Associate Engineer, Relay & Metering

AES•Salt Lake City, UT

4d•$73,000 - $88,400•Onsite

About The Position

The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), a Fortune 500 company, is a leader in the global energy revolution, operating in 14 countries and committed to shaping the future through innovation and collaboration. Recognized as one of the Top Ten Best Workplaces for Innovators by Fast Company in 2022 and certified as a Great Place to Work, AES is dedicated to its people and groundbreaking ideas. As the #1 global company in renewable energy sales to corporations, with $12.7B in revenues in 2023, AES provides electricity to 25 million customers worldwide and is committed to meeting the Paris Agreement's goals by 2050. The company's innovative solutions, such as 24/7 carbon-free energy for data centers, are driving rapid global decarbonization. This position supports, improves, and optimizes the operational performance of AES Clean Energy's fleet of renewables across the US by providing technical expertise, troubleshooting, and critical process support for substation communications and equipment monitoring. The OT-Substation Telemetry engineer will support and troubleshoot solar, wind, and BESS facilities with substation telemetry, relay connectivity, and OT projects requiring operations support. The Protection Relay and Metering engineer will act as the operations department liaison between networking and operational technology departments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical field from an accredited college/university.
3-5 years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas: PLCs, SCADA integration, networking, renewable energy systems, relays, power plant controllers, and substation equipment.
Knowledge of condition monitoring systems and their connectivity.
Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills related to network communications and SCADA systems.
Familiarity with data acquisition systems and SCADA systems.
Candidate must be innovative, with strong troubleshooting skills.
Must be flexible, with the ability to organize, prioritize, execute, and follow up on many concurrent duties, as well as adapt quickly to changes in business priorities.
Ability to establish trust through building relationships and demonstration of capabilities.
Strong coaching skills and safety awareness.
Proficient in the following focus areas: Communication Systems, operational technology systems related to renewables, and condition monitoring systems.
Outstanding interpersonal skills.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (35% first year).
Proficient in Microsoft Office bundle including Project and Visio.
Planning and project management skills for multiple change efforts.

Responsibilities

Provide technical support, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the SEL Disturbance Monitoring event collection system, including establishing and maintaining communication protocols on both the DMA system and remote automation controllers in the substation.
Ensure new sites are configured to collect events from substation relays and that VPN tunnels and port maps are configured properly.
Provide real-time support to sites by collecting and distributing event data and information to personnel to reduce the return to service time of substations impacted by disturbance events.
Manage the replacement of aging Remote Automation Controllers to minimize disruption to operations.
Participate in deployments of new OT initiatives and provide operations perspective/representation in their rollout.
Evaluate replacement solutions for obsolescent equipment such as PLC controllers or multifunction relays.
Participate in teams for the rollout of new NERC standards requiring telemetry solutions for event collection or electrical data collection.
Provide guidance and feedback to project execution teams on the setup of software protocols for communication of events/data.
Coordinate with reliability and performance engineers on OT/communications improvement technologies for the AESCE renewables fleet.
Share and capitalize on lessons learned and benchmarking from AES and other industry leaders.
Monitor new technology innovations in operational technology and substation communications systems and provide recommendations to project design teams for implementation.
Maintain calm and effective exchanges by all parties.