High Voltage Power Engineering Lead
About This Role
As part of Intersect’s Engineering team, you will direct the design, coordination, and technical oversight of high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) systems across different technology and resources such as solar, wind, battery storage, datacenter, and natural gas projects. You will set the strategy for utility interconnection, optimize complex substation and transmission designs, and support projects from early development through financing, construction, and commissioning. Beyond project delivery, you will also provide ongoing technical support to Operations and compliance, ensuring assets perform reliably throughout their lifecycle. This is a highly cross-functional leadership and management role, requiring close collaboration with Development, Permitting, Construction, Finance, Operations, and external EPCs, utilities, and consultants.
Team Overview
The Engineering team ensures Intersect’s energy projects are technically sound, cost-optimized, and built for long-term reliability. We develop standards, review designs, and coordinate across functions to bring complex clean energy facilities online at scale. By bridging technical expertise with project execution, we help Intersect accelerate deployment while meeting the highest safety, quality, and performance standards. Joining this team means shaping the backbone of our power infrastructure and driving the interconnection of next-generation energy projects.
What You’ll Do
Oversee the development and review of preliminary HV transmission and substation designs, as well as MV distribution/collector designs.
Lead and manage EPCs, engineers of record, and external consultants to optimize facility design and execution.
Strategize and govern the maintenance and improvement of internal design tools for engineering analysis and calculation.
Drive and lead recurring meetings with utilities to advance interconnection discussions from development through commissioning.
Lead the support and review of interconnection applications and dynamic models to ensure accuracy and compliance.
Serve as the primary Engineering Manager for Independent Engineer (IE) diligence and project financing reviews.
Establish, develop, and govern technical specifications, design criteria, standards, and EPC technical exhibits.
Lead the review of vendor specifications, testing protocols, and commercial agreements to ensure alignment with project requirements and cost optimization.
Manage the EPC RFP process to ensure technical requirements are clearly defined and competitive.
Manage and coordinate with Development, Land, Permitting, Construction, and Operations teams to ensure seamless project delivery.
Direct the resolution of regulatory, permitting, and complex technical challenges with a focus on cost, schedule, and quality.
Instill and champion high standards of safety, environmental stewardship, and constructability across all engineering activities.
What You’ll Bring
15+ years total experience, with significant time spent in a technical leadership or management capacity.
Extensive experience in clean energy project development, including interconnection, owner’s engineering/IE oversight, EPC management, and commercial negotiations.
Deep experience leading HV substation/collector design (34.5-500 kV) at a developer, EoR, or EPC.
Experience delivering utility-scale projects through energization.
Proven ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams and external consultants/contractors.
Strong understanding of HV transmission, substation equipment, MV distribution, metering, relaying, and SCADA/plant controllers.
Technical expertise in power system design, optimization, and studies.
Understanding of interconnection processes in ERCOT and similar markets.
Advanced knowledge of steady-state modeling tools such as ETAP, SKP, or DigSILENT.