Principal Consultant, Transmission Planning and Distribution

RMS Energy Co., LLC is a nationwide provider of turn-key services to the power industry. From routine maintenance, inspection, and repairs to equipment design, engineering, and installation, RMS Energy offers a variety of solutions to fit the power-related needs of our customers. For more information about RMS Energy, please visit www.rmsenergy.com. To help facilitate our expanding business, RMS Energy is currently seeking a Principal Consultant for the Transmission and Distribution Engineering Consultancy division to join our dynamic and fast-growing team within the T&D Engineering and Consulting Department. This is a unique opportunity to further your experience working on electrical equipment in diverse locations across the United States, including power plants, hydroelectric dams, and other large industrial facilities. Our Principal Consultant's primary roles is to independently lead, perform, advance collective capabilities, and expand upon business in related and adjacent areas in power system modeling, analysis, and reports for the successful execution of studies, within the T&D Engineering Division. Preferred Locations: Remote position; anywhere in Canada or the US, excluding Hawaii and Alaska. Responsibilities: Apply experience to independently perform, lead others, advance collective capabilities, and expand business in related and adjacent areas in studies for power flow, transient stability, short-circuit, Electromagnetic Transients (EMT), harmonics, techno-economics, and related areas for transmission, distribution, load, and generator applications. Lead, advance, and bring new perspectives in script development and troubleshooting throughout the study process, ensuring high quality and timely deliverables, minimizing rework and review needs. Identify and implement modifications to more effectively address workloads. Collaborate with, lead, advance capabilities, and bring in new perspectives of clients for team members in understanding study requirements, including technical and commercial items, such as billable hours, to ensure high quality and timely deliverables throughout the study process. Apply, lead, advance, and expand opportunities for others in the knowledge of standards, rules, guidelines, and tariffs for power systems and equipment, founded in first principles and extensions thereof. Ensure appropriate handling of all technical and commercial information, discussing, identifying, and mitigating in advance any potential concerns for conflict-of-interest and ensuring data is protected and only shared with the appropriate individuals according to the agreements signed, while data is being transmitted, during computations, and in temporary and long-term storage. Ensure appropriate project setup and closeout with supervisor and support staff. Ensure hours are appropriately logged and reviewed with supervisor on a weekly basis. Flag any potential concerns in advance of the budget potentially being exceeded with enough advance warning for mitigation to be put in place to meet budget. Attend and organize call meetings as necessary, with materials prepared in advance, to discuss and to effectively troubleshoot any concerns with studies or workloads. Ensure project time reporting is entered promptly and accurately to support accounting with cost recognition and payroll. Communicate regularly with management regarding needs, objectives, issues, and open projects. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Master's or Doctorate degree from an accredited institution in electrical engineering preferred or additional years of experience in related field. A minimum of 8-14 years of related experience preferred. Possesses well-developed organizational skills and strong interpersonal skills in interacting with management, technical support staff, suppliers, and clients. Demonstrated proficiency in managing, leading, delegating, negotiating for win-win outcomes, and in handling business and administrative responsibilitie…

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