Power System Engineer

Description

Official JD:

As a Senior Engineer – Generator Interconnection , you’ll play an important role in evaluating new and changing generation across the company footprint. You’ll perform and manage power system studies that help determine how generation can reliably interconnect to the transmission system while serving as a technical resource for company’s interconnection customers, Transmission Owners, and neighboring RTOs.

This role combines technical power system analysis, project ownership, problem-solving, and customer interaction. Depending on your assignments, you may also serve as the project manager for system impact studies, helping coordinate studies from kickoff through completion and keeping multiple stakeholders aligned along the way.

How You’ll Make an Impact

In this role, you will:

• Manage and perform system impact studies for generator interconnection requests in company’s Generator Interconnection Queue, evaluating the reliability impacts of connecting new resources to the transmission system.

• Review and evaluate projects proposed by company’s Transmission Owners, providing technical recommendations based on power system analysis and established reliability requirements.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on assigned projects, communicating study results, technical requirements, and project details to interconnection customers, Transmission Owners, neighboring RTOs, and internal teams.

What Makes This Role Exciting

Generator interconnection is at the center of a rapidly changing electric grid. In this role, your studies won’t simply live in a report—they’ll help determine how new generation projects move forward, what transmission improvements may be needed, and how they company continues to maintain a reliable system as the generation fleet evolves.

You’ll have the opportunity to build deep technical expertise while gaining exposure to customers, Transmission Owners, neighboring grid operators, and teams across the company. If you enjoy combining power system engineering with project ownership and collaboration, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the future of the grid.

Required skills and experience needed for our Senior Engineer – Generation Interconnection:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering technology, electrical and computer engineering, electrical and electronic engineering or electronics and computer engineering technology

• At least 4 years of job-related experience.

• While not required, it would be great if you had:

• Specific power system planning or operations experience

• Specific experience within any of the following: PSS/E, MUST, TARA, TSAT, and VSAT

• Previous energy industry experience

Skills

Power system, Systems engineering, VSAT, PSS/E, TSAT, Modeling

Top Skills Details

Power system,Systems engineering,VSAT,PSS/E,TSAT

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Job Description:

More Senior level engineer roles. At a high level they are looking for Power System Engineers. He manages a team running studies the PSE space. He is a Sr. Manager of interconnection agreements. Running interconnection agreement studies. Other ISOs or other utility companies. Anyone in the Power System industry. Siemens PSS/E software, TERA, TSAT/VSAT. Standard energy industry software tools.

Top Skills: Running Generation Interconnection studies, build/update models that feed into studies, report writing, results analysis, basic Python skills (not a coding spot though),

Running technical studies within Interconnection Agreement side. They see electrical engineer degrees but not often. Sometimes it is computer science related. Any technical engineering type degree. At this point the spots are basically the same. If they find two good candidates they will tailor the project based on their background . More analysis/research type stuff. Look at current job postings on the company’s website for generation connection engineer.

This is a Contract position based out of Remote, OR.

The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $65.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 29, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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