Sr. or Principal Engineer, HV Engineering

Avantus develops, owns, and operates utility-scale clean energy projects. The Senior or Principal Engineer, HV Engineering provides technical leadership for high-voltage infrastructure supporting solar, energy storage, and hybrid energy projects, from development through construction, commissioning, and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for high-voltage engineering activities, including design basis development, shared infrastructure strategies, and review and approval of engineering deliverables through all project phases for facilities up to 500kV
• Establish and maintain design standards and long-term infrastructure strategies for shared high-voltage facilities supporting multi-phase developments
• Act as the Owner's technical representative and primary technical interface with utilities, EPC contractors, engineering consultants, Owner's Engineers, equipment vendors, and internal stakeholders
• Support utility interconnection requirements, RFIs, technical reviews, power system studies, and utility approvals throughout the project lifecycle
• Lead routing, siting, and design activities for transmission lines, generation tie lines, and interconnection facilities
• Manage and coordinate Owner's Engineers, engineering firms, specialty consultants, and design contractors
• Provide technical oversight of owner-furnished HV equipment including transformers, breakers, reactors, protection and control systems
• Support telecommunications, SCADA, protection, control, and communications architecture coordination
• Support HV estimating, cost engineering, value engineering, and cost optimization initiatives
• Review project schedules, engineering deliverables, procurement strategies, equipment delivery plans, and execution plans
• Identify and mitigate technical, schedule, procurement, cost, constructability, utility, execution, and operational risks
• Drive collaboration across Optimization, Development, Land, Permitting, Legal, Procurement, Construction, Asset Management, Operations Technology, EPC contractors, utilities, and consultants

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline
• 10+ years of experience in HV engineering, substations, transmission systems, or utility-scale renewable energy projects
• Extensive experience with substations, switchyards, transmission lines, generation tie lines, and utility interconnections up to 500kV
• Experience supporting utility-scale solar, BESS, hybrid energy, or large-scale power infrastructure projects
• Experience managing owner-furnished HV equipment including transformers, breakers, reactors, and protection systems
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple engineering firms, Owner's Engineers, EPC contractors, utilities, equipment vendors, and technical stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of IEEE, NESC, NFPA, IEC, utility standards, and interconnection requirements
• Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Advanced degree
• Experience with CAISO, PG&E, SCE, NV Energy, or other utility interconnection processes
• Experience supporting telecom, SCADA, protection and controls
• Experience supporting construction, commissioning, and energization activities