Sr. Electrical Engineer

The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission), a leading utility regulatory agency, is looking for a talented senior electrical engineer who can make a professional difference in the Nation’s Capital. As a senior engineering professional, you will be deployed on a challenging variety of regulatory oversight projects, including: ongoing monitoring efforts for multi-billion dollar projects of long term electric utility infrastructure upgrades, electric distribution strategic initiatives, as well as distributed energy resource technologies, including energy storage and microgrids.

In this role, you will have an opportunity to interface with key stakeholders from a variety of federal and state agencies, including the DOE, FERC, as well as DC’s DOEE and DDOT agencies. You will also interface with engineering professionals of Fortune 500 energy companies, energy developers and providers, as well as regulatory professionals from across the Nation. You will gain significant industry exposure and unmatched professional experience as a member of a leading regulatory agency with a proud 100+ year history of regulatory excellence.

As part of the OISP team, the Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for providing professional engineering and other technical support on all matters relating to the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of all infrastructure and systems utilized by the electric utility providing services in the District. The incumbent may serve as subject matter expert to support the Commission’s vision and strategic direction. The ideal candidate will monitor, analyze, and review utility plans, proposals, designs, construction and maintenance of infrastructure and system upgrades and replacement, including DC Plug, Capital Grid Project, distributed energy resource programs and pilots (DER), distribution automation and Smart Grid efforts, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) maintenance, other electric reliability enhancement projects, and utility outage restoration initiatives. The ideal candidate will also provide technical engineering assistance, as required, on the Commission’s Power Path DC (grid modernization initiative).