Lead Systems Planning Engineer

3 days ago


Waltham, Massachusetts, United States National Grid USA Full time
About Us

National Grid Ventures (NGV) is a leading player in the competitive transition infrastructure space, operating in the US and UK. We develop, operate, and invest in energy projects, technologies, and partnerships to accelerate the development of a clean energy future.

Job Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead System Planning Engineer to join our Grid Integration and Planning Team. This individual will play a critical role in supporting our NGV projects by conducting transmission analysis and working with interconnection interfaces in PJM, NYISO, and ISO-NE.

The successful candidate will develop work products that provide sufficient decision-making information to management and will be responsible for effectuating the interconnection of projects with the transmission system. This role will provide support to key initiatives to drive NGV's growth and partnerships throughout the Northeast US.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform, lead, or facilitate engineering and transmission assessments and analyses.
  • Support production cost modeling, economic and regional market evaluations to assist in key strategic insights, identify or confirm project opportunities and solutions.
  • Apply innovative approaches to simulation and analysis that can help identify or support new initiatives.
  • Conduct technical analysis as needed to support potential project partnerships.
  • Document, present and report findings and justifications. Help prepare executive summaries or investment committee papers.
  • Support or lead on siting, permitting and licensing requirements and/or hearings, if required.
  • Represent National Grid interests on national, regional, and local levels when necessary.
  • Oversee consultants, engineers or other subject matter experts as required to augment or complement the Business Development team.
  • Work in a project team and matrix environment interacting with individuals across NG functions in the US and UK.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related technical fields. Power systems focus desired.
  • Experience in transmission system analysis.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex model outputs into business insight & articulate the impact of results.
  • Broad knowledge of US power industry standards, structures, policies, regulations & market fundamentals is essential.
  • Familiarity with recent trends and technologies in electric transmission, on-shore and off-shore wind, other large-scale renewable generation, energy storage, conventional generation and emerging technologies such as green hydrogen.
  • Strong track record of relevant professional experience in projects, including developing business cases, optioneering, data analysis, estimating and work structure planning.
  • Flair for handling & manipulating data to forecast, derive trends and test sensitivities.
  • Interest in offshore wind and competitive transmission project development and execution.
  • Excellent communication skills with proven ability to persuade, challenge and build credibility based on personally derived recommendations.
  • Computational literacy including handling large data sets is mandatory.
  • Fundamental understanding of the components of offshore and onshore transmission grid assets including key risks and opportunities is required.
  • Ability to develop tools and processes to facilitate best practice & knowledge sharing.
What We Offer

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills.

Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.



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