Lead Engineer, Grid Operations Technology- Operations Support( Hybrid Schedule)

Role and Scope of Position

The Lead Engineer is responsible for overseeing the implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the Company’s Distribution Management System (DMS). Individual will lead a team of engineers to support the Company’s electric control centers by providing guidance on optimizing the system for delivering safe, reliable, and resilient energy to our customers while maximizing the value of clean energy resources.

Individual will also lead multi-disciplinary teams responsible for all phases of implementation including technology review and selection; defining project budget, scope, and schedule; project management; internal and external reporting and tracking; and stakeholder engagement.

The individual will support efforts to research and develop plans for additional modernization opportunities including investigation and assessment of new tools and technologies relevant to the modernization and control of the electric distribution system.

Engagement with external counterparts, vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure the Company is driving towards industry best practices.

Essential Functions

• Lead a team of engineers to support the Company’s electric control center operators by optimizing the distribution system using the distribution network advanced functionality of the Distribution Management System which include Automatic Feeder Reconfiguration (AFR), Load Volt/VAR Management (LVM), Planned Outage Study and DER/Load Forecasting
• Serve as a subject matter expert in real time technologies such as ADMS, SCADA, DER dispatching, energy storage, microgrids, Volt/Var Optimization and load shedding
• Cookordinate with system operations control centers, IT and engineering resources to ensure DMS functionality and future enhancements
• Lead the specifications and configurations of DMS advanced applications such as FLISR, LVM, AFR, Load and Generation scheduling
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams across three states from distribution engineering, system planning, substation engineering, telecommunications engineering, standards, system operations, field operations, IT, regulatory, legal, community relations, corporate strategy, and other groups to ensure effective and efficient implementation of grid modernization programs
• Oversee development of project approval documentation with need statement, scope, description of technical solution, alternatives considered, risks and mitigations, budget, and schedule
• Ensure rigorous project management is exercised in implementation of all grid modernization projects, including identification and correction of any risks to schedule or budget
• Investigate new technologies and tools in the industry, and assess the relevance of and benefit to the Company’s system operations control rooms
• Develop tools and methods to process and organize data from multiple sources to design and verify engineering models and databases
• Communicate the Company’s grid modernization initiatives externally as appropriate and participate in industry forums to support the Company’s position regarding best practices in grid modernization
• Act on behalf of the Manager of Grid Operations Technology when not present and be an advocate for future looking initiatives

Technical Knowledge/Skill/Education/Licenses/Certifications

• Thorough understanding of electrical engineering concepts such as load flow, stability voltage regulation, power factor, losses, load and generation modeling, etc.
• Experience modeling electric distribution systems.
• Ability to manipulate data from large datasets to provide specific engineering results.
• Thorough knowledge of electric distribution operational technologies such as DMS, OMS, GIS, SCADA, EMS, Synergi/Cyme.
• Basic understanding of communication systems and protocols, such as DNP, used in SCADA control systems.
• Strong analytical skills including experience using qualitative tools in strategic development.
• Demonstrated business development aptitude with strong presentation skills; strong leadership skills to penetrate and work effectively throughout the organization.
• Demonstrated competency and proficiency in oral and written communications.
• Ideal candidate is customer driven; displays initiative as a change agent with a can-do attitude; accepts responsibility and holds others accountable; participates in and facilitates team effectiveness.
• Absorbs the role of team leader; and makes sound decisions to support strategic objectives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
• Experience: Minimum of eight (8) to ten (10) years in the technical, operational, or engineering aspects of the electrical utility industry. Supervisory experience preferred.
• Licenses & Certifications: None

Working Conditions

• Must be available to work emergency restoration assignment as required.
• Must be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary.
• Work is performed primarily in an office environment which requires sitting, standing, walking and climbing stairs are involved.
• Depending on the specific nature of the engineering role, position may require occasional to significant travel by car.
• A valid driver’s license is required.

Problem Solving & Complexity

• Work includes calculating, comparing, technical writing, editing, planning, evaluating, interpreting, organizing, consulting, analyzing, designing, documenting, specifying, coordinating, implementing and presenting.
• This role works in an environment that often requires the performance of multiple simultaneous activities, where deadlines need to be met and work is performed under pressure while involving significant business commitments and results.