Lead - OSW Interconnection

Purpose

The Lead - Offshore Interconnection is a critical role within the Offshore Business focusing on achieving the Interconnection Agreement and COD certificate for offshore wind plants, therefore working from development to commissioning, in addition to supporting O&M.

The individual will be part of the management team working cross-projects supporting business development as well as engineering, commissioning, and O&M.

Belonging to the EPC Services Team and Reporting to the Grid Package Manager / EPC Director, the Interconnection Manager will be responsible for defining interconnection strategies, interconnection filing, negotiating and managing multi-million dollars grid upgrades, interfacing with different ISOs (PJM, ISO-NE, NYISO mainly) and TSP on both technical and commercial fronts.

The successful candidate will be a key member of the team responsible for achieving commercial operation, on budget and on time, of utility scale offshore wind plant, supporting the Electrical Design Manager for grid compliance matters and plant test requirement.

In addition, the individual will be working as part of a global business with activities in many countries across the rest of the world. The position may require travelling to various locations in the US and overseas and during development, contracting and delivery of substantial packages the individual should be prepared to manage teams working at different project locations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for existing infrastructure analysis, routing analysis, transmission availability screen when selecting a potential POI• Responsible to coordinate the technical requirement for new interconnection requests• Responsible for the overall management of Avangrid Offshore interconnections within different ISOs, from feasibility to COD and Operation.• Responsible for the technical advisory services and strategic insights on energy and capacity markets, transmission analysis, congestion analysis, resource planning• Responsible for keeping the business updated on transmission development, key upgrades, opportunities in the ISO AGR Offshore operates• Responsible to participate in different working group, industry group as to best represent the Business and to maximize Avangrid Offshore industry presence.• Responsible leading discussions with the ISOs and transmission systems provider regarding Feasibility, Systems Impact and Facilities Studies as well Material Modification Determination and IA updates.• Lead the IA negotiation from a technical and support from commercial standpoint• Support the Electrical Design Managers to meet grid compliance, NERC compliance, etc.• Support the wind turbine selection process• Implement offshore standards, procedures, tools, best practices for large scale offshore windfarm, to be constructed across the USA, as well able to support international project if needed.• Provide key and strategic delivery advice, risk assessment and recommendations to the business.• Providing key knowledge, lessons learned and support to the packages throughout the whole life cycle of a project.• Provide expert advice on appropriate bid levels / technical strategies / commercial strategies relative to projects to maximise value. • Provide key input in the preparation of investment dossiers for all funding requests for projects to secure investment support at best value. • Ensure all lessons learned regarding offshore delivery are captured and shared across the different offshore packages. Establish the right mechanisms for this process and ensuring the teams and substantial package implement them to capture and enhance business value.

Skills and Requirements

• Degree and professional qualification in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in power systems.• Proven experience in the management of Interconnection Application. • Substantial experience in contracting, engineering design and delivery• IT literate with the ability to operate MS Office systems and other IT based project management software.• Flexible to travel to attend meetings and work at different project sites in the US as well as Germany, France, Denmark, Spain and England.• Relevant experience in offshore wind/renewable energy planning and design.• Expert knowledge of how an ISO works, regarding interconnection application, market participation, ancillary services opportunities• Experience in managing high skilled technical teams of external contractors• Able to quantify technical risks in financial terms.• Able to interpret load flow results for large systems to extract usable information, technical and commercial • Able to review power systems studies• Familiar with standard power system software• Able to discuss power plant control strategies• Familiar with how different dynamic reactive compensation equipment work

Competencies

• Be a role model
• Be agile
• Collaborate and Share
• Develop Self & Others
• Empower to grow
• Focus to achieve results
• Technical Skills

Our Selection Process

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Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables

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