Manager, Grid Strategy & Analytics

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Through Recurrent Energy Power Services, we provide operations, maintenance, monitoring, engineering, and asset management services that support renewable energy facilities across North America.

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If you're passionate about renewable energy and driven to make a difference, join Recurrent Energy to power the world with clean energy and create a better, cleaner future for generations to come.

The Senior Manager / Manager, Grid Strategy and Analytics is responsible for managing the technical aspects of the utility interconnection process for utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV), battery energy storage systems (BESS), and other clean energy facilities across North America.

This role oversees grid interconnection and integration activities throughout multiple phases of project development, including site selection, interconnection applications, study process management, negotiation of interconnection agreements, grid integration, construction, and testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the utility interconnection and grid integration process for new power plant projects.
• Perform economic transmission planning using PROMOD.
• Provide technical leadership in the review and management of interconnection documents, including studies, standards, and agreements.
• Manage external consultants performing interconnection modeling and studies, including load flow studies of current and future utility system conditions.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of relevant interconnection tariffs for key domestic and international utilities and system operators.
• Provide technical input during early-stage development regarding strategic interconnection siting and interconnection facilities.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the high-voltage design and installation process, ensuring compliance with interconnection and power purchase requirements.
• Manage consultants performing transmission and substation design activities.
• Collaborate with development teams on permit submissions, utility proposals, and other project development activities.
• Partner with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) firms to ensure reliable and cost-effective electrical designs for contracted projects.
• Provide technical input to the Regulatory Strategy team regarding interconnection and grid integration policies.

Financial and Organizational Scope

• Maintain accountability for preliminary interconnection siting and requirements across assigned projects.
• Manage external consultant budgets of up to $200,000.
• Supervise and provide guidance to supporting personnel within an expanding organization.
• Collaborate with senior leadership, internal development teams, and regulatory policy groups.
• Interface with independent engineers, transmission owners, engineering service providers, and subcontractors.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline required.
• Minimum of 5 years of high-voltage electrical systems experience preferred, ideally with a utility, system operator, or independent power producer.
• Experience managing the transmission interconnection process for power generation facilities, including wind, solar, or thermal projects.
• Demonstrated proficiency in performing economic transmission planning using PROMOD.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Candidates considered for the Senior Manager level will be evaluated based on their depth and years of relevant experience.

Technical Knowledge and Skills

• Strong knowledge of utility system operations and interconnection processes.
• Experience with power system modeling software, including PSS®E, PSLF, PowerWorld, and TARA.
• Detailed understanding of power load flow modeling, analysis, and results.
• Working knowledge of high-voltage electrical equipment and systems.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and concisely to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to develop comprehensive scopes of work for external consultants and contractors.

Professional Competencies

• Strong work ethic, professionalism, and a positive attitude.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, and capable of working independently.
• Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced, and growing organization.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.