Transmission Grid Operations Support Engineer thru Senior Engineer

Salary Range: $87,182- $145,509 Relocation: Yes About Us

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, headquartered in Dallas, is a regulated electricity transmission and distribution business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor (together with its subsidiaries) operates the largest transmission and distribution system in Texas, delivering power to nearly 4 million homes and businesses and operating more than 143,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines in Texas.

Position Summary

As an Engineer within our Transmission Grid Operations (TGO) group at Oncor, you’re responsible for providing engineering and technical support to Transmission Grid Operations, including support for real-time grid operations and outage planning.

We are considering applicants with multiple experience levels. Please view all details related to responsibilities, education, and experience level for each level of consideration.

Key Responsibilities

- Responsible for providing technical support to real-time grid operations during system emergencies and forced outage conditions.

- Responsible for performing transmission reliability studies (e.g., power flow and contingency analysis) in the operating horizon to support real-time grid operations and outage planning.

- Responsible for analyzing proposed transmission outages to identify alternative methods to obtain otherwise infeasible outages (e.g., determining the maximum allowable load, avoiding specific outage conflicts, reconfiguring the transmission system, etc.).

- Responsible for developing and maintaining operating procedures and plans to ensure the reliable operation of the grid.

- Responsible for additional tasks that are essential to reliable grid operations, as assigned.

- Effectively communicate and resolve issues relevant to TGO by working with other departments at Oncor, and external entities such as Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and adjacent Transmission Operators.

- Other duties as assigned.

Skills

- Familiarity with the Oncor transmission system.

- Familiarity with ERCOT practices associated with transmission modeling and power flow assessment, including ERCOT Guides and Protocols and other binding documents.

- Strong interpersonal communication.

Education Requirement

- Bachelor of Science or higher in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering required.

Experience Requirement For Each Level

- Engineer: 2+ years of work-related experience required. - Staff Engineer: 4+ years of work-related experience required. - Senior Engineer: 6+ years of work-related experience required.

Applicants familiar with ERCOT practices associated with transmission modeling and power flow assessment, including ERCOT Guides and Protocols are encouraged to apply.

Measure of Success

- Maintain knowledge with the Oncor transmission system.

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 with student debt program.

- Cash balance pension plan.

- Adoption Assistance.

- Mental health resources.

- Employee resource groups.

- Tuition reimbursement.

- Competitive vacation, 10 company holidays and 2 personal holidays.

- Paid parental leave.

- 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.