SR Manager, Transmission Strategy - ERCOT

AES Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Corporation is seeking a Transmission Strategy SR Manager for the ERCOT region to lead transmission planning and nodal production cost modeling. You will shape market-wide transmission strategy and coordinate with Development, Commercial, and Execution teams to apply strategy at the project level.

The role requires running power flow analyses and nodal production cost models using industry tools, with strong knowledge of power system economics and regulatory processes.

Qualifications

• Deep relevant experience including transmission planning, market design, and interconnection policy.
• Experience with multiple RTOs and non-RTO regions is a plus.
• Experience with resource adequacy and/or market operations is preferred.
• Experience running power flow analyses with industry tools is required.
• Experience running nodal production cost models with industry tools is required.
• Strong knowledge of power system economics, dispatch trends, and LMP trends is preferred.
• FERC/ISO/RTO/TO planning and generation interconnection processes experience is required.
• Experience negotiating Transmission Services Agreements is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead ERCOT transmission strategy, planning, and market design efforts.
• Run power flow studies and nodal production cost models to support projects.
• Coordinate with Development, Commercial, and Execution teams on strategy.
• Assess transmission deliverability risks, opportunities, and interconnection studies.
• Guide project prioritization for greenfield, acquisitions, and existing pipelines.
• Review TSAs and advise on wheeling strategies across balancing authorities.

Skills

Power flow analysis

Nodal production cost modeling

Power system economics

FERC/ISO/RTO/TO knowledge

Project management

Teamwork

Technical communication

Travel readiness

AI/Automation experience

Tools

powerGEM TARA

Siemens PSS/E

GE PSLF

PROMOD

UPLAN

GE MAPS

Aurora

Job description

Company

Are you ready to be part of a company that's not just talking about the future, but actively shaping it? Join The AES Corporation, the largest US-based global power company with a team of 8,300 employees across 12 countries. AES has been ranked #1 by BloombergNEF in renewable energy sales to corporations in the US and Americas for five consecutive years, providing electricity for millions of people worldwide. We are proud to foster a strong workplace culture, earning prominent positions in Great Place to Work rankings across the markets where we operate. AES was also named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th consecutive year in 2026, highlighting our dedication to integrity, transparency, and responsible business practices. Our spirit of innovation continues to earn industry recognition. AES is the only seven-time winner of the Edison Electric Institute’s Edison Awards in the twenty-first century, a distinction honoring global leadership in advancing the electric power industry. If you're ready to be part of a company that's not just adapting to change, but driving it, AES is the place for you. We're not just building a more sustainable future, we're powering it.

Position Overview

AES Clean Energy (AES) is seeking a Transmission Strategy SR Manager for the ERCOT region, and possibly additional markets, to join our Transmission Strategy team. This role is responsible for both transmission planning and nodal production cost modeling. AES is at the forefront of technical and strategic innovation. This team is central to continuing our industry leadership as one of the largest U.S. Independent Clean Power Producers, across Solar, Wind, and Storage. This ERCOT SR Manager, Transmission Strategy role, will serve as the principal Transmission Strategy lead for ERCOT, and possibly additional continental US energy markets. The Transmission Strategy team is responsible for setting a transmission focused market-wide strategy in all Continental U.S. energy markets, and integrating that strategy across AES teams, including Development, Commercial, and Execution teams, partnering with Development, Commercial, and Execution teams to apply transmission strategy at the project level. This strategy will be applied to prioritizing our greenfield efforts, prioritizing our project acquisition efforts, and prioritizing our existing project pipeline. The Transmission Strategy team is also responsible for facilitating transmission strategies in certain RTOs and with particular projects, project specific assessment of network impacts, and deliverability risks and opportunities. This function is critical through all stages of development, from greenfield prospecting through late-stage interconnection studies and agreement execution. The Transmission Strategy team relies on a combination of traditional transmission planning and load flow analysis, while pioneering innovative approaches to anticipate transmission network opportunities and risks. The team relies on a mix of conducting in-house and consultant-supported load flow studies.

Key Qualifications & Responsibilities

• Deep relevant experience including transmission planning, market design, and interconnection policy is required.
• Experience with multiple Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) and other non-RTO regions is a plus, but not a requirement.
• Experience with resource adequacy and/or market operations is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience personally running power flow analysis with at least one of the industry-accepted tools (i.e. powerGEM TARA, Siemens PSS/E, GE PSLF) required.
• Ideally, demonstrated project management experience including some experience overseeing others to run power flow studies, and experience with contractors running power flow studies is preferred.
• Familiarity with basic concepts in short circuit and stability analysis is beneficial.
• Demonstrated experience personally running nodal production cost models with at least one of the industry-accepted tools (i.e., PROMOD, UPLAN, GE MAPS, Aurora) is required.
• Strong knowledge of power system economics including dispatch trends, curtailment trends, and locational marginal pricing trends is preferred.
• Experience with FERC/ISO/RTO/TO Transmission Planning and Generation Interconnection processes required.
• Experience with reviewing and negotiating Transmission Services Agreements (TSAs) preferred.
• Experience with assessing strategies for wheeling across balancing authorities is beneficial.
• Experience with renewable energy development is beneficial.
• Ability to create a positive and productive teamwork environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both commercial and technical venues.
• Ability to present complex technical content in a simplified and useful manner for a non-technical audience.
• Ability to innovate and resolve complex challenges.
• Willingness to travel as needed, which is not expected to exceed 10% of the time.
• AI and/or Automation experience is a plus.
• Vision for what is needed to achieve success and ability to implement an effective plan of action.

Equal Opportunity

AES is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to building strength and delivering long-term sustainability through diversity and inclusion.

Respecting all backgrounds, differences and perspectives enables us to improve the lives of our people, customers, suppliers, contractors, and the communities in which we live and work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and/or expression, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical condition, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.

Compliance

E-Verify Notice: AES will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Accelerating the future of energy, together Our people are our energy and have transformed AES into the type of energy company that the world needs today and in the future. Coming from all walks of life, our people share a passion for improving lives by advancing the energy sector through innovation, collaboration and action. We are working in an industry that requires new thinking and ways of working together to create solutions that are both economically and environmentally viable, not just one or the other. We are looking for passionate people to join us in our mission to accelerate the future of energy.