Manager I - Transmission Planning

Salary Range: $126,454 - $168,606
Close Date: 5/21/2026 at 3:00 pm CT
Relocation: No

About Us  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, headquartered in Dallas, is a regulated electricity transmission and distribution business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor (together with its subsidiaries) operates the largest transmission and distribution system in Texas, delivering power to nearly 4 million homes and businesses and operating more than 144,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines in Texas.

Position Summary

This position leads the transmission planning activities for an area of the Oncor Electric Delivery Transmission System.  This includes managing the development of transmission projects, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Regional Planning Group project submittals, and load interconnection study reports leading to the reliable and optimized operation of the transmission system.  This position identifies and implements Transmission Plan process improvements, as well as, contributes to the ERCOT stakeholder process regarding proposed rule changes that impact transmission planning.  All North America Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and ERCOT compliance requirements must be met, and supporting evidence created, maintained and readily available.  This position maintains a high-level awareness of developing and changing trends that impact Transmissions Planning activities.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Directly or through others, the incumbent:

• Manages activities that support Oncor’s transmission planning processes including, but not limited to, identifying transmission system reliability deficiencies, identify optimization opportunities, and developing transmission project solutions and Regional Planning Group submittals that meet or exceed NERC requirements and ERCOT’s Transmission Planning Criteria.
• Manages activities that support interconnection of loads to the transmission system, including but not limited to, development of Large Load Interconnection Study (LLIS) reports.
• Manages Transmission Planning’s input for coordinating the transmission project construction process. This includes coordinating with Oncor internal organizations to rank all projects (including Capital Maintenance Prioritization Committee (CMPC)), and perform integrated scoping activities to help ensure that projects are completed by their target date. 
• Monitors and engages in ERCOT Stakeholder activities of the Steady State Working Group (SSWG), Planning Work Group (PLWG) and Regional Planning Group (RPG), and provides analysis and insights about the impact of rule changes under consideration.
• Continually drive improvements in the transmission planning process including adopting or creating tools that improve efficiency, ensure data accuracy, and support transmission planning objectives.
• Collaborate with the Compliance team to ensure that all transmission system modeling and analysis meet NERC and ERCOT requirements.
• Directs special studies such as Remedial Action Schemes analysis and recommendation, generation retirements, Electric Vehicle adoption, or any other planning study needs.
• Coordinates with the Compliance Manager to ensure processes are followed and documentation produced as required by Regulatory Authorities such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), NERC and Texas Reliability Entity (Texas RE) to satisfy regulatory reporting requirements and inquiries.
• Develops and maintains collaborative working relationships with industry colleagues such as peer utility staff, ERCOT Staff and other ERCOT stakeholders’ staff, to effectively resolve issues of common need and interests.
• Facilitate a high-performance team culture including hiring high-potential job candidates, providing mentoring to professionally develop team members, and demonstrating continuous improvement practices.
• Performs all essential aspects and functions of the job as well as any other specific job requirements.

 Skills  

• Demonstrated leadership skills which may include leading multiple engineers on one or more major projects, and/or driving the adoption of process improvements.
• The job requires an overall understanding of the Company and the industry in order to deal with a variety of system-oriented assignments. The incumbent must have good organizational skills to be able to handle several diverse assignments as well as manage a group of engineers.
• The incumbent must have effective oral and written communication skills.
• The incumbent must have the interpersonal skills to develop good working relationships.
• The incumbent must have good reasoning skills.
• The incumbent must have good analytical and problem-solving skills.

Education and Experience 

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering is required. 
• Six or more years of experience in the planning, operation, maintenance and construction of substation and transmission facilities is required.
• Applicants that have a Professional Engineer Registration in the State of Texas are encouraged to apply.

Measures of Success

• Oncor planning policies developed in compliance with all NERC and ERCOT Reliability Standards.
• Zero NERC/Texas RE compliance violations.
• Receipt of approval to build transmission projects from ERCOT and the Regional Planning Group.
• Receipt of approval to build new transmission lines from the PUCT.
• Timely completion of load interconnection studies.
• Timely completion of planning studies to support integrated scoping.
• Timely completion of summer preparedness activities.

Benefits 

At Oncor, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits, compensation and performance management programs designed specifically to attract, retain, motivate and reward our high-performing workforce. Our supportive and inclusive culture allows every team member the opportunity to thrive and make a difference. We invest in our employee’s success and well-being by offering such things as: 

• Annual incentive program.
• Competitive health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance).
• Ability to earn wellness incentives (up to $2,300 in 2026 as an Employee only) and other wellbeing resources.
• 401k with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%.
• 401k match with student debt program.
• Cash balance pension plan.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Mental health resources.
• Employee resource groups.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Competitive vacation, 10 company holidays and 2 personal holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Salary continuation for up to 6 months for approved employee illness or injury.
• Other perks such as commuter benefits, electric vehicle incentive program, appliance purchase plan.

Participation in benefit programs for employees in collective bargaining units is subject to the applicable collective bargaining agreement.