Associate Engineer, Grid Operations Technology (Hybrid Schedule)
About The Position
The Associate Engineer supports the execution, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the Company’s Distribution Management System (DMS). As part of a team supporting electric control centers, the engineer helps optimize the distribution system to deliver safe, reliable, and resilient energy while maximizing the value of clean energy resources. The role supports multidisciplinary implementation work across technology review and selection, project budget, scope and schedule definition, project management, reporting and tracking, and stakeholder engagement. It also contributes to research and planning for grid modernization opportunities, including assessment of tools and technologies for modernizing and controlling the electric distribution system. The engineer engages with external counterparts, vendors, and other stakeholders to help advance industry best practices. The position works primarily in an office environment and may require occasional travel throughout the service territory. It supports control-room operators, which may require work on weekends and off hours. Employees may also be assigned to assist during emergency situations outside their normal responsibilities, hours, and location.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and remain self-directed.
- Ability to perform multiple activities simultaneously, meet deadlines, and work under pressure while handling significant business commitments and results.
- Customer-driven approach; initiative and a can-do attitude; willingness to accept responsibility and accountability; and participation in and facilitation of team effectiveness.
- Ability to perform work involving technical writing, editing, planning, evaluating, interpreting, organizing, consulting, analyzing, documenting, specifying, coordinating, implementing, and presenting.
- Daily use of a computer and other office-type equipment.
- Ability to travel occasionally throughout the service territory when teleconferencing is not an option.
- Ability to work weekends and off hours as needed to support control-room operators.
Nice To Haves
- Coursework or experience in Power Systems is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Support electric system operators by optimizing the distribution system using DMS advanced distribution-network functions, including Automatic Feeder Reconfiguration (AFR), Load Volt/VAR Management (LVM), Planned Outage Study, and DER/Load Forecasting.
- Develop expertise in real-time system technologies, including ADMS, SCADA, DER dispatching, energy storage, microgrids, Volt/Var Optimization, and load shedding.
- Collaborate with system operations control centers, IT, and engineering resources to support DMS functionality and future enhancements.
- Support specification and configuration of DMS advanced applications such as FLISR, LVM, AFR, and Load and Generation Scheduling.
- Participate in reviewing and assessing grid operations technology options, including working with internal teams on competitive procurement processes.
- Develop tools and methods to process and organize data from multiple sources to design and verify engineering models and databases.
- Support multidisciplinary teams across three states, including distribution engineering, system planning, substation engineering, telecommunications engineering, standards, system operations, field operations, IT, regulatory, legal, community relations, and corporate strategy, to implement grid operations technology programs effectively and efficiently.
- Support emergency response assignments when called upon, including work outside normal responsibilities, hours, and location.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards program.
- Potential incentive eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
