Lead Engineer – Distribution Planning
| Company | Iberdrola Group |
|---|---|
| Location | Rochester, NY, USA, Binghamton, NY, USA |
| Salary | $111000 – $130000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- BSEE required with additional consideration given to applicants with Advanced Degrees or Certifications (e.g. MSEE, PE, etc.)
- 7+ years of experience (Industry Related)
- Theoretical Engineering knowledge: Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytics, Modeling & Calculation (e.g. sym. Components, per unit, etc.), Understanding the Business Model
- Practical Engineering Experience/Application: Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g. field experience, standardization, develop business case and defend in front of stakeholders)
- Engineering documentation: Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation, review and approve engineering work done by others
- Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment: Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and Requirements (NERC, NPCC, ISO, PUC, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Able to lead, mentor, and develop others toward a common objective.
- Collaborate on and perform distribution comprehensive area studies including voltage, thermal, N-1, and power factor assessments.
- Ability to process, manipulate, understand, and represent data produced by analytical software, contained in power system study reports, or extracted from databases.
- Apply the established distribution criteria and uses sound utility engineering practices to identify deficiencies in the distribution system.
- Ability to cite and interpret applicable reliability criteria (e.g., IEEE 1547, 519, 1366 Standards, ANSI Voltage Standards, NFPA, etc.).
- Recommends Distribution Automation devices to the system and develop designs and recommendations compliant with program objectives.
- Apply the established distribution criteria for Distribution Resiliency to the system and develop designs and recommendations compliant with program objectives.
- Continually strive to innovate and integrate improvements to increase the precision and efficiency of Distribution Planning.
- Develop thorough understanding and application of Distribution Planning tools used in day-to-day basis such as GIS (SMWeb, SmartMap), SAP, Load Data systems, etc.
- Strive to seek out and develop subject matter expert skills as necessary to mentor, support and lead the team to aid in the advancement of business needs.
- Collaborate and interact with internal teams and industry peers on regional and divisional activities.
- Assist during storm restoration efforts.
Preferred Qualifications
- Technical Skills/Competencies
- Software Proficiency – Power System Analytics: (e.g. CYME, PSSE, ASPEN, etc.)
- Power System Studies – Knowledge & Interpretation of Study Assumptions and Results: (e.g. Comprehensive Area Studies, Power Flow, DER, Voltage, Contingency, phase imbalance, Power Factor correction, Short Circuit, reliability, resiliency, Capacity, distribution automation, etc.)