Senior Engineer

Reports in office: Kirkwood/Binghamton, NY

Pay

Salary range: $100,000 – $120,500 (dependent on location and experience level)

Benefits

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance-based bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career advancement pathways

About the Role

The Senior Electrical Engineer will plan and execute activities within the NY TLD/BES Program, specifically supporting engineering activities for electric transmission, substation, and system protection projects in integrated NYSEG projects. This role involves planning, controlling, and managing project activities to ensure effective completion of engineering and design for construction projects. The position provides liaison with other departments, divisions, vendors, or consultants and coordinates with government agencies, customers, other utilities, or groups. The role applies and interprets company, local, state, and national codes and standards and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Performs engineering analyses of the electric/Physical substation and transmission system and recommends actions to develop design options or recommendations for Substation to minimize customer outages due to equipment failure or system malfunction.
• Engineers detailed designs and performs engineering calculations (25% of time).
• Originates electric system and component reliability studies, outage contingency plans, and capital budget proposals including a complete business case.
• Determines corrective action for operating deficiencies (10% of time).
• Recommends system improvements, develops economic project proposals for improvements, and provides project management for major substations and transmission construction projects (25% of time).
• Develops and validates information needed for engineering analyses and applies engineering judgment to solve complex technical problems.
• Directs engineering contractors and consultants (15% of time).
• Demonstrates new technology and implements it to enhance power system performance.
• Provides power system commissioning support and supervision when required (10% of time).
• Provides construction management, including coordinating field construction for substations and transmission lines.
• Develops technical specifications, standards, contracts, and purchase orders.
• Administers contract terms and conditions, tracks budget and schedules, supervises field construction to ensure compliance.
• Approves changes within contract scope and negotiates contract settlement (15% of time).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in electric transmission systems planning, operations, and/or protection.
• Knowledge of FERC and state regulations.

Skills

• Able to perform circuit analysis including voltage drop capacitor and regular siting.
• Able to perform fault duty/motor start status.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Strong project management skills.

Mobility Information: Applicants who are not citizens of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and, in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This applies to employees in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This applies to employees in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention.