Feldspar & Flint LLC is a Recruiting & Staffing firm that specializes in operational strategy across core business functions.
We are seeking a Senior Interconnection Engineer to support utility-scale renewable energy and battery storage development across Western U.S. power markets. This role combines hands-on transmission engineering, CAISO and WECC interconnection expertise, and ownership of complex study processes that directly influence project feasibility, development, and execution.
Responsibilities
Manage generator interconnection activities across CAISO and WECC, including requests, study milestones, regulatory requirements, and execution.
Coordinate and evaluate cluster studies, system impact studies, facilities studies, and transmission planning assessments.
Perform and review power flow, load flow, short-circuit, and transient stability analyses to assess interconnection feasibility.
Identify transmission constraints, network upgrade requirements, project risks, and associated interconnection costs.
Partner with utilities, ISO representatives, engineering consultants, and development teams throughout the interconnection lifecycle.
Support interconnection agreement negotiations, material modification filings, and advanced-stage project execution.
Provide technical assessments supporting renewable project siting, greenfield development, acquisitions, and market expansion.
Monitor Western transmission planning developments and manage multiple interconnection workstreams against project schedules.
Qualifications
Direct experience with CAISO and WECC generator interconnection processes, Western transmission planning, and utility-scale renewable energy or storage projects.
Hands-on experience performing, coordinating, or evaluating interconnection studies, including system impact, facilities, and power flow studies.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, with practical experience using PSLF, PSS/E, PowerWorld, or PowerGEM TARA.
Experience managing interconnection requests, study schedules, utility coordination, and technical deliverables across multiple projects.
Background in renewable development, independent power production, utility transmission planning, ISO operations, or power systems consulting.
Familiarity with interconnection agreements, network upgrade assessments, transmission service requirements, or Western power market developments.