Consultant, Customer Energy Integration

About us

 

 

 

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

 

 

National Grid is hiring a Consultant, Renewable Energy Connections (CE/) for our Upstate NY Customer Energy Integration team. This role can be based in Albany NY, Utica NY, or Syracuse NY location.

 

 

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

 

 

 

National Grid is looking for a customer-facing professional who will own and manage the relationship with distributed generation (DG) applicants throughout the company's interconnection process. Successful candidates will have strong interpersonal, technical and project management skills. The successful candidate will enable customer sponsored DG projects to be interconnected with consideration for customer experience, cost effectiveness, and technical requirements within state regulated timelines.

 

The professional will act as the customer's primary point of contact guiding them through regulatory, legislative, and technical obligations from the preliminary stages of complex electric projects through interconnection. This includes obtaining and interpreting technical documentation, assisting customers with evaluating the feasibility of projects, performing preliminary screenings/feasibility reviews, coordinating for detailed studies, drafting contractual agreements, and facilitating interconnections with multitude internal and external stakeholders throughout the application and construction process.

 

As a DG subject matter expert, the candidate will also be expected to provide outreach and educate others on DG initiatives. This position will also get involved.

 

 

Key Accountabilities

 

 

Position Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

 

• Manage DG projects with customers, external vendors, contractors and consultants to ensure timely delivery of utility services and completion of the project.
• Conduct engineering screenings/feasibility reviews, maintain work management system and update procedures to support the design solutions that enhance Distributed Generation programs.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with network strategy, account development, inside and outsides sales, regulatory, energy product & program management, jurisdictional teams and external vendors in order to facilitate communications, integrate work and ensure the successful delivery of company's products and programs.
• Challenge existing policies and procedures to continuously seek ways to enhance customer service and cost-effectiveness.

• Coordinate internal and external resources assigned to perform comprehensive engineering studies (i.e. Impact, CESIR, etc), commissioning analysis and reports in o