Cordelio Power, a wholly owned portfolio company of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, is an independent renewable power producer that develops, owns, and manages renewable power facilities across North America. Cordelio has more than 1,400 MW of renewable power assets under management in Canada and the United States, and a growth pipeline of over 22,000 MW of wind, solar and storage projects.

With offices in Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, and Portland (Maine), Cordelio’s operations and growth activities are performed with a view toward working with all stakeholders in an efficient, safe, and environmentally responsible manner. 
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The Interconnection Engineer is responsible for accounting and reporting for renewable power projects under development. Reporting to the Vice President, Energy Storage, this role will be part of the company’s Innovation Team with responsibilities that include evaluating the interconnected transmission system, developing and submitting interconnection applications, reading tariffs and business practices, and developing tracking tools that manage the administration of stand-alone energy storage interconnections. This role also establishes, manages, and develops work and purchase orders associated with contracted consultants and works with the accounts payable team to ensure they are paid in a timely manner. 

This role will interface with energy storage developers, procurement, development engineering and other relevant work groups and is suitable for a person with strong organization, time management and technical skills, looking to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative environment. Cordelio will consider candidates without industry experience interested in the engaging and rapidly evolving renewable energy industry.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the interconnected transmission system to determine suitability of proposed points of interconnection.
• Develop interconnection requests that comply with transmission provider’s tariffs and business practices.
• Manage and direct consultants in the preparation of interconnection requests.
• Interface with Procurement and Development Engineering to source the raw technical information and specifications necessary to develop interconnection applications.
• Interface with Developers to align interconnection requests with land acquisitions and off-take objectives.
• Develop and manage tracking tools to help administer department objectives related to managing interconnection requests.
• Meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment to help manage existing and develop new interconnection requests.
• Participate in industry advocacy groups and transmission provider stakeholder processes as necessary to maintain a current working knowledge of interconnection queue entry and management policies.
• Work cross-functionally with other company groups as needed and relevant to the role.
• Implement best practice initiatives.
• Participates in the implementation and improvement of applicable software.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests for internal and external reporting for stakeholders.
• Perform other related duties as assigned (e.g., new processes, procedures, and technology implementations).

• At minimum, an Associate’s degree in: Electrical Engineering with a Power emphasis or other Science or business-related field or relevant, progressive experience in other fields within the energy industry is considered an asset. Other equivalent experience will be considered. 
• Basic understanding of the energy industry, relevant stakeholders, entities and structures is consider an asset.
• Familiarity with MS Office applications and Office 365 environment.
• Experience with PSSE, PSLF, PowerWorld or other power system software is considered an asset.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Exceptional technical and analytical skills with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Possesses self-starter qualities with the ability to work independently with minimal direction, and time sensitive deadlines.
• Proven ability to work independently as well as with a team, under pressure and with time sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to prioritize several concurrent tasks in a fast-paced, multi-faceted environment

• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to scale and take on increasing responsibility as Cordelio grows.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated impact in previous roles.
• Ability to identify process inefficiencies and develop solutions in a team environment.

• This position offers the opportunity to work in one of our office locations; remotely from home or relocate to an existing or future office location.

• Up to 10 trips per year, primarily domestically (U.S. and Canada) associated with conferences, client meetings, site visits, corporate office meetings, etc.

• The compensation range for this position is expected to fall in the range from $80,000 to $120,000 per year. Exact compensation will be determined by Cordelio and depends upon experience. 
• Cordelio provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, health savings account, limited purpose and dependent care flex spending accounts, bonus, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, AD&D and term-life benefits.

Cordelio is an equal opportunity employer that promotes a safe, healthy, and respectful environment for all its employees. Learn more at www.cordeliopower.com or follow us on LinkedIn

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