Job Title: Transmission System Planning Consultant
The Transmission System Planning Consultant will support a broad range of studies and other consulting services to empower power delivery utilities in making decisions backed by comprehensive business and engineering analysis. The Transmission System Planning Consultant will perform transmission planning and operational studies, encompassing power flow, transient stability, transfer capability, short-circuit, electromagnetic, reliability, and economic dispatch associated with congestion management scenarios. The consultant will collaborate with various entities in the industry, including investor-owned electric utilities, municipal electric utilities, electric cooperatives, and independent transmission providers. This consultant will play a pivotal role in the execution of technical studies, working closely with project managers to lead the technical execution for projects. The consultant will engage directly with clients to establish study objectives, formulate project approaches, and oversee a team of consultants/engineers to achieve study objectives and provide actionable deliverables.
Responsibilities: The consultant will assist project managers and lead aspects of project execution, including staffing plan development, analysis and engineering, schedule and deliverables, and quality management. The consultant will assist the project manager in business development activities. The consultant will support and lead both on-the-job and classroom training efforts for less experienced team members. Project Execution:
- Assist project managers in the execution of projects.
- Lead aspects of project execution, including data collection, engineering, financial, and technical analysis.
- Maintain project schedule and develop key project deliverables, including analysis, reports, and presentations.
- Support project manager in quality control of deliverables.
- Analyze and communicate project status, risks, schedule, and costs to project managers.
- Assist in leading multi-discipline teams of engineers and analysts.
- Plan, organize, and communicate project personnel needs to project and department management.
Other Duties as Assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in an engineering field or related degree from an accredited program.
- 7+ years of direct planning experience
- Fluent in PSSE or PSLF
- Knowledge regarding electric transmission systems and transmission system planning processes.
- Experience with power system planning and operations, transient stability, short circuit, and voltage analysis; NERC, FERC, and Regional requirements, policies and procedures
- Strong computer skills using industry software such as PSS/E, PSLF, EMTP/ATP, PSCAD, SKM, ETAP, or Promod.
- Demonstrated ability to independently execute a transmission system planning study.
- Knowledge of numerous power regions of the country and independent system operators such as: PJM, MISO, NEISO, SPP, CAISO, WECC, SERC, ERCOT, NYISO.
- Knowledge of NERC and FERC standards.
- Professional Engineering License (PE) preferred.
