Our Client is seeking an Electrical Engineer Manager who will provide subject matter expertise on all heavy electrical equipment, managing regulatory compliance programs, and supporting renewable development activities. The ideal Electrical Engineer Manager will have strong field engineering experience, troubleshooting, project management, power systems, and transmission modeling. The Electrical Engineer Manager will work closely and collaborate with all levels of agencies. Will report to the Sr. Director Plant Performance. Location: Astoria, Queens, NY, (travel ~ 5%)

Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise for High Voltage Electrical equipment.
• Support all company interconnection projects across multiple ISOs for Solar and Battery Energy Storage Projects
• Provide NERC compliance oversight of all facilities, manage O&M service provider supporting NERC compliance.
• Support other Solar and Battery Energy Storage Development activities
• Promote safety equipment condition and operation, enforcement of industry and company standards, policies, and procedures.
• Make technical decisions to accept as fit for purpose equipment, materials or components that are not in accordance with the original intent by virtue of wear and tear, defects, faults in manufacture or erection and where such decisions are made, to identify specific operating or maintenance restrictions that should be put in place to maintain an adequate level of risk.
• Prepare project analysis, budgets, schedules, and plans.
• Prepare and develop engineering deliverables for electrical projects and major equipment.
• Construction permit development applies field mark-ups of project as-built drawings analyze bids and recommend selection of equipment.
• Familiar with state and federal safety, regulatory compliance requirements, and construction codes.
• Coordinate and provide technical assistance for SCADA, substation/plant physical, and control projects to fully develop system integration of protection, control, and monitoring systems.

Qualifications:

• B.S. (M.S. degree preferred) Electrical Engineering and 5+ yrs. of experience are required.
• Familiarity with the typical failure modes of the normal power plant materials, systems and plant component items and methods of non-destructive test used on generators, transformers, cables, insulation systems and major plant items.
• Familiarity with the principles of power plant auxiliary power distribution systems and understand relaying one-lines and control schematics.
• Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals, including understanding of three-phase power systems
• Knowledge of relevant codes and standards such as NEC, NESC, IEEE, NEMA and ANSI
• Proficient understanding of the utility grid (power generation, transmission, and distribution) systems
• Knowledge of protection principles and practices for transmission lines, distribution feeders, and major plant and substation equipment.
• Experience with plant and substation physical electrical, protection and control design schematics, SCADA systems, including station communications and station automation design.
• Familiarity with NERC standards, Transmission Planning Criteria, Power Flow Modeling for Transmission

Salary & Benefits

• $100,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year
• 401(k) +Matching, Flexible spending account, Health, Dental, Vision, Life insurance, PTO, Tuition reimbursement

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