Lead Engineer, Electrical Planning and Design

About us

National Grid is hiring a Sub-Transmission Planning Lead Engineer for our Distribution Planning & Asset Management (DPAM) department in Albany, NY or Brooklyn, NY.                                             

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. 

The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

The Sub-Transmission Planning Engineer in Distribution Planning & Asset Management will develop recommendations for required modifications and additions to the sub-transmission facilities to enhance the resiliency of the system to adverse weather events and to modernize the grid in a fashion to meet forecasted capacity requirements and expanding customer service quality expectations in an economic manner that optimizes the use of existing systems and minimizes environmental concerns.

Key Accountabilities

• As a DPAM Lead Engineer, the primary responsibilities will be to provide immediate and long-term system planning and asset management direction in an interdependent and synergistic practice.  Understanding and implementing electric and budgetary guidance/action on a regional, divisional, and statewide basis will be fundamental to the success of this position.
• This position supports a host of activities that address customer technical requirements; assists regional customer operations and the technical operation of the sub-transmission system; leads activities in tracking regional sub-transmission reliability performance and promoting actions to improve it; and supports DPAM in completing its responsibilities.
• Responsibilities include customer and distributed generation studies and interconnection compliance verification engineering activities as well as providing technical guidance to customer support organizations.
• Provides support to other areas of National Grid such as Electric Operations, Regional Control Center, Substation Engineering, Distribution Design, Smart Grid & New Energy Solutions.
• Distributed Generation study and support will be a key role for this position.  This position will provide technical expertise and support from an engineering perspective to ensure integration of distributed generation to the electric power system in compliance with the NYSIR, NYISO Small Generator Interconnection Process and National Grid’s energization requirements.
• Represent the company in industry and regulatory working groups as appropriate.  Assure the focus and attainment of business goals and objectives
• Lead, review, and support products (e.g., models, simulation outputs, system analysis and conclusions, communication) developed by other team members.
• Train and guide team members.
• Lead and support an inclusive and professional work environment.
• Improve the modeling and simulation methods, and the reporting tools. 
• Improve study processes and methods, as well as record-keeping methods.

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

• Able to motivate, counsel, coach, and develop direct reports and others.
• Experience establishing clearly defined goals and standards of employee performance.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited engineering school.
• A minimum 10 years of related experience
• Advanced knowledge of SIEMENS PSS/E power flow software
• Knowledge of relevant industry practice, standards and legislation.
• Knowledge of current trends within the industry and developments in legislation or regulation.
• Knowledge of National Grid's business operations, company policies and practices preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Work in a Project Management team environment.
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