Lead Engineer, Electrical Planning and Design Job Details | National Grid

About the position

National Grid is hiring a Sub-Transmission Planning Lead Engineer for our Distribution Planning & Asset Management (DPAM) department in Albany, NY or Brooklyn, 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide immediate and long-term system planning and asset management direction.
• Understand and implement electric and budgetary guidance/action on a regional, divisional, and statewide basis.
• Support activities that address customer technical requirements.
• Assist regional customer operations and the technical operation of the sub-transmission system.
• Lead activities in tracking regional sub-transmission reliability performance and promote actions to improve it.
• Conduct customer and distributed generation studies and interconnection compliance verification engineering activities.
• Provide technical guidance to customer support organizations.
• Support other areas of National Grid such as Electric Operations, Regional Control Center, Substation Engineering, Distribution Design, Smart Grid & New Energy Solutions.
• Provide technical expertise and support for the integration of distributed generation to the electric power system.
• Represent the company in industry and regulatory working groups.
• Lead, review, and support products developed by other team members.
• Train and guide team members.
• Lead and support an inclusive and professional work environment.
• Improve modeling and simulation methods, and reporting tools.
• Improve study processes and methods, as well as record-keeping methods.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited engineering school.
• A minimum of 10 years of related experience.
• Advanced knowledge of SIEMENS PSS/E power flow software.
• Knowledge of relevant industry practice, standards and legislation.
• Knowledge of current trends within the industry and developments in legislation or regulation.
• Knowledge of National Grid's business operations, company policies and practices preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Experience working in a Project Management team environment.
• Ability to adapt approach and tailor messages according to the audience.
• Ability to build and maintain a network of relationships outside normal business contacts.
• Personal responsibility for correcting problems promptly and non-defensively.
• Proactive in making changes to improve performance, efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
• Possess positive expectations for team members and express regard for them.
• Receptive to change and willing to change ideas or opinions based on new information.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of National Grid's business operations, company policies and practices.

Benefits

• Salary Upstate NY: $128,000 - $151,000
• Salary Downstate NY: $155,000 - $182,000
• Career path with advancement opportunities within and across bands.