Associate Engineer – Grid Modernization
| Company | Eversource Energy |
|---|---|
| Location | Manchester, NH, USA, Hartford, CT, USA |
| Salary | $81500 – $90560 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad, Junior, Mid Level |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required, Electric Power Systems preferred.
- A minimum of zero (0) to three (3) years related experience in planning, design, and operations related to distribution line and distribution substation facilities, with knowledge of power system planning.
- Proficiency in MS-Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Working knowledge of electric simulation software models and power distribution systems load-flow simulation and analysis.
- Knowledge of new technologies including but not limited to photovoltaic solar, electric vehicles, and battery storage.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with multiple cross-functional groups in developing new procedures for integrating and enabling two-way communication of new technologies, including photovoltaic solar (PV), electric vehicles (EV), and battery storage.
- Leads or conducts distribution forecast studies to validate DERMS forecasting result for day-ahead and week-ahead load and generation forecasts.
- Partners with other departments (Distribution Engineering, DER Planning, Energy Efficiency, Control Room, etc.) to enable DERMS use cases.
- Effective communication, support and implementation with new processes associated with DERMS.
- Provides leadership in coordinating multiple cross-functional groups, and positive guidance for engineers.
- Presents recommendations and/or results to all levels of management as appropriate.
- Complete/advise on data cleanup, validation, and testing with a focus on accuracy, efficiency, and future growth.
- Conduct ad-hoc analyses to answer questions supporting team projects.
- Own longer-term analyses and reports designed to assess grid enhancement projects.
- Clearly document and explain analyses.
- Learn the domain and understand capabilities and technologies.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and recommend solutions.
- Obtain, clean, and report on data required by and recorded in DERMS.
- Oversee software integration updates and implementation to support DERMS processes.
- Design, create prototypes, develop, deploy, and support Power BI dashboards and reports that meet business and technical requirements.
- Publish and schedule Power BI reports and data sources.
- Support internal and external tracking and reporting requirements, including reporting of metrics related to the achievement of project benefits.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with R/RStudio or Python for data analysis, data visualization, and modeling preferred.
- Understanding of the design, specification, programming, and installation of PLC, RTU, SEL RTACs or related control systems preferred.
- Understanding of SCADA engineering concepts, in particular SCADA points and RTAC programming preferred.
- Knowledge of Power BI preferred.