Salary Range: $122,178- $162,904
Relocation: Yes
About Us
Oncor Electric Delivery is the sixth largest electric transmission and distribution utility in the country, serving ten million customers in 400+ cities across Texas. Oncor is leading the way in providing superior reliability while deploying one of the most advanced utility technology platforms in the nation. Our team of dedicated professionals is committed to responsible environmental stewardship, while working passionately to empower our customers’ modern lives through the safe, reliable and efficient delivery of electricity.
Position Summary
As the Assistant Manager of Technical Studies at Oncor, you’ll lead and manage Distribution Planning activities related to Distributed Energy Resource (DER) interconnections and power quality analyses on Oncor’s distribution system, and associated modeling activities. Responsibilities include collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that we have the right strategies and processes in place to support our customers with a safe, reliable and accessible electric grid.
Key Responsibilities•Lead the development of studies for power quality and DER in conjunction with appropriate internal stakeholder groups, including but not limited to technical studies on voltage, reliability, harmonics, and both small and large capacity DER.
•Lead the development of models, as necessary to support technical studies of Oncor’s distribution system.
•Support company and/or industry committees or technical working groups providing technical and analytical expertise in the areas of power quality and DER, as well as, in various legal and regulatory matters. This includes, but is not limited to, IEEE standard development and the ERCOT stakeholder process.
•Support the development of strategies for integration of systems, processes and data from various sources in support of “future state” operations and technology strategies. Performs studies to understand the impact of future technologies and works with internal and external stakeholders to continue evolution of electric grid.
•Represent Distribution Planning in internal and external stakeholder meetings related to technical studies.
•Facilitate a high-performance team culture including hiring high-potential job candidates, providing mentoring to professionally develop team members, and demonstrating continuous improvement practices.
•Other duties as assigned.
Skills
•Ability to apply complex analysis to identify the optimal solution to a technical problem.
•Ability to effectively communicate and commit to a course of action that is consistent with all legal, regulatory, code, standard, or other requirements, as well as corporate policies and procedures.
•Ability to supervise, lead, motivate, and provide technical guidance to others.
Education & Experience
•High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent with 9+ years of utility industry experience is required OR
•Bachelor Degree in Engineering or science-related field and 5+ years utility industry experience can be accepted in lieu of the above.
•Candidates with a Texas Professional Engineering Registration certification are encouraged to apply.
Measures of Success
•Delivery of timely and high-quality distribution planning information to clients/stakeholders.
•Compliance with all legal, regulatory, and safety requirements for information and actions related to distribution planning.
•Ability to direct others in an efficient and respectful manner.
•Ability to consistently meet deadlines, manage workload, and adjust to changes in scope, direction and priorities.
•Effective collaboration with partners.
Benefits
At Oncor, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits, compensation and performance management programs designed specifically to attract, retain, motivate and reward our high-performing workforce. Our supportive and inclusive culture allows every team member the opportunity to thrive and make a difference. We invest in our employee’s success and well-being by offering such things as:
•Annual incentive program.
•Competitive health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance).
•Ability to earn wellness incentives (up to $2,000 in 2025) and other wellbeing resources.
•401k with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%.
•401k match for student debt program.
•Cash balance pension plan.
•Mental health resources.
•Employee resource groups.
•Competitive vacation, 10 company holidays and 2 personal holidays.
•Salary continuation for up to 6 months for approved employee illness or injury.
•Other perks such as commuter benefits, electric vehicle incentive program, appliance purchase plan.
Participation in benefit programs for employees in collective bargaining units is subject to the applicable collective bargaining agreement.