Onsite Principal Engineer – Electrical

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About the role

  • Principal Engineer leading teams to solve unique electrical engineering challenges at Avangrid. Focused on Distributed Generation interconnections and technical leadership in the utility sector.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively identify and perform special projects and studies that innovatively solve unique & complex problems with broad impact to the business.
  • Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve unique problems or to improve processes/services.
  • Solves unique and complex Distributed Generation (DG) Interconnection problems.
  • Utilizes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions. (e.g., Customer generators, photovoltaic systems, fuel cells).
  • Approve, maintain, & understand drawings (e.g., schematics, one-line diagrams).
  • Assemble documents & other requirements for assignments of complex level of difficulty using depth & breadth of expertise in own discipline.
  • Recognized expert for generator interconnections.
  • Interpret internal/external business issues and recommend best practices and/or process improvements.
  • Participate in Industry associations.
  • Lead teams and acts as a facilitator and experienced mentor.
  • Develops innovative services, technologies, & make recommendations with respect to current and future stakeholders needs.
  • May be required to make presentations to regulatory/public entities.
  • Facilitate DG Interconnection project teams to complete assigned tasks and projects.
  • Experienced mentor to engineers for DG interconnections in design and engineering development.
  • Manages and provides direction for resources outside of the department.
  • Design systems to resolve overly complex problems in non-standard situations & develop creative solutions that achieve division results.
  • Independently apply design standards, industry codes, design criteria, guidelines & UI polices/procedures.
  • Has depth and breadth of knowledge and interprets processes and standards related to DG.
  • Recommends solutions and best practices where appropriate.
  • Represents Engineering on projects, task forces and studies.
  • Develop business cases and manage divisional and company-wide projects/processes/initiatives.
  • Participates in the development of the project/process strategy, in addition to project execution.
  • Forecast, plan, schedule, monitor, control budget/estimates, construction plans.
  • Participate in the management of resource allocations to ensure adequate resources are available.
  • Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers
  • Provide technical leadership in most complex projects that have a wide impact on the business
  • Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills
  • SME for team
  • Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards, and best practices
  • Work independently with little supervision

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required
  • 10+ years minimum relevant experience
  • Professional Engineering License Required
  • Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
  • Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
  • Engineering documentation – Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
  • Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others - to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, and contract requirements
  • Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment – Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements

Job title

Principal Engineer – Electrical

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$120,000 - $160,400 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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