Supervisor Engineering - Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions

About the role

Puget Sound Energy is seeking a Supervisor Engineering - Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions to join the Planning team. This position involves supervising a team that focuses on advancing electric system planning tools and analytics models to address capacity requests, DERs, distribution assets, and reliability needs.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead the Grid Analytics & Technology Solutions team.
• Develop and manage load profiles to assess coincident peak demand for large load interconnections.
• Enhance locational load forecasting capabilities.
• Create locational value assessments for non-wire alternative projects.
• Build time-series analysis tools for DER and load interconnection support.
• Evolve the Hosting Capacity Map.
• Develop predictive models for asset management, climate risk, and reliability performance.
• Provide coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities to employees.
• Oversee training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed.
• Ensure required training is successfully completed.
• Set clear expectations and hold employees accountable for performance and safety goals.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory compliance obligations.
• Facilitate solutions to complex issues involving diverse opinions.
• Ensure solutions align with customer expectations and PSE’s business initiatives.
• Develop and administer team goals and manage/measure performance of technical team.
• Review the work of internal and external engineering staff.
• Communicate solutions to personnel possessing a wide variety of educational and employment backgrounds.
• Plan and develop project budgets with appropriate documentation.
• Ensure compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements.
• Identify potential areas of weakness with assigned work and initiate corrective action.
• Support emergency response work as requested, including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures.
• Represent department at team meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering or other appropriate engineering field (Professional Engineering license may be considered in lieu of a degree).
• Extensive experience in engineering analysis, planning, design, specification preparation, maintenance, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after 10 years’ practice as a degreed engineer).
• Experience leading engineering projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in working effectively and collaborating with a wide range of internal and external customers.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working within the utility industry.
• Understanding of data structures, software architecture, and databases.
• Possession of a Professional Engineering License.
• Leadership training.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Synergi or CYME distribution power flow modeling experience.
• Data analytics experience.