[Hiring] Transmission Planner @WSP

Role Description

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Transmission Planner for our Denver, CO office. Candidates for our offices in Fort Worth, TX, Orlando, FL, Portland, OR, Overland Park, KS, Minneapolis, MN, and Richmond, VA will also be considered. Be involved in projects with our Electrical Studies, SCADA, and Protection (ESSP) team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

This individual will be responsible for:

• Interfacing with other engineers in the preparation of computer-based models.
• Performing power system studies on utility transmission systems and industrial/commercial electrical power systems including:
• Feasibility studies
• System impact studies
• Reactive compensation studies
• Protective relay settings
• Critical clearing time
• Stability (transient & dynamic)
• Long/short range planning studies
• Short circuit
• Load flow
• Motor starting
• Power factor correction
• Other related studies

The level of this engineer requires an individual who:

• Has experience producing transmission planning models and studies.
• Has good technical writing capabilities.
• Can engage with clients to discuss transmission projects.
• Can take direction from a senior engineering manager or project lead.
• Can organize activities across multiple projects in parallel.
• Can communicate with their peers proactively to successfully execute engineering tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 5 to 7 years of relevant post-education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for capital projects in power generation, transmission, and distribution at a utility, industrial, or commercial scale.
• Engineer in Training Certification.
• Experience with PSSE, PSLF, and/or PSCAD, plus other power system software packages.
• Experience developing and tuning models for new and existing transmission resources.
• Ability to work successfully in a customer-focused, project-oriented environment.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Strong knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
• Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Must reside and work within the United States.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Engineering (preferred).
• Essential Professional Licensure/Certification (preferred).
• Experience performing system impact studies in multiple US markets & networks (preferred).
• Expert in NERC compliance with extensive study experience (preferred).
• PSCAD experience including complex controls interactions, inverter and rotating generation, detailed FACTS modeling, grid-forming controls knowledge, and subsynchronous studies (preferred).
• Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training desired (preferred).

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life.
• Retirement savings.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation (or other personal time).
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.