Principal Engineer - Electrical
IberdrolaCity of Rochester, New York, United States • City of Binghamton, New York, United States
Posted January 29, 2026
120000 - 160400 USD
Full Time
About the Company
With more than 180 years of history, Iberdrola is today a global energy leader, the leading wind power producer and one of the largest electricity companies in the world in terms of stock market capitalisation. We have been committed to clean energy for more than 20 years with the objective of exceeding 52,000 MW of renewable capacity by 2025. The group supplies energy to nearly 100 million people in dozens of countries, has more than 600,000 shareholders, a workforce of more than 42,300 employees. We are leading the energy transition to a sustainable model through our investments in renewables, smart grids, large-scale energy storage and digital transformation to deliver the most advanced products and services to our customers. Find out more in 'Life at Iberdrola'
Job Description
The Principal Engineer - Electrical will lead teams/projects to solve unique and complex problems with a broad impact on the business. They will contribute to the development of Departmental or Divisional strategy and implementation, participate in industry associations, and mentor other employees.
Requirements
- Proactively identify and perform special projects and studies that innovatively solve unique & complex problems with broad impact to the business.
- Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve unique problems or to improve processes/services.
- Solve unique and complex Distributed Generation (DG) Interconnection problems.
- Utilize a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
- Approve, maintain, & understand drawings (e.g., schematics, one-line diagrams).
- Assemble documents & other requirements for assignments of complex level of difficulty using depth & breadth of expertise in own discipline.
- Lead teams and acts as a facilitator and experienced mentor.
- Develops innovative services, technologies, & make recommendations with respect to current and future stakeholders needs.
- Facilitate DG Interconnection project teams to complete assigned tasks and projects.
- Provide technical leadership in most complex projects that have a wide impact on the business.
- Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills SME for team.
- Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards, and best practices.