Job Description

Evergreen Project Overview: We are seeking a Project Engineer within the Applied Engineering Services practice. This role will ensure grid reliability and compliance by managing our client's interconnection projects in the ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) area. Our client aims to reduce their backlog, expedite the study process, and facilitate faster plant connections. These studies involve larger connections requiring a Full Interconnection Study (FIS) for projects of 10MW or higher, governed by ERCOT Interconnection Study criteria. Applicants typically include developers of solar farms, battery energy storage systems (BESS), industrial loads, wind farms, and other projects.

Position: Project Engineer

Location: 330 Rush Alley Columbus, OH 43015

Hours: Normal 8-5

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering
• Project management experience
• Great communication skills as you will be interfacing with customers
• Go getter personality
• Technologically savvy

Plusses:

• Experience with renewable energy resources
• Generation and Transmission experience
• Utility industry experience
• Co-location experience
• RTO experience experience

Day to Day: The Project Engineer will serve as the liaison between developers and our client's interconnection team, ensuring projects run smoothly, on time, and that payments are made. Responsibilities include extensive documentation and communication, keeping our client, Evergreen, developers, and outsourced engineering companies aligned. Additionally, the Project Engineer will update our client's systems like Rio, Smartsheet, and SharePoint.

The Project Engineer will oversee generator interconnection studies, managing developer requests that can span multiple years, handling re-studies when developers change their data, and more. Key responsibilities include replicating work processes, ensuring all information presented to ERCOT is accurate, managing agreements with developers, and coordinating FIS studies, aiming to complete them within 6-7 months. The Project Engineer will act as a liaison with teams, ensuring developers meet deadlines and compliance requirements, and manage projects, deadlines, and KPIs.

Client Studies: The five key sections for the FIS Projects are:

1. Facility Study
2. Steady State Study
3. Short Circuit Study
4. Dynamic/Transient Study
5. Sub-Synchronous Oscillation (SSO) (if required)

Responsibilities:

• Dedicate time slots with Interconnection Entities (IE)
• Keep projects on track
• Coordinate with contractors conducting the studies
• Establish timelines for each project activity
• Maintain progress in ERCOT’s RIO tool
• Maintain our client's SharePoint tracker
• Resolve gaps in the progress of studies
• Escalate issues as needed

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