Senior Electrical System Studies Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Continues to learn and develop knowledge and skills in departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes, and Commonwealth Associates policies and procedures. Applies this knowledge to assigned tasks.
• Provides guidance and direction on departmental standards, policies and procedures.
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team and develops approaches to meet these interests and drivers throughout the work on less complex projects.
• Support Business Development by providing technical information for sales proposals, or by pursuing other related activates as assigned by department managers.
• Supports internal project teams and clients, regularly interacts with client's technical lead for data requests, site visits, clarification of project execution and review of comments.
• Communicates directly with other disciplines to identify and coordinate details of work for assigned tasks, or at project level for smaller-scale projects.
• Coordinates tasks and proper sequencing of tasks with internal staff, project managers and clients.
• Collects, assimilates, and manages data for engineering work.
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Prepares a variety of engineering deliverables such as contract documents, project documents, and studies with little to no supervision.
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
• Recognizes, defines, and seeks to resolve problems within assigned area or project.
• Understands and adheres to budget, schedule, and quality requirements. Demonstrates understanding of project phases, schedules and schedule recovery as it pertains to engineering production and deliverables.
• Provides input during planning of project resources and assists managers in resource planning activities.
• Assists with contract administration or project management administrative duties in connection with project work as needed.
• Assists in the development and production of project scope of work packages (scope, schedule & budget) for assigned discipline.

Qualifications:

Minimum bachelor’s degree - Masters degree preferred in electrical power discipline.

Experience with the following software:

• PSS/E, PSS/E TS, TARA, PSLF, Milsoft
• PSCAD, EMTP-RV

Experience with the following studies:

• Dynamic Stability Analysis, ISO model building in PSS/E and PSCAD, Power flow analysis, contingency analysis, Power Quality Analysis (PQ)
• Transient Recovery Voltage (TRV) , Temporary Over Voltage (TOV), Transient Over Voltage (TOV), Harmonics, Effective Grounding, Black start
• Industry publications
• Industry organization involvement (IEEE, CIGRE, etc)
• Supervisory experience
• Experience in power system protection, relay settings development a plus.