Principal Engineer - Transmission and Asset Integration

Principal Engineer
- Transmission and Asset Integration

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now. PSE's Energy Supply Merchant team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Principal Engineer
- Transmission and Asset Integration position! Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Job Description This position serves as a principal engineering and technical expert within PSE's Energy Supply Merchant organization, providing technical leadership and subject matter expertise for merchant transmission portfolio management, transmission service strategy, asset integration, resource delivery, and regional transmission matters. The Principal Engineer leads complex technical, tariff, commercial, and operational analyses to support reliable and cost-effective delivery of PSE's generation resources, power purchase agreements, tolling agreements, capacity agreements, and other portfolio resources.

This role provides advanced technical direction, mentors engineers and analysts, and supports leadership decision-making on matters affecting PSE's merchant transmission portfolio and resource delivery strategy. Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE's operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety. Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct.

Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations. This job is considered "safety sensitive" as defined in RCW 49.44.240 and is subject to pre-employment drug screening that includes screening for the presence of marijuana and marijuana metabolites.

Job Responsibilities Serves as a principal technical expert for PSE's merchant transmission portfolio, including transmission rights management, transmission service strategy, contract administration, portfolio optimization, transmission procurement, resource delivery, and asset integration. Leads the development and implementation of transmission strategies that support reliable and cost-effective delivery of generation resources, PPAs, tolling agreements, capacity agreements, and other portfolio resources. Provides senior-level expertise on FERC Open Access Transmission Tariffs, BPA transmission processes, transmission provider business practices, interconnection processes, LGIP/LGIA requirements, affected system coordination, and commercial transmission rules.

Leads complex analysis of transmission availability, deliverability, congestion exposure, curtailment risk, outage impacts, contract rights, service options, transmission constraints, and regional transmission changes to support strategic portfolio decisions. Provides technical expertise for transmission service requests, interconnection requests, renewals, redirects, modifications, interconnection-related coordination, and other transmission provider processes, from strategy through implementation. Leads merchant transmission and asset integration support for generation resources, PPAs, tolling agreements, battery storage resources, co-located resources, and other contracted or owned resources.

Advises Merchant leadership and cross-functional teams on interconnection and transmission-related risks, costs, opportunities, implementation requirements, and delivery assumptions associated with resource and portfolio decisions. Represents Merchant Transmission in complex internal and external discussions with transmission providers, regional entities, counter parties and consultants. Monitors, assesses, and communicates the business and operational implications of regional transmission, tariff, policy and organized market developments, including impacts to transmission access, portfolio deliverability, costs, congestion, curtailment or merchant transmission strategy.

Leads development of analytical…