Senior Power Systems Planning Engineer

Eversource Energy; Hartford Township (OH); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Eversource Energy in the United States is seeking a Principal Engineer, System Planning, to lead transmission planning efforts and deliver advanced studies across the bulk power system. The role involves coordinating with ISO-NE, NPCC, and NEPOOL, and developing robust model improvements for future reliability and performance.

The position emphasizes technical leadership, regulatory support, and collaboration across departments, with a hybrid schedule and multidisciplinary responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required; power systems specialization preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years specialized experience in power system design and software simulations.
• PE License preferred.
• Experience applying NERC, NPCC, ISO-NE standards and planning procedures.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical specialist to transmission planning with advanced theory and tools.
• Direct, as team or project leader, highly complex assessments and modelling.
• Prepare documentation and testimony for regulatory filings or compliance studies.
• Present recommendations to management at appropriate levels.
• Represent Eversource on regional and national committees and working groups.
• Lead reliability and strategic scenario-based planning studies (thermal, voltage, stability, PV, etc.).
• Contribute to model development and updates with technical input.
• Interface with ISO-NE and other stakeholders to document needs and challenges.

Skills

Power system modeling

Transmission planning

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)

Tools

PSSE

OneLiner

PSCAD

TARA

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Python

VBA

EMTP

ATP

PI Processbook

SharePoint

OneDrive

Job description

Eversource Energy in the United States is seeking a Principal Engineer, System Planning, to lead transmission planning efforts and deliver advanced studies across the bulk power system. The role involves coordinating with ISO-NE, NPCC, and NEPOOL, and developing robust model improvements for future reliability and performance.

The position emphasizes technical leadership, regulatory support, and collaboration across departments, with a hybrid schedule and multidisciplinary responsibilities.