Supervising Engineer - Interconnections

Rhode Island Energy is hiring a Supervising Engineer to oversee a team of engineers focused on load and generation interconnections. The role involves ensuring timely and efficient interconnection analysis, supervising technical studies, and researching distributed energy technologies. The position requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience. Work is split between Providence and Lincoln, RI, indicating it is not a remote job.
Company Summary Statement : Rhode Island Energy provides essential energy services to over 770,000 customers across Rhode Island through the delivery of electricity or natural gas. Our team is dedicated to helping Rhode Island customers and communities thrive while supporting the transition to a cleaner energy future. Rhode Island Energy is part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies addressing energy challenges head-on by building smarter, more resilient, and more dynamic power grids and advancing sustainable energy solutions. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today. Overview:

The Rhode Island Energy Company is seeking a Supervising Engineer who will oversee approximately six engineers focused on load and generation interconnections within RI Electric Asset Management. The positions splits time between our Providence, RI and Lincoln, RI locations.

The role’s purpose is to provide technical expertise and oversight to a team of engineers to ensure a safe, efficient, environmentally responsible, and reliable interconnection analysis aligned with RI Electric Asset Management objectives. Specific objectives include, but are not limited to
• Ensure interconnection analysis is completed in a timely manner to meet regulatory requirements.
• Ensure technical analysis is complete to prevent impacts and provide benefits from new load or generation interconnections.
• Ensure distributed energy resources such as solar generation, wind generation, battery energy storage, electric vehicles, and heating electrification are interconnected according to latest technological developments.
• Ensure studies, estimates, and project documentation are sufficient for project execution.

Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities:
• Review and conduct interconnection impact studies in order to determine issues and opportunities associated with interconnection applications and recommend appropriate infrastructure.
• * Supervise and assist detailed electric system modeling and data gathering.
• Supervise and assist analysis
• Supervise and assist estimate development and report creation
• Research distributed energy technologies such as solar generation, wind generation, battery energy storage, electric vehicles, and heating electrification to develop new analysis methods and interconnection standards.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to provide status, preliminary findings, and final results.
• * Communication responsibilities include dispute resolution as necessary.
• Support government and regulatory data requests and filings, particularly in relation to distributed generation interconnections.
• Interface with transmission engineering staff and New England Independent System Operators (ISO-NE) to coordinate interconnections between distribution and transmission systems.

Additional Accountabilities:
• Provide storm restoration support during major storm events. Storm support can require off-hour and weekend response.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, economics, science or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience working in any combination of utility (or similar industry) contract management, regulatory, legal or client/customer relations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships across all levels of all levels of organization
• Working towards/holder of the Registered Professional Engineering License.
• Knowledge of The Narragansett Electric Company’s business operations, company policies and practices preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in an electrical engineering environment, preferably a utility.
• Good written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a matrix management environment.
• Understanding of distribution line design, substation design and protection, controls & integration, and metering schemes.
• Knowledge of distribution protection schemes. ASPEN or CAPE software experience preferred.
• Ability to perform distribution load flow analysis. PSSE and/or CYME experience preferred.
• Knowledge and experience studying or working with inverters, solar generation, wind generation, battery energy storage, and/or electric vehicles is preferred.

Work Environment:
• Majority of time will be in a normal office environment
• Some time will be in the field and near high voltage equipment requiring personal protective equipment (PPE) and a variety of safety training and certifications.
• * Field time may be during inclement weather during emergencies