What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer - T&D position at United Illuminating?
TITLE: Engineer - Transmission & Distribution (T&D) System.
We offer AWESOME BENEFITS SIGN ON BONUS RELOCATION
LOCATION: CT - Orange - 100 Marsh Hill Rd
Work-Type : OFFICE
SALARY RANGE: The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from $85,000 to $107,000
Job Summary
The engineer will review, analyze, and coordinate moderate to complex planned construction projects,maintenance requirements and responses to system disturbances related to the operation of the
Transmission & Distribution (T&D) System. Approve planned outages and clearance requests.Coordinate work with other departments within UI and other outside system operators (e.g., ISO,
CONVEX, NUSCO). Work is to be completed with minimal guidance. The incumbent must be available for oncall, as necessary.
Key Responsibilities
Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing
knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
Education & Experience Required
or equivalent is required.
Competencies
THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at careers@avangrid.com.
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.
Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.
Job Posting End Date
May-6-2026
We offer AWESOME BENEFITS SIGN ON BONUS RELOCATION
LOCATION: CT - Orange - 100 Marsh Hill Rd
Work-Type : OFFICE
SALARY RANGE: The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from $85,000 to $107,000
Job Summary
The engineer will review, analyze, and coordinate moderate to complex planned construction projects,maintenance requirements and responses to system disturbances related to the operation of the
Transmission & Distribution (T&D) System. Approve planned outages and clearance requests.Coordinate work with other departments within UI and other outside system operators (e.g., ISO,
CONVEX, NUSCO). Work is to be completed with minimal guidance. The incumbent must be available for oncall, as necessary.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform moderately complex system analyses, design and calculations using std methodology & principles & other viable approaches.
- Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve problems or to improve processes/services.
- Solves moderately complex system operating problems. Take a new perspective on established solutions. (e.g., outages, system disturbances, power quality, load flow studies, maintenance
- Prepare, maintain, and understand drawings (e.g., schematics, one-line diagrams). Develop and specify equipment, assemble documents and other requirements for assignments of moderate to
- Represent Operate Electric System (OES) on assigned project teams.
- Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and provide guidance to other team members on OES issues. (e.g., review and evaluate proposals and projects).
- Guide or mentor others. Provides expertise to operators, dispatchers, engineers & consultants.
- Interprets & make recommendations with respect to customer & stakeholder needs. Explains
- Promotes cross functional teamwork on assigned tasks and projects. Assist in guiding and mentoring engineers in OES.
- Provides direction for resources outside of the department.
- Works independently to address std & non-std system operating situations.
- Apply design stds., industry codes, design criteria, guidelines & UI polices/procedures. (e.g., planned system outage and clearance requests, coordinate system restoration).
- Interprets processes and standards related to OES.
- Recommend solutions and best practices for standard and nonstandard situations.
- Represents OES on projects, task forces and studies.
- Develop business cases & manage small projects/processes/initiatives or teams in accordance with applicable UI guidelines.
- Coordinate phases of OES work for assigned portions of a project/program. (e.g., clearance requests)
- Plan, schedule, monitor, control budget/estimates, for assigned tasks and/or projects.
- Possess in-depth experience, knowledge and skills in distribution design and operations, along with related business practices and procedures (e.g., design criteria, standards, NESC).
- Able to explain difficult issues and work to establish consensus.
- Able to work in a cross-functional team and guide or mentor other team members.
- Technical Skills/Competencies
- Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design,
Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing
knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
- Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering
of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
- Engineering documentation # Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering
- Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others to ensure compliance with
- Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment - Local, State and Federal
Education & Experience Required
- BS/BA Degree Experience: Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited college/university plus 2-5 years’ experience performing engineering
or equivalent is required.
Competencies
- Growth & Continuous Improvement
- Initiative & Change
- Focused on Results
- Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership (people managers/leaders)
THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at careers@avangrid.com.
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.
Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.
Job Posting End Date
May-6-2026
Salary : $85,000 - $107,000