Transmission Planning Engineers

Job Title: Transmission Planning Engineers

Work Type: In Office

Reports To: Manager Transmission Planning

Location: Rochester, NY

Salary: The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location $78k-98k+++

Summary:

Avangrid is growing! We are actively hiring electrical engineers of all experience levels for our New York Transmission Planning team to join us in Rochester.

In these roles, you will be able to:

• Collaborate, perform, and lead reliability and/or economic driven studies including voltage, thermal, PV, transfer limit, short circuit, and stability assessments.

• 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.

• Innovate and integrate improvements to increase the precision and efficiency of transmission planning.

• Develop subject matter expert skills as necessary to mentor and support the team to aid in the advancement of business needs.

• Collaborate and interact with internal teams and industry peers on regional activities (e.g. NPCC, ISO’s, etc.).

• Develop and apply a thorough understanding of various planning criteria, guidelines, standards (e.g. NERC, NPCC, etc.) and analysis software packages such as PSS/E, TARA, and ASPEN.

• Participate in transmission and substation site inspections; attend industry workshops, training, and user group meetings as needs arise.

Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy systems, Power systems or similar discipline is required. 2+ years of utility or energy experience highly preferred

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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/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.

Avangrid 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. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

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