Project Specialist (Attorney), Transmission Project Development

Overview

Responsibilities

• Oversee and guide a team responsible for developing, negotiating, and executing legal, regulatory, commercial, and real estate agreements, ensuring work quality, consistency, and timely delivery supporting clean energy and transmission projects.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage contracts including interconnection agreements, property and easement documents, engineering and construction agreements, and regulatory filings.
• Perform risk analysis of contractual documents and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Oversee contract administration, including vendor coordination, document tracking, metrics reporting, and compliance obligations.
• Support federal interconnection processes (FERC, NYISO queue procedures) and state permitting processes for new generation and transmission.
• Monitor relevant federal and state regulatory databases and filings.
• Prepare advocacy positions, legal documents, and regulatory submissions on behalf of the Company.
• Provide legal and regulatory guidance to management and prepare professional communications for varied internal and external audiences.
• Coordinate with engineering and technical teams to integrate legal and regulatory requirements into design and construction activities.
• Maintain strong communication channels with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely dissemination of project information.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, environmental, and project commitments across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate and admission in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction. or
• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 5 years of direct experience negotiating and drafting complex contracts or agreements.

• Juris Doctorate and 5 years of experience in negotiating and drafting agreements.

• Strong leadership, organizational, and project management skills,
• required.
• Ability to summarize and articulate complex contractual and regulatory concepts, required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and collaborative tools (SharePoint), required.
• Ability to handle multiple projects with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment, required.
• Ability to handle internal and external customers professionally with tact and sensitivity.
• Ability to manage highly confidential or sensitive information, required.
• Familiarity with regulatory and court databases; strong legal research skills, required.
• Ability to provide a writing sample demonstrating legal research and analytical ability, required.
• Coordinate with engineering and technical teams to integrate legal and regulatory requirements into design and construction activities required.
• Familiar with non-traditional project delivery methods such as Design Build or EPC, preferred.
• Familiar with transactional and real estate legal requirements as they pertain to federal interconnection projects and building new transmission, preferred.

• Driver's License Required

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be able and willing to travel within Company service territory, as needed.
• Must be willing and able to work in the field and office environment.
• Must be willing and able to wear the required PPE as needed.