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National Grid
Engineer, Electrical Planning and Design
Albany, NY
Apr 18, 2025
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About us

National Grid is hiring a Distribution Engineer for our Distribution Planning & Asset Management (DPAM) department in Albany, NY.

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live.

The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

The Distribution Engineer in Distribution Planning & Asset Management will develop recommendations for required modifications and additions to sub-transmission and distribution facilities to enhance the resiliency of the system to adverse weather events and to modernize the grid in a fashion to meet forecasted capacity requirements and expanding customer service quality expectations in an economic manner that optimizes the use of existing systems and minimizes environmental concerns.

Key Accountabilities

  • System Planning & Asset Management: Provide strategic direction for immediate and long-term planning of sub-transmission and distribution systems to enhance resilience and meet capacity requirements.
  • Customer Support:Conduct studies and ensure compliance for customer and distributed generation interconnections, offering technical guidance to customer groups.
  • Reliability Performance: Track and enhance regional distribution and sub-transmission reliability, promoting actions for improvement.
  • Collaboration: Work with various National Grid departments, including Electric Operations, Regional Control Centers and Distribution Design, to support integration of distributed generation, deployment of grid modernization, customer centric solutions and compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Process Improvement: Proactively identify and implement changes to enhance performance, efficiency, and effectiveness of engineering processes.
  • Problem Solving: Take responsibility for addressing issues promptly and effectively, while maintaining strong communication with stakeholders

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

  • Able to lead interdisciplinary technical teams to evaluate solution options and develop project scopes, cost estimates and project schedules.

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.
  • Experience: At least 2 years of related experience in electrical engineering.
  • Licensure: Engineer in Training (EIT) designation is desired; Plans to obtain Professional Engineer (PE) licensure are preferred.
  • Technical Skills: Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
  • Other Requirements: Valid driver's license.

More Information

Salary: $94,000 - 110,000

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.


National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

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