Senior Engineer, High Voltage Development

AES•Glen Allen, VA

5d•$113,000 - $141,525

About The Position

The Senior Engineer, High Voltage Development joins AES Clean Energy’s High Voltage Engineering team, which provides pre-construction development engineering and construction and commissioning execution engineering for high-voltage facilities associated with renewable energy power plants. The facilities include collector substations and generation tie lines, with voltage ranges from 35 kV to 500 kV, supporting solar, wind, and battery energy storage projects. The role supports the regional project development pipeline, from early conceptual design through more refined design and construction. It focuses on grid integration requirements for renewables and includes technical coordination with suppliers, consultants, power utilities, interconnection providers, and internal project teams. The engineer will contribute to greenfield development, portfolio acquisitions, and multi-resource generation projects as AES Clean Energy enters new markets. Travel and field work are expected to account for 25% of the role.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or a similar discipline, with an emphasis on power systems.
At least 7 years of high-voltage design experience.
Excellent understanding of project management standard methodologies.
Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions among high-voltage EPCs, power utilities, and internal collaborators.
Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize projects and tasks.
Ability to bridge technical and non-technical perspectives in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
Experience with ETAP or similar electrical modeling software.
Experience with relay and SCADA controls and architecture.
Experience with PLS-CADD.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate.
Experience training and mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

Perform early-stage, conceptual pre-construction, and construction-phase design and engineering for solar, wind, and BESS collector substations and generation tie lines (35 kV to 500 kV).
Develop conceptual designs to support preliminary permitting and cost estimating.
Develop project scopes of work based on AES engineering standards and utility requirements.
Manage consultants preparing 30% design packages for collector substations and transmission facilities, and identify opportunities to complete design in-house.
De-risk the project pipeline, including M&A portfolios, through technical due diligence and coordination with internal departments.
Support high-voltage facility cost estimating, including bill of materials reviews and substation expansions.
Establish and maintain relationships with high-voltage specialist consulting firms.
Review substation EPC bid designs for compliance with interconnection agreement requirements, applicable reliability standards, scope documents, and AES standards.
Review designs and advise on technical issues or inconsistencies with project documentation and contractual exhibits.
Coordinate with interconnection providers, including CAISO, PJM, NYISO, MISO, ERCOT, WECC, SERC, and NEISO, on collector substation design and new switchyards in accordance with transmission provider requirements.
Collaborate with real estate, permitting, interconnection, legal, finance, PV development engineering, pre-construction, and construction teams.
Travel and perform field work, approximately 25% of the time.