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Overview
The successful candidate will provide electrical engineering analysis and technical support for the planning and operation of the electric power system. Implements appropriate system modeling, develops tools and procedures to monitor and control the system, develops solutions to current or future system issues, and appropriately reports findings and recommendations.
Responsibilities
- The successful candidate will support the real-time applications: state estimator, contingency analysis, voltage stability and transient stability. Tune the network model and correcting issues with real-time telemetry, models, etc.
- Design, develop and implement modification to EMS system models to reflect ongoing changes to the transmission and SCADA systems
- Timely response to control center personnel for information or solution to power system application problems (Power flow, State Estimation, Contingency Analysis)
- Responsible for identifying and addressing gaps in EMS processes.
- Provides real-time and on-call technical support to operations by analyzing and resolving EMS application and data issues to ensure high quality application solutions.
- Plans and designs complete complex EMS system solutions and projects.
- Identifies, analyzes, and improves existing business processes to meet existing/new goals and objectives.
- Provides post-event analysis of events such as EMS application failures, modeling issues, data loss, etc.
Qualifications
- 8 years of experience in power system or control system engineering.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- In-depth experience with the GE Grid Solutions/Alstom EMS platform
- Advanced knowledge in EMS advanced applications (state estimation and contingency analysis), voltage stability analysis, transient stability analysis, etc.
- Proficiency with power flow analysis applications.
- Power industry experience in grid and market arena preferably with software vendors or ISO/utilities.
- Experience with programming languages such as FORTRAN, C, C++, Java, Perl and Python.
- Experience with Oracle PL/SQL
- Experience with Commercial Optimization Solvers: CPLEX/AMPL, Gurobi
- Experience with CIM/XML model-based tools.
- Experience with developing integration layers using Messaging Services: Tibco JMS, AMQ
- Competitive candidates should demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to take initiative.
- Strong operational knowledge of Transmission Systems.
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills
Skill Requirements
- Programming Languages/Packages/Scripting: C, C++, VisualC++, FORTRAN, Java, Perl, Python, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting
- Operating System: Windows, Linux, AIX
- Web Application Servers: JBOSS, Tomcat, JWS, Spring Boots,
- Message Queues: Tibco JMS, AMQ
- Web Based Development – J2EE, Servlets, SOAP, Java Script, HTML/CSS, XML
- Database: Oracle, SQLSERVER
- Source Code Control Tools: Git, GitHub
- Optimization Solvers: CPLEX/AMPL, Gurobi
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EEO Statement
TRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
The complete job description and application are available on TRC’s career site.
TRC accepts applications for this position on an ongoing, rolling basis and reserves the right to cancel this posting at any time.