Sr. Project Manager, Interconnection Projects & Grid Infrastructure Delivery

Antora Energy delivers affordable, reliable energy to industry, data centers, and the grid through thermal battery technology. The Senior Project Manager will own interconnection engineering and grid infrastructure delivery for thermal energy storage projects across multiple RTOs and ISOs, managing scope, budgets, schedules, consultants, utilities, Owner’s Engineers, and EPC firms.

Responsibilities

Manage engineering firms from concept through issued-for-construction design, covering substations, switchyards, POI configurations, protection and control, metering, grounding, and equipment specifications. Optimize configurations for reliability and cost

Ensure designs incorporate interconnection studies and GIA/LGIA/DIA obligations; resolve changes affecting design, cost, or schedule

Lead utility and transmission owner coordination on facilities and network upgrades, including scope, estimates, transmission-owner-built versus self-built options, engineering reviews, and milestones

Manage Owner’s Engineer and EPC interfaces, define scope boundaries, coordinate long-lead equipment procurement and negotiations, and oversee construction with EPC and engineering teams. Deliver complete packages for construction and commissioning

Write SOWs and manage RFPs, technical and commercial bid evaluation, contracting, purchase orders, invoices, budgets, change management, and closeout

Define deliverables, dependencies, exclusions, and separately priced uncertain tasks. Assess relevant experience and gaps, enforce not-to-exceed estimates, and reject fixed-price or fixed-timeline commitments without documented precedent

Maintain reusable SOW templates, vendor qualification standards, and bid evaluation criteria

Own integrated schedules, critical paths, dependencies, and milestones. Maintain one portfolio record of deliverables, technical assumptions, open issues, and RTO/TO correspondence

Partner with interconnection/grid engineering, development, execution, product engineering, operations, commercial, legal, and finance teams to align delivery with project commitments. Communicate cost, schedule, and risk to leadership and nontechnical stakeholders; escalate critical-path exposure early

Preferred

Exposure to ICCP, RTU integration, or RTO telemetry validation, and to resource integration or ICCP modeling teams

Experience with synchronous generator telemetry, settlement-quality metering, and co-located, hybrid, or surplus interconnection configurations

Utility, transmission owner, IPP, or developer-side delivery experience

ICCP

RTU Integration

RTO Telemetry Validation

Resource Integration

ICCP Modeling

Synchronous Generator Telemetry

Settlement-Quality Metering

Co-Located Interconnections

Hybrid Interconnections

Surplus Interconnections

Utility Delivery Experience

Transmission Owner Delivery Experience

IPP Delivery Experience

Developer-Side Delivery Experience

Benefits

Equity compensation in the form of stock options

A premium health benefits package with life and disability insurance

A 401K plan with employer contributions

Flexible spending accounts

An industry leading paid-time-off policy that features flexible and inclusive holiday observance

Paid volunteer time off

Company

Industrial thermal energy storage for heat and power

San Jose, California, USA

https://www.antoraenergy.com/

Founded in 2018

201-500 employees

Qualifications

6+ years managing capital energy or electric infrastructure projects: generation, storage, substations, or transmission—with direct accountability for vendor scope, budgets, schedules, and change management

Experience designing interconnection configurations, evaluating feasibility, selecting and procuring equipment, and coordinating interconnection/substation engineering with utilities and transmission owners

Ability to identify gaps in one-line diagrams, protection schemes, point lists, interface control documents, and architecture diagrams

Utility-scale generator experience with SCADA, telemetry, protection and control, or substation automation sufficient to scope work, evaluate bids, and challenge deliverables

Working knowledge of interconnection studies, GIA/LGIA obligations, and the scoping, costing, and construction of interconnection facilities and network upgrades

Strong technical writing and ability to independently manage concurrent projects across geographies and counterparties, navigate ambiguity, prioritize competing deadlines, and raise issues early

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, another engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Exposure to ICCP, RTU integration, or RTO telemetry validation, and to resource integration or ICCP modeling teams

Experience with synchronous generator telemetry, settlement-quality metering, and co-located, hybrid, or surplus interconnection configurations

Utility, transmission owner, IPP, or developer-side delivery experience

6+ years managing capital energy or electric infrastructure projects: generation, storage, substations, or transmission—with direct accountability for vendor scope, budgets, schedules, and change management.

Required skills

Capital Energy Project Management, Electric Infrastructure Project Management, Interconnection Engineering, Substation Engineering, Transmission Network Upgrades, Protection and Control, SCADA, Telemetry, Substation Automation, Interconnection Studies, GIA/LGIA Obligations, ICCP

Experience

6+ years