Principal Engineer - Transmission and Asset Integration

Puget Sound Energy • Bellevue, WA

7d • $124,600 - $207,400

About The Position

This position serves as a principal engineering and technical expert within PSE’s Energy Supply Merchant organization, providing technical leadership and subject matter expertise for merchant transmission portfolio management, transmission service strategy, asset integration, resource delivery, and regional transmission matters. The Principal Engineer leads complex technical, tariff, commercial, and operational analyses to support reliable and cost-effective delivery of PSE’s generation resources, power purchase agreements, tolling agreements, capacity agreements, and other portfolio resources. This role provides advanced technical direction, mentors engineers and analysts, and supports leadership decision-making on matters affecting PSE’s merchant transmission portfolio and resource delivery strategy.

Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE’s operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.

Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations.

This job is considered “safety sensitive” as defined in RCW 49.44.240 and is subject to pre-employment drug screening that includes screening for the presence of marijuana and marijuana metabolites.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree or PE license in electrical, mechanical, civil, or other appropriate engineering field. A PE license may qualify in lieu of a degree.
• Extensive experience in planning, design, specification preparation, maintenance, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after ten (10) or more years practice as a degreed engineer). Years of acquired experience is provided as a guide and alone does not constitute readiness for job level as individual’s skill acquisition rates can vary significantly.
• Advanced technical and scientific expertise.
• Experience leading engineering projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external customers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within the utility industry.
• Possession of a Professional Engineering License.
• Knowledge of engineering economics and utility accounting practices.
• Experience working on complex engineering projects.
• Advanced knowledge of merchant transmission portfolio management, transmission rights, transmission service strategy, transmission procurement, resource delivery, and commercial transmission risk.
• Significant experience with FERC Open Access Transmission Tariffs, transmission provider business practices, Bonneville Power Administration transmission processes, and regional transmission provider coordination.
• Experience leading complex transmission service requests, generator interconnection processes, affected system coordination, transmission planning studies, or resource integration activities.
• Strong understanding of power markets, balancing authority operations, scheduling, E-Tagging, pseudo-ties, resource designation, congestion, curtailment, transmission optimization, regional market concepts, OATI tools and NAESB standards.
• Experience representing utility or energy organization in external stakeholder processes, transmission provider discussions, negotiations, or regional transmission forums.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a principal technical expert for PSE’s merchant transmission portfolio, including transmission rights management, transmission service strategy, contract administration, portfolio optimization, transmission procurement, resource delivery, and asset integration.
• Leads the development and implementation of transmission strategies that support reliable and cost-effective delivery of generation resources, PPAs, tolling agreements, capacity agreements, and other portfolio resources.
• Provides senior-level expertise on FERC Open Access Transmission Tariffs, BPA transmission processes, transmission provider business practices, interconnection processes, LGIP/LGIA requirements, affected system coordination, and commercial transmission rules.
• Leads complex analysis of transmission availability, deliverability, congestion exposure, curtailment risk, outage impacts, contract rights, service options, transmission constraints, and regional transmission changes to support strategic portfolio decisions.
• Provides technical expertise for transmission service requests, interconnection requests, renewals, redirects, modifications, interconnection-related coordination, and other transmission provider processes, from strategy through implementation.
• Leads merchant transmission and asset integration support for generation resources, PPAs, tolling agreements, battery storage resources, co-located resources, and other contracted or owned resources.
• Advises Merchant leadership and cross-functional teams on interconnection and transmission-related risks, costs, opportunities, implementation requirements, and delivery assumptions associated with resource and portfolio decisions.
• Represents Merchant Transmission in complex internal and external discussions with transmission providers, regional entities, counterparties and consultants.
• Monitors, assesses, and communicates the business and operational implications of regional transmission, tariff, policy and organized market developments, including impacts to transmission access, portfolio deliverability, costs, congestion, curtailment or merchant transmission strategy.
• Leads development of analytical frameworks, datasets, tools, reports, and documentation to support merchant transmission strategy, portfolio tracking, scenario analysis, procurement decisions, asset integration, operational readiness, and leadership reporting.
• Coordinates and reviews the work of engineers, analysts and others who assist in specific assignments (including contractors/consultants).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• supplemental life insurance
• accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• 401(k) investment option
• cash balance retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal