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Title: Engineer – Electric Distribution Eng
Work type : Hybrid.
Salary range-
$85-100k + benefits for NY
(Note: Salary can be discussed for highly qualified and experienced candidates).
Job Summary
Responsible for working with the Region of Western New York, Service Centers, and other company personnel for the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of the Distribution System.
Learn Cyme Software of electrical distribution system for load studies to properly serve new customer loads. This includes a focus on Solar PV Interconnections for Distributed Generation. Also includes Electric Vehicle EV connections in order to keep ahead of the curve of the changing landscape for transportation. Learn and implement improvements when circuit upgrades are required. Ensures safe and efficient operation of the distribution system by protective devices; Resolves technical power quality issues affecting the system. Applies and interprets company, industry, local, state, national codes, tariffs, and standards. Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements. Assists during storm restoration, as needed. Minimal travel required for meetings or training or storm restoration.
Responsibilities
1. Performs engineering analyses of the electric distribution system to serve new customer load, PV Farms, EV Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. Be forward thinking on the Greening of the Electric Grid. This includes solutions for contingency plans and reliability studies and capacity studies. (50% P)
2. Calculates/reviews protection coordination settings of distribution relays and reclosers to improve power system reliability. Performs/reviews fuse coordination studies to improve circuit reliability.
3. Studies power quality and voltage flicker problems and suggests solutions. Analyzes the impact of customer-interconnected distributed generation. Perform Engineering calculations.
4. Work closely with operations to improve Grid and impact SAIFI / CAIDI reliability
5. Expedite the implementation of AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) to automate the modeling of our Grid for real-time, on-demand interrogations
6. Assists during storm restoration.
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Skills and Requirements
Required Education & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, with 2+years of experience.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Problem-solver, result-oriented, and innovative.
Preferred Skills & Abilities:
• Experience in power system analysis, planning, or protection coordination.
• Work Experience in the utility industry
• Knowledge of load flow software tools (CYME).
• Knowledge of relays/reclosers (ASPEN ONELINER) and use their software tools (QUICKSET).
• Able to perform distribution system analysis including loading/voltage studies and calculation of voltage regulator and capacitor settings to provide economical solutions.
• Able to perform fault/short-circuit analysis and motor starting studies.
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT).
• Project management skills.
Competencies
- Be a role model
- Be agile
- Collaborate and Share
- Develop Self & Others
- Empower to grow
- Focus to achieve results
- Technical Skills
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables
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