Manager (2H) - Distribution Engineering System Design, High Tension

Mission Statement:

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) employees are required to follow health, safety, and environmental policies, EEO, Standards of Business Conduct, and all other applicable company policy and procedures. We all share a responsibility to advance the company’s mission by excelling at our three corporate priorities – safety of our people and the public, operational excellence in all that we do, and ensuring the best possible customer experience.

Benefits:

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, mental, and financial health of our employees and their families. This commitment extends beyond the workplace to foster personal growth and holistic wellbeing. Our life-changing rewards package includes:

• Rich medical & pharmacy benefits, including vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• Health Savings Accounts
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with robust matching
• Employer paid Pension Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a generous matching contribution
• State of the art Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous paid time off plus paid holidays
• Family support: emergency backup child, & elder care assistance
• Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
• Employee discount program
• Commuter Benefits
• Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program Life and Long-Term Disability Benefits

*Please be aware that some benefits may not apply to provisional or part-time job titles.

Join Distribution Engineerings System Design organization and play a critical role in building the electric grid of the future. The High Tension team is seeking a highly motivated and technically proficient Manager (2H) to lead engineering activities supporting high tension customer interconnections, distributed energy resource (DER) projects, system reliability initiatives, and electric distribution system modernization efforts.

The selected candidate will provide technical leadership and oversight for engineers responsible for reviewing medium-voltage customer installations, distributed generation projects, relay protection schemes, electrical studies, and operating requirements associated with high tension service. This includes assessing and implementing new equipment for pilot programs across the service territory for customer installations. This role will be responsible for ensuring engineering excellence, maintaining technical standards, driving process improvements, and supporting the safe and reliable integration of new customer and generation resources onto the Con Edison distribution system.

This role maintains a strong focus on technical leadership, engineering execution, design review, standards development, and stakeholder coordination while supervising a team of engineers and technical professionals.

Core Responsibilities

• Supervise and provide technical leadership to engineers responsible for High Tension customer interconnections and DER projects. Prioritize team assignments, monitor workload, and ensure timely completion of engineering deliverables.
• Provide managerial oversight for engineering initiatives, including equipment evaluations such as for medium-voltage switchgear, application reviews, and implementation of new technologies on the Con Edison distribution system.
• Lead process improvement initiatives that enhance customer experience while maintaining distribution system reliability and safety. Identify opportunities to improve operational performance, reliability, constructability, maintainability, and safety.
• Lead the development, review, and maintenance of engineering standards, specifications, procedures, and guidance documents; oversee the review of electrical designs, protection schemes, switchgear applications, grounding, metering, system impact studies, etc.; and ensure compliance with Company requirements (EO-2022, EO-10215), regulatory obligations (NYS SIR), and applicable industry standards (IEEE, ANSI).
• Provide recommendations regarding new technologies, pilot programs, equipment approvals, and grid modernization initiatives. Review equipment proposals, factory test results, field performance data, and engineering analyses to ensure equipment compliance with Company standards and industry requirements.
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