Lead Analyst (Transmission Planning), Electrical Engineering

About us

National Grid is hiring a Lead Analyst for our Electrical Planning and Design department in Syracuse, Albany or Buffalo, NY.                                                                                                          

Every day we deliver safe and secure 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

Facilitate Transmission Planning functions within the Transmission Planning group responsible for New York. Establish process improvements and workflows that help drive 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 life cycle in New York.

Key Accountabilities

• Serve as National Grid’s representative in engagements with Joint Utilities (JU) and NYISO for the FERC 715 Annual Database Update and Interconnection Cluster Study processes.
• Coordinate engineering teams to achieve milestones and meet compliance requirements related to FERC 715 and Interconnection Cluster Studies.
• Lead Transmission Planning’s involvement in the NYISO Interconnection Cluster Study process (FERC order 2023) including completion of pre-application reviews, review of study scopes, steady state cases, and short circuit cases, Feasibility Reports, System Impact Studies and Facility Studies.
• Manage the implementation of the new ratings database by developing and adhering to detailed timelines to achieve operational deployment.
• Proactively guide the team in validating and updating equipment ratings to ensure compliance with NPCC FAC-008 standards.
• Collaborate effectively within cross-functional project teams, engaging with professionals across diverse technical disciplines and industry backgrounds.
• Document study findings in reports and prepare and defend recommendations in presentations to executives responsible for funding decisions.
• Identify and take accountability for the resolution of technical challenges encountered throughout various project phases.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges encountered throughout various project phases.

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

• Able to lead and supervise a project team or virtual teams to achieve business objectives.
• Strong project management, writing, and presentation development skills.
• Superb ability to negotiate, problem solve and influence key stakeholders, resulting in desired outcomes and delivering strong deals for National Grid.
• Exceptional interpersonal, relationship building, and collaboration skills at all levels.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in power and electrical planning or energy policy discipline
• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of related experience and credentials.
• 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.
• Proficiency in personal computer office-based software applications such as MSOffice (Word, Excel, and Access.)
• Ability to prioritize work for yourself and team members given day-to-day requiring multiple projects at one time, to work in a fast-paced and competitive environment.
• Work ethic that includes professionalism, internal and external customer focus, flexibility, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Experience or familiarity with techniques in power flow, and short circuit analysis. PSS/E, ASPEN and/or PowerGem, TARAsoftware experience 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.
• Valid driver’s license required with a safe driving history that meets National Grid’s Safe Driver policy.

More Information

Salary:
$127,000 - $149,000 per year

National Grid utilizes an assessment that evaluates the job qualifications/characteristics using AI or statistically based scoring. For more information, please view NYC Local Law 144.

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 committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of protected class. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. National Grid maintains affirmative action programs for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

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