Lead Engineer, Power System Planning

Daymark Energy Advisors is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to provide technical leadership for consulting engagements involving transmission planning, generator interconnection, grid reliability, renewable and energy storage integration, and electric system performance. The Lead Engineer will direct complex engineering studies, oversee multidisciplinary project teams, and serve as a trusted advisor to utilities, transmission developers, generation developers, regulators, investors, and system operators.

This role requires deep expertise in power system analysis, including power flow, short-circuit, dynamic stability, and electromagnetic transient (EMT) studies. The successful candidate will combine strong technical capabilities with consulting, project management, and client advisory skills to help clients navigate an increasingly complex and rapidly evolving electric grid.

The Lead Engineer will play a critical role in helping clients evaluate infrastructure investments, address reliability and interconnection challenges, and develop practical solutions to support the ongoing transformation of the electric power industry.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

  • Lead the technical execution of consulting engagements involving transmission planning and expansion, generator interconnection, renewable and energy storage integration, transmission reliability and resilience, grid modernization, and inverter-based resource performance.
  • Direct and review a broad range of engineering analyses, including power flow studies, short-circuit studies, dynamic stability assessments, EMT analyses, voltage stability studies, contingency analyses, transfer capability evaluations, and system impact and facility studies.
  • Provide technical guidance regarding transmission system performance under a variety of operating conditions and future resource scenarios.
  • Ensure that study methodologies, assumptions, and results are technically sound and consistent with applicable reliability standards, planning criteria, industry practices, and regulatory requirements.
  • Serve as a senior technical reviewer for major client deliverables and provide expert judgment on complex engineering issues.

Project Leadership

  • Manage consulting engagements from project initiation through final delivery.
  • Develop project scopes, work plans, budgets, schedules, and staffing requirements, while ensuring work is completed on time and within budget.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary teams of engineers, economists, analysts, and policy experts to deliver integrated solutions to client challenges.
  • Monitor project progress, identify technical and schedule risks, and implement mitigation strategies as needed.
  • Maintain Daymark's high standards for analytical rigor, quality assurance, and client service throughout all phases of project execution.

Client Advisory

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to utilities, independent power producers, transmission developers, system operators, government agencies, regulators, investors, and other energy-sector stakeholders.
  • Provide technical support for transmission investments, generator interconnection strategies, reliability assessments, infrastructure planning efforts, and regulatory proceedings.
  • Present technical findings and recommendations to both technical and executive audiences and participate in stakeholder meetings, technical workshops, strategic planning sessions, and executive briefings.
  • Develop practical, actionable recommendations that help clients make informed investment, planning, and policy decisions.

Analytical Oversight

  • Review and interpret engineering study results to assess system reliability, operational impacts, and infrastructure investment implications.
  • Evaluate transmission system impacts associated with new generation resources, energy storage projects, transmission expansion initiatives, and emerging grid technologies.
  •  Ensure that analytical methods, assumptions, and conclusions are technically defensible and clearly documented.
  • Prepare reports, presentations, and expert analyses suitable for client decision-making, regulatory filings, due diligence reviews, and stakeholder communications.

Business Development and Thought Leadership

  • Contribute to proposal development, client relationship management, and business development activities.
  • Identify emerging technical, market, and regulatory trends affecting the electric power sector and help clients understand their implications.
  • Support Daymark's thought leadership initiatives through white papers, conference presentations, webinars, and industry forums. Help expand the firm's engineering consulting capabilities and strengthen relationships with existing and prospective clients.

Team Development

  • Oversee the transmission engineering team.
  • Supervise and develop junior engineers and analysts, promoting technical excellence and professional growth throughout the organization.
  • Encourage knowledge sharing, collaboration, and innovation while fostering a culture of intellectual rigor, accountability, and client service.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • Ten or more years of experience in transmission planning, generator interconnection, engineering consulting, or comparable field.
  • Demonstrated expertise in power flow analysis, short-circuit analysis, dynamic stability studies, electromagnetic transient (EMT) studies, generator interconnection studies, and reliability assessments.
  • Strong understanding of transmission planning principles, power system reliability concepts, inverter-based resource integration, NERC reliability standards, and utility and ISO/RTO planning processes.
  • Eperience with industry software and analytical tools, including PSS®E, TARA, PSCAD, ASPEN OneLiner, and DSATools.
  • Experience managing projects and leading multidisciplinary technical teams.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on power systems.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license.
  • Experience with transmission planning and interconnection processes in ISO-NE, NYISO, PJM, or MISO.
  • Experience supporting regulatory proceedings, expert testimony, technical due diligence engagements, or independent engineering reviews.

 

$175,000 – $220,000 salary range

 

Location and benefits:

Daymark is headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts. We offer flexible work arrangements (remote, hybrid, office), and our team is located throughout the United States and Canada.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits including:

  • Collaborative and supportive work environment
  • Participation in our 401(k) plan, including company matching
  • Comprehensive group health and dental plans
  • Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care

 

Apply:

Qualified candidates, please email your resume and cover letter to humanresources@daymarkea.com. Our team is happy to connect with interested candidates to discuss this opportunity and careers at Daymark.  To reach anyone on our team, please use the “contact” button on any team member page at the link below.

 

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