[Hiring] Utility Coordination & Grid Interconnection Specialist @AlphaX

Role Description

AlphaGov is engaging a Utility Coordination and Grid Interconnection Specialist for current public EV charging and fleet electrification work. You will guide agencies through utility make-ready programs, service upgrades, interconnection timelines, and rate analysis that keep charging projects on schedule.

We confirm scope, schedule, and fee with you before any engagement begins.

What you'll do

• Map utility make-ready, service upgrade, and interconnection steps for agency EVSE and depot projects
• Prepare or review load letters, interconnection applications, and utility coordination packages
• Analyze rate schedules, demand charges, and TOU options that affect charger operating costs
• Advise agencies on utility timelines, capacity constraints, and phasing that avoid stranded assets
• Coordinate with agency facilities, engineers, and utility account managers through design and energization
• Document risks, dependencies, and decision points for project managers and elected briefings
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience coordinating utility service upgrades or interconnection for EV charging or similar loads
• Working knowledge of make-ready programs, demand charges, and utility process timelines
• Strong written coordination skills with utilities, engineers, and public-agency facilities teams
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant, remote-first with occasional client or utility meetings

Requirements

• Utility, municipal, or consulting background on EVSE, fleet depots, or distributed energy interconnection
• Experience with IOU or municipal utility make-ready incentives and NEVI/CFI utility coordination
• Familiarity with DER, battery storage, or managed charging programs that reduce demand charges