Transmission Planning Analyst: Location-Centric Strategy

NiSource Inc.; Merrillville (IN); On-site; USD 82,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

NiSource seeks an Integrated System Planning (ISP) Analyst Transmission to manage location-centric resource planning in the transmission domain. You will work with planning, construction, and finance to ensure accurate, well-governed planning outputs that meet the needs of the broader ISP ecosystem.

You will model ambiguities, set guardrails for location-centric planning, quantify risks affecting schedule and cost, and integrate insights into enterprise planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
• 3+ years of electric utility experience.
• Knowledge of transmission planning concepts, inputs, and scenarios.
• Experience applying planning tools to inform asset decisions and investments.

Responsibilities

• Model location-centric assumptions within the Transmission domain.
• Interface with Transmission to set guardrails for planning and throughput.
• Quantify impacts of risks to scale, schedule, and cost for planning scenarios.
• Integrate Transmission insights into broader planning deliverables.
• Work independently with minimal supervision and manage competing deadlines.

Skills

Transmission planning

Scenario analysis

Data interpretation

Stakeholder comms

Project management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology

Tools

PSSE

PowerGEM TARA

Job description

NiSource seeks an Integrated System Planning (ISP) Analyst Transmission to manage location-centric resource planning in the transmission domain. You will work with planning, construction, and finance to ensure accurate, well-governed planning outputs that meet the needs of the broader ISP ecosystem.

You will model ambiguities, set guardrails for location-centric planning, quantify risks affecting schedule and cost, and integrate insights into enterprise planning.