Senior 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.

This position supports PSE’s Energy Supply Merchant organization by providing engineering, technical, and analytical support for merchant transmission portfolio management, asset integration, transmission service strategy, contract administration, capacity optimization, and regional transmission activities. The Senior Engineer works collaboratively with Resource Acquisition, Resource Development, Electric Resource Planning, PSE Transmission, and other internal stakeholders.

The role supports the evaluation, acquisition, optimization, and implementation of transmission rights and services needed to deliver PSE’s generation resources, power purchase agreements, tolling agreements, and other portfolio resources. This includes supporting transmission service requests, generator interconnection and affected system coordination, transmission provider engagement, asset integration, operational readiness activities, and analysis related to regional market and transmission policy developments.

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.

• Provides engineering, technical, and analytical support for the management, optimization, and administration of PSE’s merchant transmission portfolio across planning, procurement, integration, and operational time horizons.
• Develops and implements merchant transmission strategies needed to deliver portfolio resources in a reliable and cost‑effective manner.
• Evaluates transmission availability, deliverability, curtailment risk, congestion exposure, outage and derate impacts, contract rights, service options, and transmission constraints to support portfolio planning, resource acquisition, trading, and scheduling.
• Provides subject matter expertise on FERC Open Access Transmission Tariff, transmission provider business practices, BPA and regional transmission processes, generator interconnection including LGIP/LGIA requirements, and applicable commercial transmission rules.
• Develops, submits, and tracks transmission service requests, generator interconnection requests, renewals, redirects, modifications, and related transmission provider processes from studies to award.
• Supports asset integration for new generation resources, PPAs, tolling agreements, battery storage resources, and other contracted or owned resources, including transmission service implementation, LGIP/LGIA requirements, source/sink setup, adjacencies, pseudo‑tie requirements, scheduling readiness, and operational handoffs.
• Supports resource acquisition and self‑build project development by evaluating transmission and interconnection service requirements, delivery assumptions, transmission cost and risk considerations, and potential constraints associated with proposed resources.
• Coordinates with internal stakeholders and external transmission providers to support transmission‑related decisions, documentation, implementation, and issue resolution.
• Monitors and analyzes regional transmission, tariff and policy that may affect transmission access, portfolio deliverability, costs, congestion, curtailment or merchant transmission strategy.
• Develops and maintains analytical tools, datasets, reports, and documentation to support merchant transmission strategy, portfolio tracking, scenario analysis, procurement decisions, asset integration, and operational readiness.
• Participates in external meetings, stakeholder processes, and transmission…