System Reliability Engineer, III - VI

Georgia Transmission Corporation • Tucker, GA

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About The Position

This role involves leading the Corporation's Fault Recorder and Power Quality Programs. The engineer will collaborate with various internal departments and external partners to enhance the reliability of the transmission system. Responsibilities include representing corporate interests with external organizations, working with outside companies to develop automation products for fault detection and power quality, and collaborating with other utilities to improve existing products. The engineer will also serve as a point of contact for other departments, assist with outage investigations and other technical issues, and be responsible for accumulating, analyzing, interpreting, monitoring, and reporting data on the electric power transmission system's operations and performance.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering
• E-III: Four (4) years of experience; (two (2) years with P.E.), preferably with an electric utility.
• E-IV: Six (6) years of experience (four (4) years with P.E.) in the areas of planning, Power Quality, relay test, maintenance, and/or operations experience, preferably in the transmission area of an electric utility.
• E-V: Eight (8) years of power utility experience (six (6) years with P.E.) in the areas of planning, Power Quality, relay test, maintenance, and/or operations experience in the transmission area of an electric utility.
• E-VI: Ten (10) years of power utility experience (eight (8) years with P.E.) in the areas of planning, Power Quality, relay test, maintenance, and/or operations experience in the transmission area of an electric utility.
• Equivalent Experience E-III: B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least six (6) years (four (4) years with P.E.) of experience in the areas of planning, Power Quality, operations, reliability, relay test, and/or maintenance.
• Equivalent Experience E-IV: B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least ten (10) years (eight (8) years with P.E.) of utility experience in the areas of planning, Power Quality, operations, reliability, relay test, and/or maintenance.
• Equivalent Experience E-V: B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least twelve (12) years (ten (10) years with P.E.) of utility experience in the areas of planning, Power Quality, operations, reliability, relay test, and/or maintenance.
• Equivalent Experience E-VI: B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least fourteen (14) years (twelve (12) years with a P.E.) of utility experience in the areas of planning, Power Quality, operations, reliability, relay test, and/or maintenance.
• Valid Georgia Driver's License.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, graphics, and data manipulation.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, large databases, PowerBI, and Microsoft Access.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to independently plan, organize, and successfully complete assignments.
• Capable of preparing and delivering presentations to various groups (internal and external).
• Knowledge of construction and maintenance work functions.
• Teamwork and leadership skills.
• Ability to work across organizational boundaries.
• Must be able to pass ITS qualified operator training course.
• Must be able to pass the NERC CIP personnel risk assessment screening.

Nice To Haves

• Additional knowledge of System Security Analysis, transmission relaying, metering, data historian, and supervisory and control systems will be beneficial.
• EIT and PE are applicable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Corporation's Fault Recorder and Power Quality Programs.
• Collaborate with System Reliability department personnel, FOC departments, and ITS partners to continually improve the reliability performance of the transmission system.
• Represent corporate interests with GPC, MEAG, Dalton, and other external organizations such as GA Tech, EPRI, and IEEE.
• Work with outside companies to provide/develop Fault Detection, Power Quality, and Synchrophasor tool automation products.
• Work with other utilities to develop and improve EPRI products such as the PQ Dashboard, TRENDAP, and OpenXDA.
• Serve as a System Reliability contact for other departments to ensure that products and reports meet their needs.
• Aid other internal department staff with outage investigation, clearance mitigation, benchmarking, project justification, relaying, and lightning issues.
• Accumulate, analyze, interpret, monitor, and report data and information as to the overall operations and performance of the electric power transmission system.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level