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National Grid
Senior Engineer, Electrical Planning and Design
Syracuse, NY
Oct 12, 2024
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About us

National Grid is hiring a Senior Engineer in Syracuse, NY

Every day we deliver safe and clean energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

Perform Transmission Planning functions within the Transmission Planning group responsible for New York. Establish transmission development/expansion plans for the optimized, safe and effective management of our transmission assets with respect to thermal (powerflow), stability, voltage, and short circuit requirements over their whole lifecycle in New York.

Key Accountabilities

  • Conduct analytical studies for transmission system expansion, interconnection of new generation, and load to the transmission system. These analytical studies should consider power system thermal, voltage, and reactive behavior, and short circuit performance as they relate to system reliability, production costs, economics, and operating flexibility.
  • Perform thermal capability analysis (ratings) for transmission lines, power transformers, circuit breakers, switches, and surge arresters.
  • Perform all computer modeling necessary to conduct power flow and stability studies for Transmission Planning as well as other National Grid engineering functions; utilize a team approach to ensure consistent and thorough analysis in all Transmission Planning studies.
  • Familiar with Production Cost Modeling is a plus.
  • Document study findings in reports and prepare and defend recommendations in presentations to executives responsible for funding decisions.
  • Provide support for need cases to siting and licensing team during various hearings.
  • Implement policies and procedures relative to Transmission Planning.
  • Participate in the NYISO Interconnection process including completion of pre-application reviews, review of study scopes, base cases, and short circuit cases, Feasibility Reports, System Impact studies and Facility Studies individually and as a member of a team.
  • Fulfill a lead role (i.e. project manager role) during study phase of projects to ensure that projects are fully scoped in a timely manner.
  • Work in a project team environment interacting with individuals with various technical specialties and industry experience.
  • Resolve technical issues that may arise in different phases of a project.
  • Assist the Control Center(s) regarding outage sequences, safe and reliable shutdown of Company transmission facilities as needed.

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

  • Able to lead and supervise a project team or virtual teams to achieve business objectives.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited engineering school required. Ability to achieve a Master's Degree in Electrical Power Systems preferred.
  • Minimum of 4 to 6 years of related experience and credentials.
  • Valid driver's license required with a safe driving history that meets National Grid's Safe Driver policy.
  • Experience with state-of-the-art techniques in power flow, and short circuit analysis PSS/E, ASPEN and/or PowerGem TARA experience preferred.
  • Proficiency in personal computer office-based software applications such as MSOffice (Word, Excel, and Access) is highly desirable.
  • Work ethic that includes internal and external customer focus, flexibility, teamwork and continuous improvement.
  • Ability to prioritize work and participate as a team member on multiple projects at one time, to work in a fast paced and competitive environment envisioned with FERC Order 1000.
  • Ability to understand commercial aspects of transmission projects.
  • Demonstrate a high level of personal initiative and ability to interact with company personnel, external engineering firms, regulatory representatives, and ISO/NPCC/NERC representatives in a positive, team building manner.
  • Familiarity with transmission planning standards and criteria of NERC, NPCC.
  • Experience within an RTO (such as ISO-NE, NYISO, PJM, CAISO etc.) planning processes preferred.
  • Knowledge of power systems preferred including protection system operation and reliability philosophy, utility system practices, three-phase power system theory/operation both static and dynamic, short circuit theory/application, motor generation theory/application, reactive compensation theory, substation configuration/construction/maintenance techniques, transmission line configurations/design/maintenance techniques, outage planning, and congestion philosophy and analysis

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Salary

$111,000- $130,000 a year

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. Internal 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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