Principal Engineer - Trans & Sub Asset Plg

Job Title: Principal Engineer - T&S Project Development (NY)

Location: Rochester, NY , Binghamton NY

Office

Salary: The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from $130k to $140k

Sign on bonus: YES

This position is part of a diverse team of utility experts tasked with

creating and executing on a best-in-class T&S asset planning strategy

across AVANGRID. This role utilizes practical and analytic knowledge to

perform needs and solution studies on T&S assets at all voltage levels

including the development of mitigating projects and programs.

This role leads or supports all of the T&S Asset Strategy

Responsibilities Including The Following

• Execution of the AVANGRID Asset Management initiative in the
  
  

electric networks organization.

• Point for decision making and navigation of T&S projects through
  
  

the Investment Planning process from inception through construction.

This includes technical oversight of all projects, including legacy

projects, through the various stages of design and construction.

• Research, development, continual refinement, and execution of an
  
  

industry leading T&S asset planning strategy.

• Ensuring that T&S asset condition needs across AVANGRID are
  
  

identified, prioritized, and addressed with appropriate mitigating

solutions in a comprehensive manner.

• Centralized oversight, development, support, and coordination of
  
  

the T&S capital project portfolio ensuring they have been properly

vetted and documented in support of prudent and defendable CAPEX

investment decision making.

• Anticipation, preparation and initiation of strategy discussions
  
  

and activities as required to meet regulator, customer and key

stakeholder expectations in support of business growth objectives.

• Developing and building collaborative and constructive
  
  

relationships with regulators and ISO’s by ensuring proposals are

thoughtful, prudent, and well documented.

Behavioral Skills And Requirements

Leadership Competencies

• Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.
• Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide
  
  

impact on the department

• Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills
• Ability to collaborate across departments
• Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards and best
  
  

practices

• Work independently with little supervision
  
  

Behavioral Competencies

• Develop self & others
• Empower to grow
• Collaborate and share
• Be a role model
• Focus to achieve results
• Be agile
  
  

Technical Skills And Requirements

The following skills and associated competency levels are desired of

those candidates seeking a position in Transmission & Asset Substation

Planning. However, Offsetting Industry And Other Relevant Technical

skills will be considered for candidates without previous experience in

these Transmission & Asset Substation Planning activities (e.g.

Transmission Planning, P&C, etc.).

Technical Skills/Competencies

• Theoretical Engineering knowledge: Planning, Operations and
  
  

Engineering Design, Analytics, Modeling & Calculation (e.g. sym.

Components, per unit, etc.), Understanding the Business Model

• Expert
• Practical Engineering Experience/Application: Planning,
  
  

Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g. field experience,

standardization, develop business case and defend in front of

stakeholders)

• Expert
• Engineering documentation: Ability to adequately document and
  
  

interpret engineering documentation, review and approve engineering work

done by others

• Expert
• Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment: Local, State
  
  

and Federal Regulatory Standards and Requirements (NERC, NPCC, ISO, PUC,

etc.)

• Expert
  
  

Functional Job Specific Competencies

• Strategic and Technical Leadership: Provides technical leadership
  
  

of internal or external contractor teams working across multiple

operating companies and geographic locations. Initiates, leads,

collaborates or advises on a broad range of highly complex multi-

disciplinary issues across electric Networks business areas such as

Asset Management, T&S project technical review, System Topology design,

Reliability and Resiliency, Equipment Standardization, Equipment

Ratings, and Protection & Control. Provides leadership and facilitates

collaborative decision making.

Advanced/Expert

• Communicate, influence and motivate: Use of developing verbal and
  
  

written communication skills with team members and management to inform

and influence others, providing input for business plans and decision

making.

Advanced/Expert

• Predict needs, direct the development of solutions: Support
  
  

studies and activities required to identify issues and system needs,

evaluate threats/opportunities, define and prioritize system-wide

solutions based on risk, value and implementation complexity.

Expert

Education & Experience Requirements

BSEE required with additional consideration given to applicants with

Advanced Degrees or Certifications (e.g. MSEE, PE, etc.)

10 years of experience (Industry Related)

Company

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP

Mobility Information

Please 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.

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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.

Job Posting End Date

January-24-2025