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Transmission Planning Manager

ENTRUST Solutions Group
Portland, OR Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/24/2026
Join Our Team as a Transmission Planning Manager!

As a Transmission Planning Manager, you'll be at the heart of a team that’s driving innovation and reliability in the power grid. You’ll lead a group of talented engineers, guiding their growth while managing budgets and balancing team performance with strategic expansion. You’ll be hands-on with technical work—performing calculations, interpreting utility records, and applying engineering principles to real-world challenges.

You’ll collaborate closely with clients, both existing and prospective, helping to build strong relationships and expand our impact. Whether you're mentoring junior engineers, overseeing project execution, or contributing to business development, your leadership will help shape the future of our transmission planning efforts.

You’ll also play a key role in project management—ensuring deliverables meet specifications, identifying risks, and communicating clearly with stakeholders. Your technical expertise will be essential in performing system analyses, reviewing work for quality, and supporting proposal development. And as a mentor, you’ll help guide the next generation of engineers, sharing your knowledge and fostering a culture of learning and excellence.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree with concentration in power systems engineering and equivalent experience developed through detailed analysis of power systems;
  • Previous supervisory experience
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in wide-area power system modeling, analysis, and planning, including power flow, transient stability, and short circuit studies for interconnections on the transmission system
  • Proficient with power system modeling and analysis tools including, at a minimum, Siemens PTI PSS®E Steady State Power Flow and Dynamics as well as PowerGem TARA
  • Experience with PSCAD software is a plus
  • Professional Engineering (PE) License preferred
  • Highly experienced with rules, tariffs, guidelines, and processes of system operators (ISOs/RTOs) and studies of interconnections and transmission service
  • Able to travel up to 10% of the time to support client and sales initiatives

Not quite right for you? For a full listing of all our openings, please visit us at: https://entrustsol.com/careers/

Who We Are

ENTRUST Solutions Group, an ENR Top 100 company, is a community of people, 3,000 strong, who are committed to our clients and each other. We provide comprehensive and dependable engineering, consulting, and automation services to gas and electric utilities, telecommunication service providers, pipeline operators, and industrial companies.

In Return For Top Talent, ENTRUST Solutions Group Offers

  • Generous paid time off and benefits
  • 401(k) retirement program with a company match
  • Career development programs
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible work schedule

To learn more about ENTRUST Benefits and Culture, please visit our company LinkedIn page and follow us at:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrustsolutionsgroup

ENTRUST Solutions Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. ENTRUST Solutions Group does not accept unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with ENTRUST Solutions Group.

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