Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Engineer  
 

Office Location: NY - Rochester - 3 City Ctr 

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from: $76186 to $95233

Job Summary:

The Electrical Engineer within the Projects Organization is responsible for overseeing the portfolio of projects assigned to the unit. This role ensures that each project adheres to regulatory requirements, company standards, and maintain consistency through. The Electrical Engineer will report directly to the Unit Manager and work closely with cross-functional project teams to support project needs as directed by the Project Manager and Unit Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Performs engineering analyses of the electric substation and transmission system and recommends actions to develop design options or recommendations for major substations and transmission construction projects.
• Develops engineer conceptual design for substations and transmission line projects on Utilities.
• Participate on the detailed design, performing engineering reviews, calculations and/or recommending drawings or system improvements, according standards or international codes.
• Originates electric system and component reliability studies and outage contingency plans.
• Creates BID Forms for engineering services and/or PayCU’s for Construction services, to follow the company’s procurement policies.
• Ensure that all electrical documents are issued on time. Develops and validates information needed for engineering analyses and applies engineering judgment to solve complex technical problems.
• Analyze and assess complex transmission systems at numerous voltage levels. 
• Document and communicate results and recommendations as appropriate including data manipulation, report writing, and summary presentations.
• Oversee quality aspects of engineering, including compliance with design standards and accuracy of documentation, field analysis and reporting, and test data.
• Lead collaborative analysis and review of projects, studies, and best practices with Engineering peers.
• Effectively manage external engineering partners. Ensure project risks are identified, understood, and addressed on time.
• Participate in substation site inspections and project meetings as needs arise.
• Assists during storm restoration effort.
• Directs engineering contractors and consultants. Ensure effective communications with other engineering disciplines, project management and client teams.
• Implements new technology to enhance power system performance when required.
• Provides power system commissioning support and supervision when required.
• Provides engineering support during construction and testing and commissioning phases when required.

Required Qualifications

Experience and Education :

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in electrical engineering and design for utilities.
• CAD Drafting, PLS-CADD Modeling, and other Engineering tools.
• Construction and Outage Sequencing.
• Industry Codes, Standards, and Regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge on Electric substations and transmission systems planning, operations, and/or protection.
• Knowledge of running and analyzing electric power load flows.
• Knowledge of FERC and state regulations.
• Experience utilizing AutoCAD and other Engineering tools.
• Experience working with contractors

Competencies

• Growth & Continuous Improvement
• Initiative & Change
• Focused on Results
• Customer Centric (internal and/or External)
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Disclaimer

AVANGRID is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. AVANGRID is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, gender, gender identification, gender expression, race, color, religion, national origin, age, ancestry, genetic information, medical condition, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other characteristics or conditions protected by law.

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule