Staff Electrical Engineer, Interconnection
Orenda•New York, NY
•$110,000 - $370,000•Onsite
About The Position
This role is our portfolio's technical leader inside the interconnection process. You qualify every new site, validate every interconnection ruling against the original application, classify viability, and take overscoped rulings back to the utility for negotiations. You will occasionally produce engineering drawings and perform analysis on interconnection data that provide insights to team leaders. Reports to the Director of Origination Engineering.
Requirements
- 4+ years in utility distribution planning, interconnection, or DER engineering
- Demonstrated success reviewing interconnection studies (CESIR or equivalent) against applications
- Working knowledge of IEEE 1547 and a state interconnection process (NY SIR strongly preferred)
- Experience engaging utility engineers directly (meetings, RFIs, negotiations)
- Comfort owning recurring analytical deliverables with hard deadlines
- Ability to produce engineering drawings (single line diagrams, site plans) in AutoCAD
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field
Nice To Haves
- Con Edison territory experience (SIR, CESIR, hosting capacity)
- Battery storage project exposure
- Load flow or short circuit study exposure (CYME or Synergi)
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
Responsibilities
- Qualify originated sites against sizing, feeder proximity, interconnection cost estimate, and utility specification.
- Validate every interconnection ruling against the original application.
- Classify project viability using our internal rubric, flag every overscoped ruling and negotiate reductions with utility’s project managers and engineers.
- Deliver required data analysis that includes substation capacity analysis from the interconnection queue and flag every significant headroom change.
- Feed site screening patterns, CESIR trends, and specification improvement proposals back to the Principal Engineer.
- Provide technical mentorship and support to our designers.
- Produce engineering drawings for utility interconnection or design iterations for complex drawings or iterations requested by the Principal Engineer.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan, with 3% Employer Match
- LifeTime Fitness corporate membership
- Monthly commuter stipend
- Learning and education stipend
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
- Regular company events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
