Associate Engineer, Relay & Metering

AES•Salt Lake City, UT

2d•$73,000 - $88,400•Onsite

About The Position

The AES Corporation is seeking an Associate Engineer, Relay & Metering to support, improve, and optimize the operational performance of a fleet of renewables across the US. This role provides technical expertise, troubleshooting, and critical process support for substation communications and equipment monitoring. The OT-Substation Telemetry engineer will support solar, wind, and BESS facilities with telemetry, relay connectivity, and OT projects. This role also serves as the operations department liaison between networking and operational technology personnel.

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, including an ability to maintain calm and effective exchanges by all parties.
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 communications protocols on the DMA system and remote automation controllers.
Configure new sites to collect events from substation relays and ensure 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 return-to-service time for substations impacted by disturbance events.
Manage the replacement of aging Remote Automation Controllers to minimize operational disruption.
Participate in the deployment of new OT initiatives, providing an operations perspective and representation.
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 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 for implementation.
Foster a strong workplace culture and contribute to AES's mission to accelerate the future of energy.