Director, Grid Integration

Description

• Advocate for policy and regulatory change towards lower market level interconnection barriers
• Support commercial analytics team in performing detailed nodal and zonal market analysis with power flow analyses
• Lead end-to-end grid integration strategy and delivery by playing a key role in site selection; leading interconnection queue application, study assessment, and agreement negotiation processes; and providing strategic guidance and coordination during construction
• Continuously improve intra- and inter-team processes
• Actively follow RTO stakeholder meetings and state industry advocacy groups to both stay abreast for policy changes that could impact company’s development portfolio
• Support interconnection engineers on strategies for negotiating alternatives, lower costs and shorter timelines for BW’s benefit with utilities/RTOs. Assist in difficult project issues
• Oversee contractual arrangements with consultants and subcontractors necessary to support a broad range of grid analyses; drive down costs
• Deploy deep knowledge and understanding of interconnection configurations and engineering parameters to reduce interconnection costs and turnaround. Collaborate with internal teams on interconnection aspects (costs, schedules, options)
• Identify optimum locations on the grid with potential for interregional transmission expansion or interconnecting large volumes of generation resources, based on interconnection characteristics, planned utility investments, and other market specifics

Requirements

• Ability to work well on a team in a fast-paced environment and manage tight deadlines
• Strong experience in ISO-NE/NYISO/MISO/PJM and distributed generation markets preferred
• Understand solar and storage project single line diagrams and layouts, utility infrastructure and interconnection processes, technical aspects of utility interconnection materials, policy, incentives and tariff implications on interconnection applications
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills, including ability to distill complex and technical information for non-technical audiences
• At least 10 years of experience with relevant interconnection work
• Be detail orientated and possess interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, or relevant power-related field is preferred
• Bachelor's degree in electrical or power engineering required
• Strong engineering, analytical and quantitative skills
• Planning level knowledge of substation configurations, transmission line design and ratings, and cost estimates
• Ability to develop and maintain strategic relationships with utility and ISO representatives, external engineering firms, and service providers
• Demonstrated knowledge of grid planning and/or electric market principles with experience utilizing at least one of the common grid analytics tools like PSS/E, PSLF, PowerGEM TARA,PROMOD, GRIDVIEW, UPLAN, PLEXOS, AURORA, etc.
• Have a commercial mindset and creativity with the willingness and flexibility to work in a fast-paced work environment with constantly shifting priorities
• Self-starter and willing to persevere with solving thorny problems

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance