Senior Engineer- Grid Operations Technology (Hybrid Schedule)

Eversource Energy•Dorchester, MA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Engineer will work with complex systems and equipment, providing engineering and technical services to support Eversource's growing organization. This role offers a hybrid schedule, allowing for work both in the office and in the field on a variety of interesting projects. Areas of expertise include designing new substations and infrastructure, analyzing systems and disruptions to service, working with transformers, engineering electrical protection and control circuits, and dealing with equipment acceptance testing, failures, and system disturbance analysis. Grid Ops Technology is responsible for modernizing the design and operation of the electric distribution system. The individual will support multi-disciplinary teams through the project life cycle, from conception and regulatory filings to planning, implementation, and performance measurement. This role involves supporting the Company’s electric control centers by optimizing the distribution system for safe, reliable, and resilient energy delivery while maximizing the value of clean energy resources. The individual will also support teams responsible for technology review and selection, project budget and scope definition, project management, reporting, and stakeholder engagement, including external counterparts and vendors to ensure industry best practices.

Requirements

Thorough understanding of electrical engineering concepts such as load flow, stability voltage regulation, power factor, losses, load and generation modeling
Experience modeling electric distribution systems
Ability to manipulate data from large datasets to provide specific engineering results
Thorough knowledge of electric distribution operational technologies such as DMS, OMS, GIS, SCADA, EMS, Synergi/Cyme.
Basic understanding of communication systems and protocols, such as DNP, used in SCADA control systems
Strong analytical skills including experience using qualitative tools in strategic development
Demonstrated business development aptitude with strong presentation skills
Strong leadership skills to penetrate and work effectively throughout the organization
Demonstrated competency and proficiency in oral and written communications
Minimum of five (5) years in the technical, operational, or engineering aspects of the electrical utility industry.
A valid driver’s license is required.

Nice To Haves

MS in Engineering or MBA preferred
Supervisory experience preferred
Ideal candidate is customer driven; displays initiative as a change agent with a can-do attitude; accepts responsibility and holds others accountable; participates in and facilitates team effectiveness; assumes the role of team leader; and makes sound decisions to support strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

Support the Company’s electric system operators by optimizing the distribution system using the distribution network advanced functionality of DMS which include Automatic Feeder Reconfiguration (AFR), Load Volt/VAR Management (LVM), Planned Outage Study and DER/Load Forecasting
Serve as a subject matter expert in real time technologies such as ADMS, SCADA, DER dispatching, energy storage, microgrids, Volt/Var Optimization and load shedding
Collaborate with system operations control centers, IT, and engineering resources to ensure DMS functionality and future enhancements.
Support the specification and configuration of DMS advanced applications such as FLISR, LVM, AFR, and Load and Generation Scheduling
Support the development of project approval documentation with need statement, scope, description of technical solution, alternatives considered, risks and mitigations, budget, and schedule
Participate in the investigation of new technologies and tools in the industry and assess the relevance of and benefit to the Company’s system operations control rooms
Develop tools and methods to process and organize data from multiple sources to design and verify engineering models and databases
Support multi-disciplinary teams across three states from distribution engineering, system planning, substation engineering, telecommunications engineering, standards, system operations, field operations, IT, regulatory, legal, community relations, corporate strategy and other groups to ensure effective and efficient implementation of grid modernization programs
Communicate the Company’s grid modernization initiatives externally as appropriate and participate in industry forums to support the Company’s position regarding best practices in grid modernization
Act on behalf of the Lead Engineer when not present and be an advocate for future looking initiatives