Transmission Strategy and Development - Engineer III

APS (Arizona Public Service); Phoenix (AZ); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Arizona Public Service (APS) is seeking a Transmission Strategy and Development Engineer III to evaluate the APS transmission system and develop long‑term projects that support the delivery of new generation resources. Projects may be APS self-build or third‑party developer efforts, with leadership across multiple studies from initiation to handoff.

You will work with external consultants, stay current on industry best practices, and provide technical direction to ensure reliability and

Formación

• Experience with transmission project development and planning.

Responsabilidades

• Develop long-term transmission projects and promote new investment in transmission infrastructure enabling new capacity for resource delivery and transmission opportunities.
• Act as the technical contact for our 3rd party consultants; answering questions, ensuring proper study scope and assumptions, coordinating base cases, and bridging between the APS Transmission Planning team
• Advise our New Generation Development team on the interconnection of new resources; reliability impacts and ability to deliver the resource
• Perform technical studies, using system models to evaluate reliability and deliverability of proposed projects

Conocimientos

Project leadership

Technical direction

Stakeholder coordination

Transmission planning

Analytical studies

Descripción del empleo

Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state's largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country's fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.

Summary

The Transmission Strategy and Development - Engineer III is responsible for evaluating APS's transmission system to develop new transmission projects that will support the delivery of new generation resources to serve our growing load base. This may be done through APS self-build projects or the participation in third-party developer projects. Duties will consist of conducting a variety of transmission studies analyzing reliability and deliverability impacts of new transmission and generation projects. The engineer will be responsible for project leadership of multiple projects simultaneously for which they will provide oversight, report outs, and coordination from initiation through handoff to the development team. The engineer will maintain a thorough knowledge of new developments, technologies, and industry best practices. The engineer will also coordinate, administer, and provide technical direction to outside study consultants. This position works outside APS's standard Transmission Planning team focusing on longer term transmission projects that enable resource delivery and transmission capacity opportunities. We do not focus on NERC standards or traditional capital planning for general system growth.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop long-term transmission projects and promote new investment in transmission infrastructure enabling new capacity for resource delivery and transmission opportunities
• Act as the technical contact for our 3rd party consultants; answering questions, ensuring proper study scope and assumptions, coordinating base cases, and bridging between the APS Transmission Planning team
• Advise our New Generation Development team on the interconnection of new resources; reliability impacts and ability to deliver the resource
• Perform technical studies, using system