Associate EMS Operations Systems Engineer

Requisition ID # 167005 

Job Category: Engineering / Science 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Rocklin

Department Overview

EMS Operations Systems Engineers ensure that EMS situational awareness applications, network models, advanced applications, and Operations Planning study tools are functioning at a high level to provide confidence that the PG&E transmission system is operating in a safe and reliable manner. In addition, the EMS Operations Systems Engineers provide operational and project related support of the Energy Management System (EMS) in collaboration with EMS end users. The EMS team provides 24-hour rotational EMS support for PG&E Grid Operations.

EMS Operations Systems Engineers are responsible for EMS troubleshooting, EMS SCADA applications, EMS network applications and models, DTS applications and models, coordinating data needs with external teams, and supporting Grid Operations to ensure an overall high level of service to end users. EMS Operations Systems Engineers follow all PG&E processes and procedures and collaborate closely with key stakeholders to ensure systems, software, models, and data are meeting end users’ needs. EMS Operations Systems Engineers will participate in activities such as meetings, Grid Operations support, Training support, or systems support as needed and as directed by EMS management.

Position Summary

This entry-level job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC), subject to collective bargaining.

The Associate Engineer is an entry-level Engineer job that works under the general technical direction of more experienced engineers.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The annual salary range is:

CA minimum, $95,172

CA maximum, $142,956

Responsibilities

• Develops knowledge to test, maintain and troubleshoot EMS applications, EMS modeling applications and processes, and external systems that directly interface with the EMS.
• Updates and maintains accurate electric network topology, model, calculations, and contingency definitions on a timely basis to reflect changes in transmission grid and associated equipment.
• Provides real-time and on-call technical support to operations by analyzing and resolving EMS application and data issues to ensure high quality application solutions.
• Support EMS application configuration to provide customized visualization, alarming, tagging, etc. based on user roles and responsibilities.
• Develop knowledge to support the real-time and study advanced network applications - state estimator, contingency analysis, power flow applications, voltage stability, transient stability, and other applications per PG&E’s business needs.
• Develop knowledge to maintain PG&E’s SPS and RAS models used by power flow and contingency analysis applications.
• Support Common Information Model (CIM) and other required network model data exchange processes.
• Support internal and external stakeholders on work projects, enhancements, and issue resolution.
• Takes full responsibility for assigned tasks and projects, including on-time completion.
• Performs work with a strong orientation to safety, teamwork, and overall customer satisfaction.
• Coordinates, implements, and maintains internal metrics and reporting.
• Follows, supports, and maintains proper documentation, procedures, and reports to ensure compliance with the NERC TOP and CIP standards.
• Develops proficiency in the design and writing of software/scripting to automate EMS related tasks.
• Develop knowledge to support Grid Operations Training with the creation and maintenance of DTS displays, models, and training scenarios.
• Support issue resolution with the DTS vendor to resolve DTS deficiencies.
• May perform display work, SCADA modeling, and testing as directed.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar technical field

Desired:

• Basic understanding of electric operations systems, power systems, power flow analysis, power system theory, voltage stability, and transmission planning
• Experience in utility transmission operations and EMS systems
• Ability to design and write software/scripting e.g.: VBA, Perl, C++, SQL, Oracle, Python, c#, .NET, java, etc.
• EIT Certification
• Master's degree in electrical engineering