Transmission Planning Engineer

Job Description

General Definition of Work

This position is part of the Transmission Planning team and supports transmission planning, transmission operations, and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance for Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA or the Agency) and its municipal electric utility members. This position supports a broad range of long-term planning and short-term operations-horizon transmission planning related to power system analysis, studies, and functions. These include transmission system load flow, short circuit, transient stability, system reliability, and interconnection studies and evaluations for FMPA member requirements. Operating horizon planning studies include next-day planning, seasonal studies, and weekly coordination of outages and confirmation of Available Transmission Capacity (ATC). Collects, manages, calculates, and provides modeling data representing FMPA assets and member assets as required for Agency’s Planning Coordinator function, and related work as apparent or assigned. Supports FMPA’s NERC Compliance function on all applicable Transmission Operator (TO), Transmission Planner (TP) and / or Planning Authority / Planning Coordinator (PA / PC) functions (as applicable) registrations in collaboration with team members and outside subject matter experts to support team-wide working knowledge of evidentiary and documentation requirements to ensure Agency meets strategic goal of zero compliance violations. Works effectively in a highly collaborative matrix environment that includes generation engineering and operations staff with an emphasis on working to grow team capabilities in the area of compliance expertise and requirements while adhering to FERC’s Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Transmission Planning Supervisor.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

Supports FMPA’s participation in the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC) Operating Committee (OC) and Planning Committee (PC). Function as Agency representative and / or backup resource Transmission Technical Subcommittee (TTS), and Stability Analysis Subcommittee (SAS), Operations Planning Working Group (OPWG), Florida Transfer Capability Determination Group (FTCDG) or other working groups as assigned. Support FMPA participation in the FRCC Operations Planning Coordination (OPC) process and conducting of next-day operations planning assessments. Supports the maintenance of members’ transmission network load flow, dynamics, short circuit models, and transmission maps in collaboration with outside subject matter experts and / or the Transmission Planning team as assigned.

Performs and prepares reports and interfaces with consultants as required for annual 10-year Long Term Transmission Planning Studies for NERC compliance, including bulk electric system and non-bulk electric system facilities 69 kV and up.

Supports the Transmission Planning team as assigned in representing the Agency and member cities by participating in the joint Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC) transmission and interconnection studies.

Prepares annual Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Form-715 filing; prepares Network Transmission Service Annual updates with Transmission Providers (Florida Power & Light (FPL) and Duke Energy Florida (DEF)) and supports transmission system data for the Ten-Year Site Plan and other transmission owner required filing, as applicable.

Supports and facilitates, with the aid of outside subject matter experts, FMPA’s TO, TP and / or PA / PC functional registrations that impact transmission planning and member systems, working collaboratively in a matrix environment to ensure all compliance evidentiary material, studies, and documentation is accurate and up-to-date. As some standards apply to other functions (e.g., GO), significant and targeted collaboration within FMPA’s Power Resources department is required to foster compliance success for the Agency as a whole.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Modeling experience (preferably 2-3 years) with PSSE, TARA, or equivalent platforms. Working knowledge of power and electric transmission industry, organization, and department policies, practices, and procedures; prior knowledge of power and electric transmission industry, organization, and departmental legal guides, recommendations, best practices, ordinances, and laws including basic familiarity with the constructs and structure of NERC Reliability Standards; ability to compute engineering statistical calculations; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, or related field, and experience in the electric power utilities industry, including transmission planning, and working with government regulatory agencies, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

FMPA is amenable to filling the Transmission Planning Engineer position commensurate with the candidate’s level of experience.

Minimum experience required of the position

Engineer I : 0 to 2 years of experience in an engineering discipline[DO1] within the electric utility industry.

Engineer II : 2+ years of experience in an engineering discipline within the electric utility industry.

Engineer III : 4+ years of experience in an engineering discipline within the electric utility industry.

Engineer Sr : 6+ years of experience in an engineering discipline within the electric utility industry.

Physical Requirements

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting and using hands to finger, handle or feel and occasionally requires speaking or hearing; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and / or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, using of measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work is generally in a quiet location (e.g. library, private offices).

Special Requirements

Valid driver's license.

Last Revised : 9 / 18 / 2025

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