Manager Transmission Planning

Overview

About us:

Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy expansion solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired 50,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Through its transmission business, LS Power Grid, the company built and operates 780+ miles of high-voltage transmission and 7 transmission utilities and has another 375+ miles currently in construction or development. LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are meeting the growing needs of the energy expansion, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. Over the years, LS Power has raised more than $89 billion in debt and equity capital to support North American infrastructure.

Our Purpose, Mission, & Values:

Our Purpose is to solve complex energy problems that improve the world

Our Mission is to make lives better by developing a cleaner and more reliable energy ecosystem

Our Values are the willingness to participate in and help strengthen our culture of integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, and Taking Ownership

Our People create value and are our Most Valuable asset.  We take our values of Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Taking Ownership seriously and ask candidates to think about how they can help us further enhance our culture with their specific skillsets, capabilities and experiences.

Benefits

We provide our team the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and continue in their career growth. We are committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits that include 100% employer paid premium healthcare, paid parental leave and more.

About the Role:

LS Power is seeking a Manager, Transmission Planning to support and lead transmission planning activities across the company's growing portfolio of transmission development and operating assets. This individual will be responsible for conducting and overseeing complex power system studies, identifying transmission system needs and development opportunities, and providing technical leadership in support of new project development, interconnection activities, and existing utility operations across the United States. This role is based in St. Louis, MO; remote work may be considered for the right candidate.

The Manager will serve as a key technical resource within the Transmission Planning team, working closely with internal Development, Engineering, Regulatory, and Operations teams, as well as external utilities, consultants, and ISO/RTO stakeholders.

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

• Lead and perform complex power system modeling and simulations, including load flow, short circuit, transient stability, electromagnetic transient, and production cost studies.
• Lead transmission planning studies to identify system needs, constraints, and opportunities for reliability and economic enhancements that support LS Power's transmission development initiatives.
• Develop and evaluate transmission solutions and provide technical recommendations to support project development and investment decisions.
• Manage, coordinate, review, and interpret interconnection and transmission studies performed by utilities, ISO/RTOs, consultants, and other external parties.
• Lead technical activities associated with generation and transmission interconnection processes across applicable ISO/RTO regions.
• Provide transmission planning expertise in support of project development, acquisitions, due diligence, and evaluation of transmission system opportunities across NERC regions.
• Support transmission asset operations and applicable regulatory and reliability compliance activities.
• Partner cross-functionally with Development, Engineering, Regulatory, Operations, and other internal stakeholders to advance transmission projects and initiatives.
• Represent LS Power's interests before ISO/RTOs and on appropriate regional and national committees, working groups, and industry task forces.
• Monitor developments in FERC transmission policy, Open Access Transmission Tariffs, NERC reliability requirements, and evolving ISO/RTO transmission planning and interconnection processes.
• Manage relationships and coordinate technical work with external consultants and other third-party stakeholders.
• Clearly communicate complex study results, system risks, opportunities, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and other team members and contribute to the development of transmission planning best practices.

Qualifications

We Want You On Our Team Because You...

• Have demonstrated experience independently performing, reviewing, and interpreting power flow, short circuit, transient stability, and other transmission planning studies.
• Have strong working knowledge of transmission planning principles, NERC reliability standards, FERC transmission policy, and ISO/RTO planning and interconnection processes.
• Have hands-on experience with industry planning and modeling tools such as PSS®E, TARA, PowerWorld, GE PSLF, and/or comparable software.
• Have experience working within one or more ISO/RTO regions and understand regional transmission planning and interconnection processes.
• Have demonstrated ability to lead complex technical assignments and provide sound recommendations based on study results.
• Have experience coordinating with utilities, consultants, ISO/RTOs, and other external stakeholders.
• Possess strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and organizational skills.
• Can effectively communicate complex technical concepts and recommendations to a variety of audiences.
• Are comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Demonstrate the ability to provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other engineers.

Ideally, You Have

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering; an advanced degree in Electrical Engineering with a power systems concentration is preferred.
• 6–10 years of direct experience in transmission planning, power system studies, transmission development, or a closely related power systems discipline