Principal Consultant - Transmission Planning

Description:

We are seeking an experienced Principal Consultant to provide senior technical leadership across transmission planning, interconnection, reliability, utility operations, and regulatory compliance. This role combines advanced power system engineering with project leadership, client advisory responsibilities, and the development of technical staff.

As a Principal Consultant, you will lead complex, multidisciplinary engagements; guide engineering studies and deliverables; and help clients address planning, interconnection, operational, and compliance challenges. You will serve as a trusted advisor to utilities, system operators, government organizations, and other industry stakeholders while supporting the continued growth of our transmission planning practice.

What you will do:

Serve as a technical leader and subject matter expert in transmission planning, interconnection, reliability, and related disciplines.

Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex, multidisciplinary projects.

Provide technical oversight and engineering direction for power system models, studies, analyses, and project deliverables.

Apply advanced engineering judgment to solve complex technical and business challenges.

Advise clients and serve as a primary point of contact for key stakeholders.

Lead technical reviews and quality assurance activities to produce high-quality, defensible work products.

Identify project risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate challenges and opportunities proactively.

Mentor engineers, consultants, and technical staff.

Support business development through client engagement, proposal development, scope definition, and technical strategy.

Represent the company through industry committees, working groups, conferences, publications, and presentations.

Advance engineering methodologies, tools, standards, and business processes while maintaining knowledge of industry requirements and emerging trends.

Areas of expertise:

Transmission planning

Reliability assessments and system performance evaluationsNERC TPL compliance studies

Transfer capability and congestion analysis

Long-range transmission planning

Contingency analysis, corrective action development, transmission expansion, and system reinforcement studies

Interconnection and Grid Integration Load, generation, and energy storage interconnection studies

Large load and data center integration

System impact, deliverability, and network upgrade assessments

Utility and ISO/RTO interconnection processes

Utility Operations and Compliance Transmission Owner and Transmission Operator (TO/TOP) support

Reliability compliance initiatives

Operational readiness assessments

Utility procedures and operational practices

Regulatory and Reliability:

Department of Energy initiatives and stakeholder coordinationNERC Reliability Standards, including CIP-014, TPL-001, TPL-007, PRC-019, and PRC-024

FERC Order No. 881

Regulatory and compliance-driven utility initiatives

Regional

Experience:

NYISO and ISO-NEOther ISO/RTOs and utility transmission systems throughout North America

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited university required; advanced degree preferred.

Professional Engineer (PE) license required.

Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in transmission planning, interconnection, power system studies, utility operations, reliability, compliance, or related consulting services. Experience may be reduced to 12 years for exceptionally qualified candidates holding a PE license.

Demonstrated experience leading technical projects and client engagements within the electric utility industry.

Experience performing engineering studies for transmission systems, generation resources, energy storage facilities, and large load interconnections.

Knowledge of electric utility planning, operations, reliability, and regulatory practices.

Proficiency with power system analysis software such as PSS®E, PSLF, PSCAD, ASPEN, ETAP, TARA, or similar tools.

Experience with programming and automation tools such as Python, C, C++, or similar languages.

Strong technical writing, presentation, communication, mentoring, and engineering oversight skills.

Demonstrated ability to exercise independent engineering judgment and make discretionary technical decisions.

Why Join Us:

At ENTRUST Solutions Group, a Leidos company, we are driven by a commitment to innovation, technical excellence, and delivering the critical infrastructure that powers and connects communities. Together with Leidos, we are…