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Job Field: Government Jobs
Location: VANCOUVER, WA
Job Type: Full Time

JOB SUMMARY:

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***Position Overview*** The Shift Operations Engineer, based in either Vancouver WA or Loveland CO, is an integral part of the WECC RC real-time operations and has several important duties in monitoring and studying system conditions across the entire Western Interconnection. Many key applications are supported by this position, such as state estimation, real-time contingency analysis, voltage stability, transient stability, and modal analysis. This position will also support the Reliability Coordinators to validate contingency analysis results, assist in determining or validating mitigation plans for power system constraints, and/or run studies when emergency conditions occur. This position is a 24x7 rotating shift position. ***Major Duties*** 1) Maintain the quality of the WECC RC state estimator solution to ensure that solutions are reasonably accurate for use with downstream applications. 2) Maintain the quality of the WECC RC real-time contingency analysis results to ensure results provide actionable information to the Reliability Coordinators. 3) Provide study support for Reliability Coordinators to review and validate unusual real-time contingency analysis results, for example unsolved contingencies, excessive limit exceedances, or islanding contingencies. 4) Review real-time power system issues and associated mitigation plans to ensure the plans are viable. 5) Work with Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator engineers to review study findings and identify potential IROL conditions. 6) Support and interpret real-time voltage stability application solution results to ensure high quality, actionable information is available to the Reliability Coordinators. 7) Review and update as needed the WECC RC next-day study to ensure high quality study results. 8) Work with EMS Engineering team to support modal analysis applications in real-time operations. Interpret and investigate modal analysis results to provide actionable information to the Reliability Coordinators. 9) Identify model and application quality issues and work with EMS Engineering team to resolve. ***Minimum Qualifications*** 1) Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience resulting in demonstrated ability to perform major duties. 2) Direct experience with state estimation and contingency analysis applications. 3) Experience running studies in support of real-time power system operations. 4) Minimum two years work experience in the electrical engineering industry, preferably in operations engineering or system planning. 5) Proficiency in EMS advanced applications, voltage stability analysis tools, GE PSLF or Siemens PSSE software. 6) Proficiency in standard office software applications including MS Word, Excel, Access and Outlook. 7) Good organization and communication skills, both oral and written, are essential to success in this position. 8) Excellent business writing and communication skills, including the ability to develop and deliver clear, concise presentations. 9) Ability to set and meet self-imposed deadlines and conclude assignments with minimal external prompting. 10) Must be able to work effectively in a highly dynamic team environment and assist all groups as needed. 11) NERC RC certified or ability to become certified. ***Preferred Qualifications*** Above minimum qualifications and the following: 1) MS in Electrical Engineering 2) Experience in large grid models and modeling details. 3) Experience with power flow, stability software, and advanced network applications tools. 4) Experience in operations engineering, planning, large grid studies or similar area resulting in demonstrated ability to perform major duties. 5) Strong knowledge of Alstom EMS advanced application systems and OSI PI software.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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Bachelors