Transmission Planning Engineer

Urban Grid is looking for an experienced transmission planning engineer to contribute to the company’s expanding solar project portfolio as a subject matter expert on interconnection planning studies and power flow analysis. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting in the development of new interconnection applications, completing targeted analysis of interconnection study reports, validating generator interconnection power flow studies, and working with the interconnection team to develop market-level interconnection strategies. The candidate should have previous experience working in a transmission planning role with a focus in the PJM market. Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Complete internal feasibility analysis of potential project sites using available transmission data and provide guidance to interconnection team
• Develop power flow base cases, as necessary, to identify project constraints
• Develop generator dynamic models and short circuit models for interconnection applications
• Analyze generator interconnection study reports, validate findings with targeted power flow analysis, and summarize findings to interconnection team
• Lead the development of regional interconnection strategies in concert with the interconnection team
• Represent Urban Grid in RTO/ISO stakeholder committees and processes