Senior Transmission Planning Advisor

Description

This is a highly visible leadership role for an experienced transmission planning professional who enjoys looking beyond today's challenges to define tomorrow's solutions. You'll combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to evaluate emerging grid issues, influence long-term planning priorities, and help guide decisions that impact one of North America's largest electric systems. If you're passionate about transmission planning, system reliability, and solving industry-wide challenges, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

Lead the Future of Transmission Planning! You'll serve as one of MISO's strategic leaders focused on identifying emerging transmission planning challenges and developing long-term solutions that strengthen grid reliability and enable the energy transition. Key Responsibilities Include:

• Evaluate how emerging trends—including inverter-based resources (wind, solar, battery storage), distributed energy resources, electrification, and large load growth—will impact long-term transmission planning.
• Assess evolving reliability risks, resource adequacy challenges, grid stability concerns, and the effects of extreme weather on future system performance.
• Identify gaps in current planning processes, analytical tools, planning criteria, and industry practices.
• Develop innovative recommendations that improve transmission planning methodologies and support future grid reliability.
• Perform technical evaluations of complex transmission planning issues using engineering judgment and power system analysis.
• Help shape planning strategies that support reliable, efficient, and cost-effective expansion of the bulk electric system.
• Translate technical findings into actionable recommendations that influence enterprise strategy and executive decision-making.
• Monitor emerging technologies, regulatory developments, and industry trends to ensure MISO remains at the forefront of transmission planning innovation.

Beyond technical leadership, you'll help turn long-term vision into measurable action by:

• Developing strategic roadmaps, priorities, and implementation plans.
• Identifying risks, dependencies, resource needs, and critical decision points.
• Pricing with leadership to align planning priorities with MISO's long-term strategic objectives.
• Supporting research initiatives and evaluating future technologies that impact planning and reliability.

What You'll Bring

We're looking for someone who combines deep transmission planning expertise with strategic leadership and exceptional communication skills. Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Economics, Public Policy, Business Administration, Applied Mathematics, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience across several of the following areas:
• Transmission planning
• Electric utilities, RTOs, or ISOs
• Competitive electricity markets
• Regulatory and legislative frameworks
• Emerging power system technologies
• Grid modernization

Why This Role Matters

The decisions made in this role will help shape the future reliability and evolution of the bulk electric system and you'll have the opportunity to:

• Influence transmission planning strategy across one of North America's largest regional transmission organizations.
• Solve some of the industry's most complex technical challenges.
• Help prepare the grid for the rapid growth of renewable generation, storage, electrification, and large industrial loads.
• Work alongside nationally recognized experts in planning, markets, operations, and engineering.
• Make a lasting impact on the future of the energy industry.

Qualifications

• Education Required:
• Masters or better in Applied Mathematics
• Masters or better in Business Administration
• Masters or better in Public Policy
• Masters or better in Economics
• Masters or better in Engineering
• Experience Required:
• 10 years: Experience across several of the following areas:
• Transmission planning
• Electric utilities, RTOs, or ISOs
• Competitive electricity markets
• Regulatory and legislative frameworks
• Emerging power system technologies
• Grid modernization

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