Director, Power Development Engineering and Grid Interconnection at talenenergy

Location: Houston, Texas
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Oct 1, 2026

Description

Talen Energy is seeking a Director, Engineering and Interconnection to lead owner-side technical capability for utility-scale power generation, battery storage, and digital infrastructure development. The role covers development-stage project engineering, technology and configuration decisions, technical diligence, interconnection strategy, consultant governance, procurement support, capital-cost and schedule inputs, and handoffs to execution. It requires a relevant engineering degree, at least 10 years of progressive experience in power generation, transmission, interconnection, or energy infrastructure, and substantial experience with gas-fired generation, battery storage, and utility-scale interconnection processes.

Required Skills

Power generation
Grid interconnection
Power systems
Technical diligence
Consultant governance
Capital estimation
Power flow

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline
Required Previous Experiences: 10+ years of progressive experience in power generation, transmission, interconnection, project engineering, or energy infrastructure, including development-stage work on complex capital projects
Owner-side, developer, owner's engineer, EPC, OEM, or utility experience advancing utility-scale projects through front-end engineering, interconnection studies, FID, or notice to proceed
Direct experience with simple-cycle and combined-cycle gas-fired generation, aeroderivative and large-frame gas turbines, and utility-scale battery energy storage systems
Strong knowledge of generation and transmission interconnection processes, technical submissions, agreements, network upgrades, cost and schedule drivers, and grid-performance requirements in an ISO/RTO market
Ability to review and challenge power-flow, short-circuit, stability, reactive-power, deliverability, and related power-system studies
Broad understanding of power-plant and power-delivery engineering, including mechanical, high-voltage, substations, transmission, civil, controls, and plant utilities
Experience managing owner's engineers, consultants, OEMs, and EPC contractors and communicating complex technical issues to executives and nontechnical stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications: Professional Engineer license and/or an advanced degree in engineering, engineering management, or business
Direct experience with PJM interconnection processes, PJM transmission owners, PJM-state projects, and adjacent competitive power markets
Experience with powered-land, hyperscale data center, or other large-load development, including utility-service strategy, large-load interconnection, redundant power delivery, phased energization, and on-site generation or storage
Experience with greenfield or brownfield development, existing-site reuse, project execution or operations, and common power-system analysis platforms and industry standards
Translation Company Name: 21100 Talen Energy Supply LLC