Senior Engineer - Outage Coordination

Qualus•Detroit, MI

2d•$130,000 - $165,000

About The Position

Power your future with Qualus in our Program Management department as a Senior Engineer, Outage Coordinator. As a Senior Engineer, you will help to identify impacts of shutdowns and how extensive the associated equipment would be to bundle planned outages together. This will include contingency plan studies and power flow studies. Our team ensures system productivity is maintained through safe and concise operating orders and actions, including identifying impacts of shutdowns, and how best to bundle planned outages together.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
Minimum of 4 years of electric utility transmission and substation planning experience.
System Experience with CYME, EMS, and TARA/PSSE, or ADMS.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
Experience maintaining State Estimator technical applications.
Familiarity with Energy Management System (EMS) including State Estimator (SE), Contingency Analysis (CA), and N-1 conditions operating practices.
Familiar with PSSE or TARA applications.
Ability to provide operational feedback to improve EMS system models based on real-time measurements.

Responsibilities

Develop and direct important projects or field assignments with complex features. Includes performing engineering studies, proposing solutions to engineering-related problems, and developing models for improvement programs.
Perform system analysis using operational criteria and tools (CYME, EMS)
Works closely with system study engineer and project scheduler to ensure accuracy of long-term shutdown schedule.
Organizes and leads huddle and shutdown schedule review meetings.
Organizes and leads cross-function team meetings especially for complex and back-to-back shutdowns in the same area/regions.
Champions continuous improvement (CI) initiatives focused on shutdown optimization and coordination of resources.