Transmission Planning Engineer – Shape Grid Reliability

Avangrid; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 78,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP in Rochester, NY is actively hiring Transmission Planning Engineers to join our growing NY Transmission Planning team. You will collaborate on reliability and economic studies across voltage levels and help document and communicate results with data, reports, and presentations.

We seek candidates with a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and 2+ years of utility experience. You will use software like PSS/E, TARA, and ASPEN to analyze systems and support engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy systems, Power systems or similar discipline required.
• 2+ years of utility or energy experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate, perform, and lead reliability and/or economic driven studies including voltage, thermal, PV, transfer limit, short circuit, and stability assessments.
• Analyze and assess complex transmission systems at numerous voltage levels. Document and communicate results and recommendations as appropriate including data manipulation, report writing, and summary presentations.
• Innovate and integrate improvements to increase the precision and efficiency of transmission planning.
• Develop subject matter expert skills as necessary to mentor and support the team to aid in the advancement of business needs.
• Collaborate and interact with internal teams and industry peers on regional activities (e.g. NPCC, ISO's, etc.).
• Develop and apply a thorough understanding of various planning criteria, guidelines, standards (e.g. NERC, NPCC, etc.) and analysis software packages such as PSS/E, TARA, and ASPEN.
• Participate in transmission and substation site inspections; attend industry workshops, training, and user group meetings as needs arise.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy systems, Power systems or similar

Tools

PSS/E

TARA

ASPEN

Job description

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP in Rochester, NY is actively hiring Transmission Planning Engineers to join our growing NY Transmission Planning team. You will collaborate on reliability and economic studies across voltage levels and help document and communicate results with data, reports, and presentations.

We seek candidates with a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and 2+ years of utility experience. You will use software like PSS/E, TARA, and ASPEN to analyze systems and support engineering