Interconnection Project Manager

Base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location:

United States- Remote

$122,699.00 to $176,380.00

This is a senior-level position within the Transmission group reporting to the Director, East Transmission & Interconnection, within the Vice President, Organic Growth, organization of Avangrid Renewables (AREN). The position location is flexible.

Primary responsibility will be for managing a specific region’s interconnection portfolio with limited supervision.  This positions requires identifying and securing interconnection positions, managing the requests through the queues, contributing to development strategies in a specific ISO or TO region by working with internal origination and development teams to create value at specific projects, negotiating the LGIAs, managing the hand-off to construction and supporting the operations team during commissioning.        

In support of AREN’s renewable projects and development pipeline, managing a portfolio of interconnection queue requests and managing the interconnection process from submittal to construction.  The ideal candidate will have 6+ years in the independent generation development or transmission utility business with good commercial experience but will also possess electrical engineering, transmission and/or generation development expertise (ie not just a developer or project manager).  This position will serve as the primary contact with the transmission providers and will be primarily responsible for implementing the interconnection strategies for a region, filing interconnection requests, managing the requests through to an interconnection agreements and regional specific initiatives as directed by the Sr. Director, Transmission.  The ideal candidate will have experience interfacing with Independent System Operators and Transmission Owners in a specific region on generation interconnections, responding to such requests from a transmission owner perspective, or having performed third party analysis to assist in determining feasibility of interconnection scenarios.  Specific responsibilities, among others, will include: 

• Manage interconnection positions to support AREN Origination, Development, Asset Management, and Policy groups to enhance the value of AREN projects by developing the most favorable interconnection and transmission strategies for development projects.  
• Manage, research and secure interconnection positions for greenfield wind or solar sites in a specific transmission region
• Coordinating siting of interconnection and transmission facilities; collaborate with AREN Construction, Development Engineering and Operations groups

• Overseeing/managing performance of technical screening studies to determine interconnection feasibility.  Reviewing and coordinating execution of LGIP-related agreements
• Identifying and communicating risks associated with each interconnection queue and interconnection agreement.
• Key participant in AREN relationships at TO & ISO in a specific region.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's or advanced degree in engineering, business or related field.

Minimum 5 years of industry experience in the following: generation development, interconnections, transmission planning or utility operations, and/or power marketing. Experience and transmission system knowledge of the non-organized WECC preferred but ISO experience also beneficial. Excellent communication skills, analytical skills.  Ability to travel and support site prospecting and/or project development activities.

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