Lead Project Engineer

Must Haves:

Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering

5+ Project management experience

Management experience

Great communication skills as you will be interfacing with customers

Go getter personality

Technologically savvy

Plusses:

Experience with renewable energy resources

Generation and Transmission experience

Utility industry experience

Co-location experience

RTO experience

The Project Engineer lead will oversee generator interconnection studies, managing developer requests that can span multiple years, handling re-studies when developers change their data, and more. Key responsibilities include replicating work processes, ensuring all information presented to ERCOT is accurate, managing agreements with developers, and coordinating FIS studies, aiming to complete them within 6-7 months. The Project Engineer will act as a liaison with teams, ensuring developers meet deadlines and compliance requirements, and manage projects, deadlines, and KPIs.

Client Studies: The five key sections for the FIS Projects are:

Facility Study

Steady State Study

Short Circuit Study

Dynamic/Transient Study

Sub-Synchronous Oscillation (SSO) (if required)

Responsibilities:

Dedicate time slots with Interconnection Entities (IE)

Keep projects on track

Coordinate with contractors conducting the studies

Establish timelines for each project activity

Maintain progress in ERCOT’s RIO tool

Maintain our client's SharePoint tracker

Resolve gaps in the progress of studies

Escalate issues as needed

$55/hr to $60/hr.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.