Enging Mgr Elec Plan & Design

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National Grid is hiring a Engineering Manager, Electrical Planning and Design for Massachusetts. Hybrid. Ability to travel throughout our service territory for critical meetings where face to face interaction is of high value.

To manage a team responsible to ensure effective National Grid operations related to Substation Control and Integration for New England. Provide leadership and oversight of tasks with building or modifying electrical utility substations focusing on engineering and design of control, SCADA, metering, DC system, protection circuits & data networks within substations.

• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure that engineers to create Scope Documents detailing the philosophy, design, equipment details, RTU and annunciator point lists and deviations from standards for control and integration equipment required for a substation project.
• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure that engineers to review, approve, and develop electrical schematics for RTU control, breaker control, protective relays, annunciators, networks, equipment power, load transfer/shedding and capacitor control schemes.
• Lead the team to provide engineering support during electrical switchboard design, construction and commissioning.
• Lead the team to aid in analyzing the operation of substation control systems for proper operation following system disturbances. Determine causes of improper operation and carry out corrective action.
• Lead the team to develop standard designs and guidelines for substation control systems.
• Be a change agent for newly developed engineering, asset management and capital delivery initiatives.
• Apply process improvement techniques and practices to promote continuous improvement and foster excellence in project engineering.
• Support Operations during storm emergencies as required. Train self and staff to be prepared to execute storm roles assigned.
• Make authoritative technical engineering recommendations to support team members and provide innovative solutions which have a positive impact on business performance in the short and longer term.
• Ensure that the team deliverables are timely, feasible, fit for purpose and of superior quality
• Promote the philosophy of safe working to team employees.
• Develop and implement plans to develop engineering in a diverse professional team to ensure effective use of resources and effective solutions for internal and external customers.
• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure that engineers execute instructions and requests, plan and organize resources and make appropriate arrangements to ensure that work is carried out efficiently and in-line with relevant policies and processes.
• Develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to obtain and share information that will benefit National Grid.
• Provide leadership and oversight for engineers to undertake specific tasks of varying complexity to support colleagues in the design of technical solutions.
• Support Company initiatives for innovation and modernization of our energy delivery infrastructure (e.g., MA Grid Modernization.)
• Build upon technical/professional skills within own area of specialism to continually grow your personal contribution to the business.

• Knowledge and Experience
  
  Required:
• A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited engineering school with knowledge of high voltage electrical power systems.
• Minimum of 5 years in an engineering field closely related to electric power system engineering.
• Substation C&I Engineering work experience is preferred (master’s degree considered equivalent to 1 year work experience)
• Good working knowledge of relevant industry standards, safety standards, and existing electrical design codes.
• Basic knowledge of National grid electrical schematics and vendor prints.
• Basic knowledge of National…