Interconnection Manager
Location Options: Dana Point, CA, Salt Lake City, UT, or Lake Oswego, OR
Office Schedule: Hybrid. In office minimum of 3 days per week.
Job Description: The Interconnection Manager will manage generation interconnection requests, coordinate application and study processes, and lead interconnection agreement negotiations, as well as support facility construction for renewable energy projects in the US. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and leading all aspects of the generation interconnection process and related engineering for solar, energy storage, and natural gas projects. This role requires extensive knowledge of FERC large generator interconnection processes and tariff requirements, experience supporting early-stage development of utility scale interconnection projects and GIA negotiations/executions, and familiarity with interconnection and power flow studies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, coordinate, and lead the generation interconnection process for utility scale solar, energy storage, and natural gas projects, including pre-application feasibility analysis, interconnection application submission, interconnection study & agreement processes, communicating study results, and EPC milestone management.
- Provide responses and analysis to internal site selection processes to determine feasible transmission locations to apply for interconnection, timed and coordinated to support queue application open windows
- Request and coordinate application technical packages prepared by transmission consulting engineers
- Submit interconnection applications to ISOs/Utilities
- Track executions of queue milestones
- Coordinate with utilities, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders to obtain interconnection approvals.
- Participate in ISO/PTO Generation Interconnection and other stakeholder forums
- Provide interconnection support for project acquisition and financing activities
- Manage consultant and other service provider activities, including work order approvals
Qualifications:
- 5 years’ professional experience, preferably in the renewable energy industry
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Experience managing the generation interconnection requests for utility scale energy projects.
- Proven experience with Microsoft Office, including advanced proficiency in PowerPoint & Excel
- Experience with project management software
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.