ECC Designer/Programmer

Avangrid

Leading U.S. energy holding firm operating utilities and renewable power assets across 24 states.

Design, program, and maintain EMS software and databases for power system dispatch.

7 days ago ago

$3,238 - $4,504

Intermediate (4-7 years)

Full Time

Augusta, ME

Onsite

Company Size

7,999 Employees

Service Specialisms

Renewable Energy

Power Generation

Transmission

Distribution

Energy Storage

Engineering

Project Management

Operations & Maintenance

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Renewable Energy

Electricity Transmission

Electricity Distribution

Smart Grids

Grid Infrastructure

Power Generation

Natural Gas Utilities

Role

What you would be doing

ems troubleshoot

scada maintenance

disaster recovery

system administration

application development

integration testing

Troubleshoot and diagnose problems within EMS utilizing various software programs and utilities. May require working with vendor support.
Performs primary responsibilities for multiple EMS subsystems to include but not limited to Data Acquisition Control (DAC), Historical Data, Dispatcher Graphical User Interface (GUI), Inter-control Center Communication Protocol (ICCP), Power System Analysis and Real Time Calculations.
Provides support and guidance within the group.
Implement and maintains infrastructure and procedures for Disaster recovery, essential data backup of application software, operating systems, historical data, network configuration and similar data required to restore the EMS to production operation and necessary to maintain business continuity and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Performs administrative tasks associated with the maintenance of the EMS and associated support systems. Include; operating systems, relational database management systems, communication front-end components, network infrastructure and software applications that comprise a number of functional subsystems key to the operation of a critical business system.
Coordinate with external departments in the commissioning of field devices, ensuring correctness and accuracy of device inputs as it relates to the Energy Management System and consistent with departmental requirements.
Represents the Company on internal and external task forces or working groups as appointed.
Maintains complex proprietary computer programs, SCADA, Network Model, and Dispatcher Training Simulator (DTS) databases, along with dynamic displays which are used to dispatch the power system. Required to prepare written reports explaining operation variances of programs for vendors.
Provides training within the group.
Provide H/W support as required to ensure continuous operation of critical EMS functionality.
Provide departmental cross-training as well as assist in training Dispatcher staff.
Provides for hardware backup and identifies additional required skills to include Fortran and SQL.
Performs engineering studies and prepares written reports using power system analysis software included with the Energy Management System and other software utilities such as PSEE and/or PSLF as adopted by the company for similar purposes.
Develop custom applications to support changing operational requirements, system improvements, and other customer needs.
Perform integration and testing of new EMS upgrades, and software patches. This may require travel and extended stays at Vendors factory site.
Maintains up-to-date documentation and procedures that define the operability of the infrastructure.
Provide real time power system data upon request to external departments and other entities as required to fulfill business and compliance objectives.

What you bring

electrical engineering

sql

c++

unix