Manager, Grid Strategy & Analytics

Company Summary

Recurrent Energy is one of the world's largest and most geographically diversified utility-scale solar and energy storage project development, ownership, and O&M platforms. It is a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and partially owned by BlackRock. Recurrent Energy is focused on bringing low-cost clean energy and meaningful economic development to communities across the globe.

With a strong track record of originating, developing, financing, and building nearly 9 GWp of solar and 3 GWh of battery storage power plants across six continents, Recurrent Energy has established a leadership position in both solar and battery storage project development. With a total pipeline of 25 GWp in solar and 47 GWh in battery storage, of which 14 GW and 12 GWh respectively already have interconnections (as of January 31, 2023). In addition, Recurrent Energy’s services business has 6 GW of projects under operations and maintenance contracts, either operational or contracted projects.

Position Title

Manager, Grid Strategy & Analytics

Department

Development

Location

Austin, TX (hybrid) or remote

Position Summary

Responsible for managing the technical portion of the utility interconnection process for North America utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage power plants, Data Centers, and other clean energy facilities typically to the integrated transmission system. Responsibilities

extend through multiple phases of the project development process, including siting, interconnection application, study process

management,

negotiation of

interconnection

agreements, grid integration,

construction,

and testing.

Responsibilities

Manage

• all
• aspects

of

the

• utility
• interconnection

and

• grid
• integration
• process

for

• new
• power
• plant
• projects
• Perform economic transmission planning using PROMOD

Provide

• technical
• leadership

for

• interconnection
• documents
• including
• interconnection
• studies,
• standards,

and

• agreements
• Manage external consultants performing interconnection modeling and studies including load flow studies of current and future
• utility
• system
• conditions

Become

knowledgeable

with

• relevant
• interconnection
• tariffs

for

• key
• domestic

and

• international
• utilities

and

• system
• operators

Provide

input

to

the

• early-stage
• development
• process
• regarding
• strategic
• interconnection
• siting

and

• interconnection
• facilities
• Provide technical leadership for high voltage design and installation process assuring compliance with interconnection and
• power
• purchase
• requirements

Manage

• consultants
• performing
• transmission

and

• substation
• design
• activities
• Collaborate with overall development team for preparation of permit submittals, utility proposals and other development
• activities

Collaborate

with

EPC

firms

to

• ensure
• reliable

and

• cost-effective
• electrical
• design

of

• contracted
• plants

Provide

input

to

Regulatory

Strategy

team

on

interconnection

and

• grid
• integration
• policies

Knowledge & Abilities

• Knowledge of utility system
• operation, and interconnection
• process
• Software knowledge - PSSe, PSLF, Powerworld, TARA
• Detailed knowledge of power load
• flow
• modeling

and

• results
• Working knowledge of high voltage
• equipment
• Ability to provide concise feedback
• on technical subjects to non-
• technical personnel
• Ability to develop scopes of work for
• outside
• consultants

and

contractors

Education

&

Requirements

• Proficiency in performing economic transmission planning using PROMOD
• Prefer minimum of 5 years of high
• voltage electrical system experience,
• preferably with a utility, system
• operator or independent power
• producer (senior managers will be considered based on years of experience)
• Experience with managing the
• transmission interconnection process
• for power plants (wind, solar or
• data centers)
• A minimum of a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or similar engineering background
• Professional Engineer (Electrical) license preferred