# Graduate Development Program, Associate Engineer, Transmission Planning Modeling

About the Position Interested in helping shape the future of the electric grid? As an Associate Engineer on the Transmission Planning Modeling team, you'll help develop and maintain the power system models used to evaluate grid reliability, support generation interconnections, and plan future transmission investments across New England. Working alongside experienced engineers, you'll gain hands-on experience in power system modeling, transmission planning, and electric grid operations while contributing to studies that help ensure a safe, reliable, and resilient energy network. What You'll Do Develop and maintain transmission planning models used to evaluate system reliability and future grid needs. Update planning cases to reflect transmission projects, generation interconnections, load forecast changes, and system modifications. Perform model validation and quality assurance reviews to ensure planning data accurately represents the transmission system. Collaborate with engineering, operations, and asset management teams to gather, verify, and maintain system information. Support transmission planning studies, including power flow, short-circuit, and system performance analyses. A

- **Id**: 3958276
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/national-grid-graduate-development-program-associate-engineer-transmission-planning-modeling>
- **Role**: Energy
- **Role family**: Energy
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Waltham, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T04:03:27Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6593
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Power Grid

## Company

- **Id**: 1754610
- **Name**: National Grid
- **Domain**: nationalgrid.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/national-grid>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 8
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.125
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 14
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 101000
- **Max**: 119000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 119000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **New Jersey** — Kind: city
- **Pennsylvania** — Kind: city
- **Massachusetts** — Kind: city
- **Connecticut** — Kind: city
- **Maine** — Kind: city
- **New York** — Kind: city
- **Rhode Island** — Kind: city
- **New Hampshire** — Kind: city

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T10:00:54Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 24 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 24

## Liveness

- **Score**: 79
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.874
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:mid, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 119000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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