Environmental Solutions of T&D Technical Leader II

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Job Summary and Description:

EPRI’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Environmental Solutions Program investigates innovative technologies and approaches to design, site, construct, and manage T&D systems with a focus on environmental impact. Research priorities in this program are focused on enhancing the safe and reliable delivery of electricity while protecting environmental and cultural resources, decreasing costs, and supporting corporate reliability, resilience, sustainability, and conservation goals.

EPRI is a great place to work for people that want to be a part of a team of scientists and engineers that work on industry-wide issues and new technology.  As part of the team, you will have the opportunity to grow your knowledge and apply it to make a difference for the industry, the environment, and society. 

We are looking for an environmental scientist with knowledge on:

• Wildlife management, animal behavior, avian protection plans, and Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and Endangered Species Act compliance

• Remote sensing technologies including Unmanned Aerial System (UAS/drone)

• Data analysis, machine learning, programming (R, python, or similar)

• GIS tools (utility GIS, ESRI software or similar)

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

• Electric utility experience is a plus

Key Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.

• Regularly demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.

• Maintains familiarity with the progress and problems in assigned technical areas.

Additional Requirements:

• Has developed relationships with primary advisors to a research area.

• Provides assistance to the EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International.

• Effectively communicates strategies and results, expressing thoughts clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing, to subject matter experts, program members and advisors through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences.

• Regularly communicates and coordinates work activities across programs.

• May provide oversight of a project team to assure technical and financial milestones are met.

• Organizes the external and interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.

• Supports the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports.

• Manages small or medium (less complex) projects including budgets and resources without direct people management responsibilities.

• Influences project teams in the engineering aspects of the technical work.

• Increased interactions and coordination of EPRI work with national and international technical networks (e.g, manufacturers, consultants, academia and research organizations)

• Begins to lead proposal efforts and new promotional work.

• Develops research or services opportunities of value to EPRI members that fit EPRI’s mission and capabilities. This will include solving customer problems, producing insights and information vital to the members, and delivering information in a manner that members and customers can and will apply.

• Continues to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
   

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required

• Graduate degree preferred (master or PhD)

• 10+ years of experience relevant engineering or research experience

• Electric utility experience is a plus