Senior Engineer - System Planning/Interconnection Projects

Summary

Join MWResource's Interconnection Projects department as a remote or hybrid employee (if local to Audubon, PA) for a 24-month contract. You will serve as a liaison between the company and key stakeholders, coordinating the interconnection of new generation and transmission projects. Responsibilities include developing project work plans, managing timelines, and coordinating interconnection studies and agreements. This role requires a BS in Engineering (Electrical preferred) and 7+ years of relevant experience in substation/transmission line construction, maintenance, or generation operations. The position offers medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and 401k benefits.

Requirements

• BS Engineering, Electrical Engineering and/or at least 7 years of equivalent experience in a very similar role
• 7+ years of experience with major substation and transmission line construction and maintenance, or generation operations, construction and maintenance activities is required
• Ability to produce high-quality work products with attention to detail
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Ability to use mathematical and electrical theory
• Ability to troubleshoot and provide technical support
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States
• Candidates will be required to pass a background check and drug screening

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison and develop required external interfaces between the company and the key stakeholders, transmission owners, generation and project developers and other entities regarding design, and scheduling of new connections to the bulk power system
• Develop and coordinate project work plans for generation and transmission system reinforcement projects involving multiple customer needs across multiple transmission owner systems
• Perform project management functions related to establishing time lines and monitoring achievement of milestones and critical path tasks from engineering design to signing of the interconnection service agreement
• Proactively work with other members of the applicable company divisions to coordinate system reinforcement requirements
• Coordinate, develop and issue interconnection studies and agreements related to generation and merchant transmission projects
• Monitor and analyze existing project management methods and promote the development of new methods and the introduction of improved and emerging progress monitoring technologies in the development of construction activities
• Develop and implement tactical plans consistent with the division/department strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• MS – Engineering
• Experience with ISO/RTO operations, markets, and planning functions
• Experience using PSS/e (power system analysis program)

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage through Capital Blue Cross
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employer paid life insurance
• Participation in the MWResource 401K plan for US based consultants