Mid-Level Grid Interconnection Consultant
About the role
This Position In Sargent & Lundy’s Consulting Group Will Require You To Focus On Our Utility Planning And Advisory Projects.
Responsibilities
Preparing new generator interconnection applications, including development of conceptual single line diagram, verification of compliance with reactive power requirements, and development of steady-state, dynamic, and short circuit models to support the applications.
Reviewing ISO feasibility and system impact studies to provide guidance to our clients, who are ISO Interconnection Customers.
Performing independent power system studies, including thermal and voltage contingency, transient stability, and short circuit analyses, to support our client’s generator interconnection planning strategies.
Performing advanced grid system studies to evaluate specific scenarios and impacts as required by our clients, for new conventional and renewable generation projects.
Qualifications
We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.
This position requires a BS or MS in Electrical Engineering with strong academic background and coursework emphasis in Power Systems Analysis.
3+ years previous power systems engineering experience, including one or more of the following:
- Knowledge of power regions and ISOs/RTOs – PJM, MISO, NYISO, ERCOT, SPP, CAISO, and ISO-NE
- Experience in modeling inverter-based resources and renewable generation, such as Wind Turbine Generators (WTG), photovoltaic (PV), Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and hybrid generation, and associated collector system for interconnection applications within software programs
- Experience in using transmission planning software, particularly PSS/E, PSLF and TARA, for load flow modeling and contingency studies
- Experience in dynamic transient, stability, and other advance studies in TSAT, EMTP-RV or PSCAD is a plus.
Excellent verbal/written communication skills. Experience in writing technical reports and proposals.
Solid interpersonal skills and ability to work with and guide others.
Project planning and leadership skills.
Skills
Leadership in these roles often direct automation and process-improvement work, for example, how teams automate calculations, summarize technical documents, or generate design documentation and guiding when and how AI or agentic AI tools are used while ensuring results are checked. Overseeing engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs, is valued but not required.
Benefits
Award-Winning Benefits
Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision
Life & Accident Insurance
Disability Coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Back-Up Daycare
FSA & HSA
401(k)
Pre-Tax Commuter Account
Merit Scholarship Program
Employee Discount Program
Corporate Charitable Giving Program
Tuition Assistance
First Professional Licensure Bonus
Employee Referral Bonus
Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Bereavement Leave
Flexible Work Arrangements
Pay
Compensation Range: $84,762 - $129,498
Schedule
Remote/Virtual Position
Candidate can be based anywhere within the United States.