Energy Data Acquisition Specialist (Hybrid or Remote)
About The Position
Under the general direction of the Manager, the Energy Data Acquisition Specialist performs and provides technical support for the configuration, testing, and implementation of revenue and telemetry metering equipment and processes. The role interfaces with market participants—including generator owners, developers, third-party engineering companies, and utility representatives—regarding the development or modification of power generation for ISO markets. The specialist ensures ISO-metered entities and control entities are thoroughly inspected, documented, and certified, and that they provide accurate data acquisition information and control capacity in accordance with ISO-approved certification procedures and standards. The position also supports, maintains, and modifies tariff and Business Practice Manual (BPM) language related to ISO revenue metering and telemetry policies and practices. The position may be performed in a hybrid or fully remote capacity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology, or a related field, or equivalent education, training, or experience.
- Equivalent years of education and training, plus at least two years of related experience.
- Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills, with demonstrated attention to detail.
- Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking, with sound judgment and decision-making skills.
- Strong interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under tight deadlines and demanding expectations.
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.
- Ability to work effectively in a team as a facilitator and team member.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Basic understanding of telecommunications software, hardware, and circuitry as applied to WAN; ability to configure internal and external analog modems.
- Ability to review and apply engineering concepts to electrical drawings, calculations, and specifications for conformance with published ISO standards and protocols.
- Knowledge of SCADA software and telemetry technology.
- Understanding of AC/DC electrical theory using algebra and trigonometry.
- Ability to install and test meters and related equipment, including utility meters, CTs, VTs, and free-standing metering devices.
- Proficiency using metering test equipment, such as watt-hour test kits, burden testers, and phase-sequence indicators, to verify metering installations.
- Strong background in the theory and application of current transformers, voltage transformers, and capacitive-coupled voltage devices used for revenue metering.
- Understanding of different generator types, their participation in the ISO market, and their system impacts.
Nice To Haves
- Experience as a utility-industry meter technician or engineer.
- Experience using test equipment in high-voltage substations and generating plants.
- Experience installing or programming revenue-grade meters used to collect and calculate meter data.
- Experience establishing metering solutions and applications for collecting meter data.
- Experience working with regulations, standards, codes, methods, practices, and advanced engineering principles for electrical metering instrumentation used in revenue metering.
Responsibilities
- Participate in designing, developing, and maintaining standards for telemetry and revenue metering requirements, including PLC, RTU, DCS, EMS, SCADA, ISO-approved RIGs, and approved ISO meters.
- Assist market participants and engineering companies with troubleshooting and with designs, development, and configurations that meet tariff and BPM requirements for telemetry and revenue metering.
- Research, evaluate, and develop technical solutions for current or proposed tariff and BPM requirements, including analyzing and resolving entities’ non-compliant issues.
- Support Full Network Model builds, including telemetry database builds and revenue-metering certificates of compliance within the New Resource Implementation process, to help meet projected commercial operation dates.
- Coordinate and analyze data for certification of resources seeking to participate in the ISO market and contractual resource reserves.
- Provide guidance and training to internal and external customers, including ISO-authorized inspectors and meter inspection companies, on telemetry and revenue-metering data collection and processing.
- Create and maintain internal and external documentation, including business processes and desktop procedures, to support consistent practices under ISO standards, tariffs, and BPMs.
- Verify the integrity of resources certified for ancillary services by coordinating tests, analyzing test data, and managing the resource testing database.
- Represent the business unit as a subject matter expert during audits and installation and configuration verifications.
- Support the ISO control center by monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving real-time telemetry issues.
- Support, maintain, and modify tariff and BPM language related to ISO revenue metering and telemetry policies and practices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
