AECOM is seeking a Transmission Planning Engineer / Consultant to support electric utilities, renewable developers, transmission owners, ISOs/RTOs, government agencies, and large energy users across North America. This role focuses on transmission planning, power system analysis, interconnection studies, grid integration, reliability assessments, and transmission expansion strategies.
The successful candidate will help clients address emerging challenges related to large load integration, renewable energy integration, energy storage, data center growth, and grid modernization.
Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, they will develop data-driven solutions that enhance grid reliability, resilience, and long-term infrastructure planning while communicating technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
The job responsibilities of the position will include but are not limited to:
- Perform transmission planning studies, including power flow, contingency, transfer capability, congestion, and interconnection analyses.
- Develop and maintain power system planning models for transmission networks, generation, storage, and large load customers.
- Identify system constraints, reliability risks, and mitigation strategies to support reliable grid operation.
- Evaluate transmission expansion and investment options to address load growth, electrification, renewable integration, and grid modernization needs.
- Assess transmission impacts from evolving generation portfolios, large-load growth, data centers, and changing market conditions.
- Analyze alternatives such as transmission upgrades, reactive support, grid-enhancing technologies, and non-transmission solutions.
- Apply NERC, ISO/RTO, utility, and regulatory planning standards and criteria.
- Support projects involving large load integration, grid modernization, and emerging energy technologies.
- Evaluate transmission and infrastructure needs associated with data centers, renewable generation and other large-load developments.
- Support long-range transmission planning, integrated resource planning, and infrastructure investment strategy initiatives.
- Prepare technical studies, reports, presentations, business cases, and client recommendations.
- Develop automated workflows to improve study quality and efficiency.
- Present technical findings to clients and stakeholders and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Support business development activities, including proposals, client engagement, and strategic growth initiatives.