Principal, Transmission Electrical Engineering

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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🔋 Electrical Engineer

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Worldwide Mission Critical

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11 - 50 employees

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

Construction • Consulting

Worldwide Mission Critical is a global owner's representation and project management company dedicated to the mission-critical industry, helping companies develop and deliver their data centers on time and under budget. Founded on the principle that the right team of experienced data center professionals will deliver great projects, their ability to drive and manage all aspects of a project, from site selection through building turnover, sets them apart.

📋 Description

• Serve as WMCC's senior technical authority on electric transmission engineering, spanning system planning studies and physical substation design • Review and validate transmission interconnection studies, system impact studies, and facility studies prepared by utilities, ISOs/RTOs, and third-party engineering consultants • Provide technical oversight of substation design packages prepared by EPC firms and engineering consultants • Ensure compliance with NERC, NESC, IEEE, and utility-specific design criteria • Support construction-phase technical oversight for transmission lines and substations and high-voltage equipment procurement • Coordinate with construction management teams, EPCs, and utility construction/inspection personnel • Partner with Development teams to translate utility-provided technical requirements into actionable engineering scope • Evaluate technical risk and schedule impact of transmission/substation constraints • Provide input to development, commercial, and finance stakeholders • Maintain working knowledge of NERC reliability standards and regional transmission planning criteria across active development markets • Represent WMCC in technical working sessions with utility/RTO transmission planning and engineering counterparts

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in electric transmission engineering at a utility, transmission owner, or engineering/EPC consulting firm, spanning both transmission system planning and substation design and/or construction • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field • Deep working knowledge of transmission planning studies (load flow, short circuit, stability) and substation design fundamentals (protection & control, equipment specification, physical layout) • Direct experience with utility interconnection processes, including queue studies and system impact/facility study review • Familiarity with NERC reliability standards and regional transmission planning criteria in at least one major U.S. market (PJM, MISO, ERCOT, WECC, SPP, or similar) • Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior individual technical contributor, translating complex engineering analysis into clear guidance for non-technical stakeholders • Professional Engineer (PE) license • Experience specific to hyperscale data center or other large-load interconnection projects • Experience transitioning from a utility/transmission-owner environment into a large-load developer or EPC environment • Experience with substation construction management or construction-phase technical oversight • Familiarity with flexible/curtailable load or BESS interconnection structures

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote/flexible within the United States • Estimated 15–20% travel to project sites, utility offices, and WMCC development team locations as needed