Transmission Planning Engineer

Are you ready to take on a unique opportunity as a Transmission Planning Engineer? Piper Maddox has partnered up with a very reputable Utilities client in Texas.

We are seeking an exceptional Electrical Engineer with a strong background in power systems to join a collaborative team!

General Overview:

• Conduct generation and load interconnection studies, including feasibility, system impact, steady state, stability, and contingency analysis.
• Identify and propose transmission upgrade solutions to address issues identified through interconnection studies, ensuring a reliable power system.
• Lead and facilitate interconnection requests with developers, fostering collaboration and ensuring an efficient and customer-focused interconnection process.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of relevant ERCOT and NERC reliability standards, interconnection-related rules and regulations, and modeling practices, ensuring strict compliance.
• Collaborate closely with internal transmission planning, engineering, and project management teams to support project development and successfully implement transmission solutions.
• Create detailed reports and analyses of technical findings, presenting study results clearly and practically to relevant parties.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas with three or more years of post-Bachelor's engineering experience in the relevant area.
• Experience running load flow analysis software such as PSSE and/or other applications like VSAT, PSCAD.
• Experienced in performing planning and interconnection studies.
• Experience proposing transmission upgrade solutions for High Voltage or Extra High Voltage grid.
• Knowledgeable in NERC, ERCOT reliability standards, and interconnection requirements.

Location: Austin, TX

Work Hours: Full-time; approximately 40 hours per week, with a hybrid work approach (2 days in the office, 3 days remote).

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of our client's innovative team!