Senior Energy Management System Engineer

Senior Energy Management System Engineer

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Purpose:
To provide technical skills in designing, developing and applying real-time systems software and hardware and database administration solutions to complex real-time systems problems to support the safe, reliable and economical operation of SMUD's generation, transmission, distribution and gas operations facilities.

Cover Letter Requirement To be further considered you must submit responses to the following questions in the cover letter portion of your application.

Describe your experience with Automatic Generation Control as it relates to EMS? Please include your knowledge on software, tuning and related NERC standards. Indicate where your experience was acquired.

Describe your experience wi1th development, management, and integration of utility-scale solar PV projects as well as solar + storage as it relates to EMS. Indicate where your experience was acquired.

Describe your experience with electricity market applications, and power systems operations. Indicate where your experience was acquired.

Describe your experience with OSI PI. Specifically, describe your experience with Asset Framework and PI vision products. Indicate where your experience was acquired

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Evaluates, designs and implements assigned projects for development, operation and maintenance of operating systems software, network and/or configuration management, workstation environment and database activities for computer-based real-time scheduling, Operator Training Simulator (OTS), Transmission Network Applications (TNA), monitoring, control, automation, accounting and analysis of SMUD generation, transmission, distribution and gas pipeline facilities and Balancing Authority operations including federally-mandated hydro dam, reservoir monitoring.
• Evaluates, designs, develops, installs and supports real-time client/server hardware, software and application programs and database environments to provide integrated systems operations for new generation resources, including local generation or fuel cells, and to meet user-defined requirements for Balancing Authority operations, power system scheduling, monitoring, control, accounting and analysis of generation, transmission and distribution facilities for meeting inter-utility contractual requirements and safe operating procedures. Maintaining real-time ICCP communication datalinks to BPA, WAPA, PGandE, CAISO, MID, TID and WECC for the transfer of real-time electrical data.
• Provides consulting and training services to departmental, SMUD and other utility users and the user community in generation, transmission, distribution and gas operations, Balancing Authority operations, reserve sharing as part of the Northwest Power Pool (NWPP), power system scheduling, energy accounting, operations planning and systems protection and power plant security.
• Interfaces with Energy Management Systems staff and provides database administration, system generations, system backups to ensure recovery, configuration control and ongoing support for Backup Control Center maintenance.
• Provides system software management by evaluating, developing and implementing modifications and additions on real-time computer operating systems, department networks, data bases, real-time workstations and data links between SMUD systems and other utilities for data exchange; by monitoring and evaluating system performance; and providing reports of system status and performance.
• Provides for the operation, administration and maintenance of the operations network and domain (operational unit) by planning and overseeing the purchase, installation and maintenance of system operations and reliability personal computers, energy trading and contracts personal computers and file servers and their applications; providing for the security administration and maintenance of the physical network; and establishing and maintaining the cyber security perimeter; ensuring compliance with NERC Reliability Standards, including but not limited to CIP.
• Plans, coordinates, prioritizes, monitors, guides, reviews and conducts work activities associated with department internal/external projects in accordance with established task objectives and schedule as outlined in the project plan/contract.
• Provides maintenance support for existing real-time computer systems by performing scheduled, routine activities; identifying and resolving complex problems in an extremely time critical environment; providing 24 hours on-call support; and reacting positively to change in assigned schedules or related duties. Provide subject matter expertise to Operations Engineering, Market Operations, System Protection and other units/departments; and other entities outside SMUD within the Balancing Authority in their interaction with EMS enabling them to develop their operational strategies; evaluate historical demands; develop forecast needs; evaluate and identify solutions to power system problems
• Contributes to and influences long-range planning of real-time systems design and/or migration to next generation platforms to sustain or improve reliability and availability of energy and distribution management systems
• Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: BS/BA degree from an accredited college or university majoring in Electrical Engineering

• Experience: 5 to 7 years of progressively responsible relevant work experience with a significant level of real-time systems development and operations on an energy management system; management of computer systems; database administration; participation on large-scale projects; support of generation, gas operations, transmission and distribution operations; support of inter-utility operations and practices.

Desirable Qualifications:
Professional Engineer Registration in the State of California

Physical Requirements:
The health and wellbeing of our employees and our community is our top priority. SMUD follows CDC guidance and adheres to all local, county and state orders. To this end, if you are scheduled to come on a SMUD campus, you will need to monitor your health (ensuring your temperature is below 100.4° and you’re free of COVID-19 symptoms), wear a face covering, and adhere to social distancing guidelines. Thank you for your support! Stay safe and well.

Additional Posting Info for Candidate:
SMUD is committed to ensuring we're a workplace where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), are part of who we are and how we do things. Supporting efforts that promote pay equality is part of that. Salary placement for the selected candidate will be determined in alignment with the California Equal Pay Act.

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