Lead Engineer-Electric Distribution Engineering
Job Title: Lead Engineer-Electric Distribution Engineering
Hiring Manager: Geoffrey Hallam
Location: Lancaster NY, Rochester, NY Binghamton, NY, Augusta, ME or Orange, CT
Salary range: $96,000-$120,000
Work Type: Hybrid
Purpose
Responsible for providing engineering expertise to Region, Service Centers, and other company personnel for the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of the Distribution System. Leads the engineering analysis of the electrical distribution system to properly serve new customer loads. Ensures safe and efficient operation of the distribution system, and resolves technical issues affecting the distribution system. Evaluates delivery system performance. Applies and interprets company, industry, local, state, national codes, tariffs, and standards, and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements. Interprets and administers company policies and procedures relating to personnel, industrial relations, service extensions, safety, accounting, and purchasing. Investigates and resolves customer inquirie
Responsibilities
- Performs engineering analyses of the electric distribution system to serve new customer loads. Completes distribution system reliability studies, contingency plans, reviews capital budget project proposals, prepares NPVs, determines correction of circuit electrical operating deficiencies, etc. Conducts capacity analyses of key substation equipment. (35%, P)
- Conducts in depth engineering evaluations of distribution materials, selects proper materials, applications, equipment for approval, and conducts material failure analyses. May aid customer service groups on power quality uses including investigation, analysis and mitigation. (5%, P)
- Performs flicker analysis for large customer motors. Analyzes the impact of customer-interconnected distributed generation. Provides fuse-recloser coordination service including the review and updating of coordination schemes. Review outside contractor work and junior employees’ work for coordination. (20%, P)
- Recommends necessary system improvement and/or construction projects and provides all necessary documents for those projects. (15%, P)
- Develops and implements electric reliability plans, Prepares reports and feasibility studies for submission to management. (5%, S)
- Interprets and administers company policies and procedures relating to personnel, industrial relations, service extensions, safety, accounting, and purchasing. (5%, S)
- This position will assign a storm role and be expected to support Avangrid in storm restoration efforts. This includes travel throughout Avangrid as needed. (5%, S)
- Mentors and Instructs junior employees that are learning distribution engineering policies and troubleshooting. (10%, P)”
Skills and Requirements
Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelors degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience required.
- Knowledge of distribution design required.
- Completion of Engineer-in-Training (EIT) is preferred (where applicable).
Skills/Abilities:
- Proactive and results oriented.
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Competencies
· Be a role model
· Be agile
· Collaborate and Share
· Develop Self & Others
· Empower to grow
· Focus to achieve results
· Technical Skills
All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a medical Fit for Duty exam,
background check, references, drug screen, verification of legal right to work in the U.S., and in some cases, a credit check. A credit check will be administered when a prospective employee will be working in Finance, Accounting, Treasury or where duties may involve handling of funds, accounts or cash. A Motor Vehicle (MVR) check will be administered when a prospective employee will be regularly using a company vehicle. Avangrid Renewables is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as an individual with a disability, or any other status or class protected by federal or state law.
Competencies
- Be a role model
- Be agile
- Collaborate and Share
- Develop Self & Others
- Empower to grow
- Focus to achieve results
- Technical Skills
Our Selection Process
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables