Principal Engineer - Transmission and Asset Integration

Job Description

This position serves as a principal engineering and technical expert within PSE’s Energy Supply Merchant organization, providing technical leadership and subject matter expertise for merchant transmission portfolio management, transmission service strategy, asset integration, resource delivery, and regional transmission matters. The Principal Engineer leads complex technical, tariff, commercial, and operational analyses to support reliable and cost-effective delivery of PSE’s generation resources, power purchase agreements, tolling agreements, capacity agreements, and other portfolio resources. This role provides advanced technical direction, mentors engineers and analysts, and supports leadership decision-making on matters affecting PSE’s merchant transmission portfolio and resource delivery strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Serves as a principal technical expert for PSE’s merchant transmission portfolio, including transmission rights management, transmission service strategy, contract administration, portfolio optimization, transmission procurement, resource delivery, and asset integration.
• Led the development and implementation of transmission strategies that support reliable and cost-effective delivery of generation resources, PPAs, tolling agreements, capacity agreements, and other portfolio resources.
• Provides senior-level expertise on FERC Open Access Transmission Tariffs, BPA transmission processes, transmission provider business practices, interconnection processes, LGIP/LGIA requirements, affected system coordination, and commercial transmission rules.
• Leads complex analysis of transmission availability, deliverability, congestion exposure, curtailment risk, outage impacts, contract rights, service options, transmission constraints, and regional transmission changes to support strategic portfolio decisions.
• Provides technical expertise for transmission service requests, interconnection requests, renewals, redirects, modifications, interconnection-related coordination, and other transmission provider processes, from strategy through implementation.
• Represents Merchant Transmission in complex internal and external discussions with transmission providers, regional entities, counterparties and consultants.
• Maintains monitoring, assessment, and communication of the business and operational implications of regional transmission, tariff, policy and organized market developments, including impacts to transmission access, portfolio deliverability, costs, congestion, curtailment or merchant transmission strategy.
• Leads development of analytical frameworks, datasets, tools, reports, and documentation to support merchant transmission strategy, portfolio tracking, scenario analysis, procurement decisions, asset integration, operational readiness, and leadership reporting.
• Coordinates and reviews the work of engineers, analysts and others who assist in specific assignments (including contractors/consultants).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree or PE license in electrical, mechanical, civil, or other appropriate engineering field. A PE license may qualify in lieu of a degree.
• Extensive experience in planning, design, specification preparation, maintenance, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after ten (10) or more years practice as a degreed engineer).
• Advanced technical and scientific expertise.
• Experience leading engineering projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external customers.

Additional Information

At PSE, we value our employees and provide them with opportunities to excel. We offer a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. To learn more about why PSE is a great place to work, see our Employee Value Proposition, which highlights our commitment to employee growth, work-life balance, and meaningful career opportunities in the energy sector.

The pay range for this position is $124,600.00 - $207,400.00, and this position is eligible for annual goals based incentive bonuses.

PSE offers a suite of benefits to our employees. Employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance. There are additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare, and an Employee assistance program (EAP). For long term savings, PSE offers a 401(k) investment option and a cash balance retirement plan. Employees will also receive Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year. Detailed benefit overviews can be found on our Career page - Why Work For Us (pse.com).

Families and businesses depend on PSE to provide the energy they need to pursue their dreams. Our steadfast commitment to serving Washington communities with safe, dependable and efficient energy started in 1873. Today we're building the Northwest's energy future through efforts like our award winning energy efficiency programs and our leadership in renewable energy.

Puget Sound Energy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status or presence of a disability that with or without reasonable accommodation does not prevent performance of the essential functions of the job, or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law.