'll need

• Strong skills in utilising RMS or EMT simulation tools (preferably DIgSILENT PowerFactory or PSCAD).
• Experience with dynamic performance studies for HVDC/ FACTS and/or windfarms.
• Good understanding on the application of power electronics-based devices in power systems (e.g., HVDC, FACTS, wind farm).
• AC/DC network design experience
• Ability to present technical information to a range of stakeholders through written reports and presentations.
• Customer interfacing skills.
• Experience in Power Industry/ Consultancy/ Manufacturing would be advantageous.

What you'll get

• Annual salary of £61,000 - £72,000 based on experience
• Annual Performance Based Bonus.
• 26 days annual leave plus eight statutory days.
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave - so long as it's relevant to your role.
• Access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

More information

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) own the electricity transmission network in England and Wales. Every time you plug in your phone or flick a light switch, we've played a part. Not only are we responsible for delivering energy to millions of homes and businesses, we are also driving the move to cleaner energy, and the Government's target of net zero emissions by 2050.

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity we provide gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our energy network connects the nation, so it's essential that it's continually evolving, advancing, and improving.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/

The closing date for applications is 23/06/25

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