Senior Power Systems Consultant

About the role

We are seeking a Power Systems Consultant or a Senior Power Systems Consultant to join our Grid Software’s Power Technologies International (PTI) team. This role is crucial for protecting, planning, and ensuring power quality in distribution, industrial, DER, and microgrid power systems. The ideal candidate will work with power producers, ISOs, and T&D utilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform distribution planning using power systems planning principles to simulate and analyze steady state, protection systems, and dynamic behavior.
• Prepare detailed written reports describing performed analyses, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Work in small project teams to ensure high-quality deliverables and meet project deadlines.
• Develop automation scripts to enhance the speed and accuracy of simulations and analysis.
• Support proposal preparation by creating project plans, budgets, and timelines.
• Deliver technical consulting/training services, both on-site if necessary.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a specialization in Power and Energy Systems.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in the electric power industry; 5+ years may qualify for a Senior role.
• Experience with load flow, short circuit, protection & relay coordination, arc flash, and grounding studies for HV, MV, and LV systems.
• Strong foundation in power systems and protective relaying principles, including applications and hardware from major vendors.
• Expertise in power system modeling and analysis software such as CYME, ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, PSCAD, PSS®E, Gridscale X APA, ASPEN, and others.
• Ability to travel 10% domestically.

Preferred qualifications

• Prior experience in Power System Consulting.
• Experience with power quality and transient stability studies.
• Experience in distribution system planning or operations, microgrids, and load/generation forecasting and integration.
• A master's degree or PhD in electrical engineering with a specialization in Power and Energy Systems.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Benefits

Details regarding our benefits can be found here. The pay range for this position is $83,966 - $175,644 annually with a target incentive of 10% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

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