Job Title: Associate Engineer – Protection & Control

Location: Orange, CT

Work type: Office (on-site)

The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $79,680 to $99,500.

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance‑based bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways

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Job Summary

This is an entry level Engineering position that provides an overall understanding of a utility system operation and in particular engineering areas. The Engineer uses existing procedures and processes to solve routine or standard problems. Work is under relatively close supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Perform routine, basic engineering analyses, designs and calculations using existing procedures and processes to solve routine or standard problems while applying limited judgment and discretion.
• Identifies solutions to straightforward requests.
• Develop basic engineering knowledge.
• Prepare, maintain, and understand drawings (e.g. schematics, one-line diagrams).
• Develop and specify equipment, assemble documents and other requirements for basic assignments.
• Develop competencies with departmental design standards, applicable engineering codes, design criteria and guidelines, applicable industry codes, and CNG/SCG policies and processes.
• Develops team effectiveness skills within own work team.
• Communicates information and responds to standard internal/external customer requests with assistance from others.
• Review standard internal/external customer requests.
• Works to specify and design systems to address basic situations.
• Apply design standards, industry codes, design criteria, guidelines and company polices/procedures to basic assignments.
• Works within technical guidelines and direction provided by others to meet deadlines.
• Contribute to projects or process teams.
• Develops an awareness of costs related to own work and understands the company's business management practices.
• May contribute to project or process teams.
• Perform basic equipment selection research and recommendations with supportive documentation.
• Individual should have a basic knowledge of engineering theories, practices and procedures.
• Able to communicate information, ask questions and check for understanding.
• Able to work in a team environment and learn key business processes.
• Note: The above Key Responsibilities/Duties are not intended to be all inclusive. Employees in this position may be required to perform other related aspects of the job not listed above or listed under.

Required Qualifications:

Education & Experience Required:

• BSEE required and 0-2 years of industry related experience.

Technical Skills/Competencies

• Theoretical Engineering knowledge: Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytics, Modeling & Calculation (e.g. sym. Components, per unit, etc.
• Practical Engineering Experience/Application: Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g. field experience, standardization, develop business case and defend in front of stakeholders).
• Engineering documentation: Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation, review and approve engineering work done by others.

Functional Job Specific Competencies

• Power System Studies - Knowledge & Interpretation of Study Assumptions and Results: (e.g. Power Flow, Stability, Short Circuit, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment: Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and Requirements (NERC, NPCC, ISO, PUC, etc).
• Software Proficiency - Power System Analytics: (e.g. ASPEN).

Behavioral Competencies:

• Develop self & others

• Empower to grow

• Collaborate and share

• Be a role model

• Focus to achieve results

• Be agile

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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.

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