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The role leads multidisciplinary teams and coordinates engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, procurement, and regulatory stakeholders to deliver capital programs safely, efficiently, and in accordance with company standards.\nKey Responsibilities:\nParticipates in and sets the general and long-term strategy for Substation Automation capital investments.\nPrepares investment justification documents to support the required level of investment for Substation Automation programs.\nCoordinates execution of the Substation Automation capital plan with Regulatory, Planning, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Electric Operations, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, and Projects stakeholders.\nEstablishes portfolio priorities, resource plans, schedules, budgets, risk-management strategies, and performance KPIs; monitors adherence to the plan and recommends improvements in execution.\nIdentifies and measures KPIs to ensure realization of operational benefits for Avangrid and its customers from the deployment of digitalization.\nSets general criteria and procedures to ensure an efficient execution of Substations Automation deployment plans.\nIdentifies gaps in current operational processes and proposes improvements to optimize the operational benefits of the digitalization efforts.\nEnsures coordination of the Substation Automation program with all other digitalization workstreams while maintaining alignment with project goals and company standards.\nProvides technical guidance on Substations Automation in coordination with local standardization groups.\nDevelops a strong relationship with internal areas in order to direct process change implementation (Projects, Processes & Technology, OSG, Operations).\nLeads and develops assigned employees and multidisciplinary teams, including project managers, engineers, construction personnel, consultants, and contractors.\nSets group goals and strategic direction and initiates action plans and assignments to accomplish goals.\nDevelops business plans with technical justifications and economic impact and seeks approval from executives.\nProvides technical support, guidance, coaching, performance direction, and professional development for employees and project teams. Establishes organizational performance measures and initiates actions to enhance performance.\nRequired Qualifications:\nEducation & Experience Required:\nBachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline, with at least 10 years of relevant experience in energy infrastructure, electric utility projects, or transmission and distribution substations.\nDemonstrated ability to lead technical specialists and provide governance and strategic direction for programs.\nMinimum of 5 years of experience managing or executing substation modernization, SCADA and automation, breaker replacement, protection and control or other electric utility capital programs.\nBroad knowledge of all stages of a substation project, including conceptual design, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational handover.\nBroad experience developing procurement strategies and managing consultants, contractors, equipment suppliers, and service providers supporting utility capital projects.\nBroad knowledge of substations operation and maintenance.\nExperience in developing processes, procedures and performance KPIs for continuous improvement.\nFamiliarity with New York utility regulatory requirements, capital investment planning, ratecase support, and the preparation of investment justification documentation.\nExperience using SAP.\nExperience using Primavera.\nSkills/Abilities:\nExceptionally strong planning, coordinating and organizational skills.\nStrong leadership skills, with ability to manage multiple assignments and conflict resolution.\nAble to foster individual professional development.\nStrong communication skills to articulate highly technical concepts.\nDemonstrated commitment to safety and compliance.\nAble to communicate effectively with regulatory and governmental agencies and other Avangrid Networks companies.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience in reviewing and analyzing federal and state statutory and regulatory codes (FERC/NERC/NPCC) and actions and proposing long term plans to address the requirements.\nMBA, PMP certification, or another advanced business or project-management qualification preferred.\nCompany:\nNY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORPMobility Information\nPlease note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.\nAt Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.\nIf you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at .\nAvangrid 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/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.\nAvangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. 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