Principal Engineer - Trans & Sub Asset Plg

Job Title:       Principal Engineer - T&S Project Development (NY)

Location: Rochester, NY , Binghamton NY

Office

Salary: The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from $130k to $140k

Sign on bonus: YES

This position is part of a diverse team of utility experts tasked with

creating and executing on a best-in-class T&S asset planning strategy

across AVANGRID. This role utilizes practical and analytic knowledge to

perform needs and solution studies on T&S assets at all voltage levels

including the development of mitigating projects and programs.

This role leads or supports all of the T&S Asset Strategy

responsibilities including the following:

•              Execution of the AVANGRID Asset Management initiative in the

electric networks organization.

•              Point for decision making and navigation of T&S projects through

the Investment Planning process from inception through construction.

This includes technical oversight of all projects, including legacy

projects, through the various stages of design and construction.

•              Research, development, continual refinement, and execution of an

industry leading T&S asset planning strategy.

•              Ensuring that T&S asset condition needs across AVANGRID are

identified, prioritized, and addressed with appropriate mitigating

solutions in a comprehensive manner.

•              Centralized oversight, development, support, and coordination of

the T&S capital project portfolio ensuring they have been properly

vetted and documented in support of prudent and defendable CAPEX

investment decision making.

•              Anticipation, preparation and initiation of strategy discussions

and activities as required to meet regulator, customer and key

stakeholder expectations in support of business growth objectives.

•              Developing and building collaborative and constructive

relationships with regulators and ISO’s by ensuring proposals are

thoughtful, prudent, and well documented.

Behavioral Skills and Requirements

Leadership Competencies

•              Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.

•              Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide

impact on the department

•              Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills

•              Ability to collaborate across departments

•              Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards and best

practices

•              Work independently with little supervision

Behavioral Competencies

•              Develop self & others

•              Empower to grow

•              Collaborate and share

•              Be a role model

•              Focus to achieve results

•              Be agile

Technical Skills and Requirements

The following skills and associated competency levels are desired of

those candidates seeking a position in Transmission & Asset Substation

Planning.  However, offsetting industry and other relevant technical

skills will be considered for candidates without previous experience in

these Transmission & Asset Substation Planning activities (e.g.

Transmission Planning, P&C, etc.).

Technical Skills/Competencies

•              Theoretical Engineering knowledge: Planning, Operations and

Engineering Design, Analytics, Modeling & Calculation (e.g. sym.

Components, per unit, etc.), Understanding the Business Model

<Required Competency Level> - Expert

•              Practical Engineering Experience/Application: Planning,

Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g. field experience,

standardization, develop business case and defend in front of

stakeholders)

<Required Competency Level> - Expert

•              Engineering documentation: Ability to adequately document and

interpret engineering documentation, review and approve engineering work

done by others

<Required Competency Level> - Expert

•              Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment: Local, State

and Federal Regulatory Standards and Requirements (NERC, NPCC, ISO, PUC,

etc.)

<Required Competency Level> - Expert

Functional