Lead Engineer - T&S Asset Management

Title Lead Engineer - T&S Asset Management

Location: Augusta ME

Salary range: The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from $110,000 to $129,924.
 

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for the development, implementation, and ongoing support of a best-in-class asset management model for all AVANGRID physical assets.  This role will provide data analysis and subject matter expertise to the organization including health and risk assessments of the population of physical assets as well as supporting repair or replace asset strategies.

This position is responsible for developing and maintaining various criteria, standards, and process documents (e.g. T&S “Brownfield” needs and solutions replacement strategy, etc.)  which will aid in the execution of field surveys, analysis for pre-conceptual/conceptual engineering activities, and comprehensive needs and solutions assessments.  This role is expected to be Planning’s “go-to” resource when it comes to health assessments of our fleet of assets as well as the application of industry codes & standards (e.g. NESC, ASCE, ISO 55000, etc.) in support of project development.

Specific responsibilities include leading AVANGRID efforts to:

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve a best in class asset management program.

• Assess, recommend, and implement organizational process and resource changes and make use of latest technology to improve efficiencies.

• Influence the organization’s acceptance and use of asset management best practices in daily activities.

• Actively collaborate with other companies and industry peers (e.g. CEAITI, AMI, NATF, etc.) to ensure appropriate continual improvement and benchmarking.

• Influence positive regulatory outcomes by preparing, submitting, and defending (e.g. witness, etc.) high quality asset management strategies and policies that drive prudent decision making and reliability improvements.

• Develop and build collaborative relationships with internal business areas (e.g. Operations, Maintenance, etc.) as well as external stakeholders (e.g. regulators and ISO’s) by providing subject matter expertise as well as thoughtful, prudent, and well documented support for AVANGRID’s asset management practices.

• Develop and implement methods to objectively monitor health, risk, performance and rates of deterioration or improvement of AVANGRID’s physical asset base.

• Develop and continually maintain AVANGRID’s Asset Condition Criteria (e.g. T&S Brownfield Minimum Criteria and Guidance).  Updates to these criteria will be informed by the development of new techniques and methods to analyze facilities and information obtained by performing facility surveys.

• Actively monitor industry standards (e.g. NESC, ASCE) in support of best practices and represents T&S Asset Planning in the review and endorsement of AVANGRID’s TM Design Standards.

• Oversee, develop, and maintain the tools necessary for +200/-50% (IP1) project cost estimates for project development

• Develop comprehensive multi-year facility/drone inspection programs and schedules to support OpCo rate case preparation and establish the basis for future project opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic and Technical Leadership: Provides strategic leadership and collaboration with teams across multiple business areas. Initiates, leads, collaborates an advises on a broad range of asset management issues,  project technical reviews, equipment standardization, etc. Provides technical leadership of internal or external contractor teams working across multiple operating companies and geographic locations.

Communicate, influence and motivate: Use of excellent verbal and written communication skills with all levels of management to inform and influence others, providing strategic input for business plans and decision making.  Serves as a witness on regulatory and technical issues to advance business objectives (ISO’s, siting council, PUC’s, etc.). Represent AVANGRID in national and regional forums.

Predict needs, inform project opportunities: Initiate and lead asset class and comprehensive facility assessment studies to identify system needs, and evaluate threats/opportunities.  Establishment of strategy for the prioritization of sy