Application Guide
How to Apply for Technical Business Development Strategist – Transmission Planning
at Electric Power Engineers
🏢 About Electric Power Engineers
Electric Power Engineers (EPE) is a specialized power systems engineering and consulting firm focused on enhancing grid reliability and resiliency for a sustainable energy future. Unlike traditional utilities or generalist consultancies, EPE works at the forefront of transmission planning, grid modernization, and renewable integration, partnering with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, and developers to design the grid of tomorrow. Employees join a mission-driven team where deep technical expertise directly shapes the energy transition.
About This Role
This role is a hybrid of technical transmission planning expertise and strategic business development—not a traditional sales position. You will leverage your firsthand power systems knowledge to identify, shape, and pursue opportunities with utilities, transmission owners, and ISO/RTOs, acting as a credible technical partner. Your impact will be measured by helping EPE win the right clients with the right services at the right time, directly contributing to the company's growth and the acceleration of a resilient grid.
💡 A Day in the Life
You might start your day reviewing market intelligence on upcoming transmission projects or regulatory filings at a target ISO/RTO, then join a call with EPE's transmission planning engineers to discuss a client's technical needs. Later, you could be developing a targeted account strategy, reaching out to a utility director to explore a potential partnership, or collaborating with the business development team to shape a proposal that aligns EPE's expertise with a client's grid challenges.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Electric Power Engineers Is Looking For
- Possesses 7+ years of hands-on experience in transmission planning, power systems engineering, or a related technical field, with a strong understanding of ISO/RTO processes and utility planning practices.
- Has a proven track record of building relationships with transmission planning engineers, managers, and executives, and can translate technical challenges into actionable business opportunities.
- Demonstrates strategic market intelligence skills—able to research clients, evaluate markets, and develop targeted account strategies that align with EPE's service offerings.
- Comfortable working remotely and collaborating across technical and business development teams, with excellent communication skills to bridge engineering and market strategy.
📝 Tips for Applying to Electric Power Engineers
Highlight specific transmission planning projects you've worked on, especially those involving ISO/RTO interconnection queues, regional transmission expansion, or grid modernization—EPE values concrete technical experience.
Emphasize any business development or client-facing activities you've led, such as scoping studies, proposal development, or stakeholder engagement, even if they were a minor part of your previous roles.
Tailor your resume to show how you've identified market opportunities or shaped technical solutions that led to new business—use metrics like revenue generated, clients acquired, or projects won.
Research EPE's recent projects, publications, or webinars on transmission planning and grid resiliency, and reference them in your application to demonstrate genuine interest in their work.
If you have experience with specific ISO/RTOs (e.g., PJM, MISO, ERCOT, CAISO), explicitly name them and describe your familiarity with their planning processes and stakeholder landscape.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Your unique blend of deep transmission planning expertise and strategic business development acumen—show how you've successfully bridged these two worlds before.", "A specific example of how you identified a client's technical challenge, translated it into a business opportunity, and helped win work or build a lasting relationship.", "Your understanding of EPE's mission and how your background aligns with their focus on grid reliability, resiliency, and sustainable energy—connect your personal motivations to their goals.", 'Your ability to engage with high-level stakeholders (utility executives, ISO/RTO leaders) as a credible technical peer, not just a salesperson.']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → EPE's service offerings and recent projects in transmission planning, grid modernization, and renewable integration—look at their website, case studies, and press releases.
- → The backgrounds and roles of EPE's Transmission Planning leadership and Business Development team, to understand who you'd be working with and how your role fits.
- → Current trends and regulatory developments in transmission planning at key ISO/RTOs (e.g., FERC Order 1920, interconnection queue reforms, regional transmission expansion) that EPE's clients are facing.
- → EPE's company culture and values, including any statements about diversity, innovation, or sustainability, to assess fit and tailor your application.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Presenting yourself as a pure salesperson without demonstrating genuine technical depth in transmission planning—EPE explicitly states this is not a traditional sales role.
- Using generic business development language without connecting it to specific transmission planning challenges, ISO/RTO processes, or utility pain points.
- Neglecting to show how you've built and maintained relationships with technical stakeholders (engineers, planners, executives) in the energy industry.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
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