WHAT YOU'LL DO

Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team

•  Inspire, coach, mentor, and develop transmission planning professionals.

•  Set clear priorities, align internal talent and external consultants, and balance workloads and financial resources.

•  Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, high performance, innovation, and continuous learning.

•  Support the ATC Strategic Engineering Experience and Development (SEED) program.

Drive Grid Strategy and Planning Excellence

•  Oversee the design, execution, evaluation, compliance, and continuous improvement of planning programs and processes.

•  Direct system planning studies and project development activities, including support for regulatory approval and technical testimony.

•  Advance planning criteria, guidelines, tools, technologies, processes, and documentation.

•  Support capital forecast development and the prioritization of transmission investments.

Protect Reliability and Compliance

•  Maintain strong governance for planning-related NERC reliability standard compliance.

•  Identify planning and compliance risks early and guide appropriate corrective action.

•  Ensure planning work responds to changing customer needs and transmission system reliability requirements.

•  Provide leadership before, during, and after an ATC Ready event when called upon.

Influence Enterprise and Industry Outcomes

•  Represent System Planning in enterprise-wide discussions and champion organizational initiatives.

•  Partner across engineering, operations, asset management, project management, interconnection solutions, customer engagement, and regulatory affairs.

•  Communicate credible planning recommendations to executives, board members, customers, regulators, and industry stakeholders.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

•  Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience in transmission planning or power systems.

•  Eight or more years of experience in transmission system planning, transmission design, engineering, operations, maintenance, or another related technical area.

•  Demonstrated ability to set priorities, manage resources, balance workloads, coach employees, and guide technical programs and projects.

•  Strong understanding of electric power system reliability standards, compliance procedures, and relevant regulatory organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

•  Progressive responsibility leading engineers, technical specialists, consultants, or complex cross-functional work.

•  Experience directing transmission planning studies and supporting project justification or regulatory approval.

•  Ability to explain complex technical matters clearly to executives, board members, customers, regulators, and industry stakeholders.

•  Experience developing capital forecasts, allocating financial resources, or prioritizing technical portfolios.

•  Exposure to FERC, NERC, MISO, PSCW, IEEE, EPRI, CEATI, EEI, NATF, or similar organizations.