Lead Engineer - Distribution Planning

Location: City of Binghamton

Title:

Lead Engineer - Distribution Planning

Reports to:

Sr Director - Integrated System Planning

Location:

NY Rochester or Binghamton Work Type:
Office The salary range for this position is dependent on experience level and location ranging from $114,332 to $142,916

Responsibilities :

Able to lead, mentor, and develop others toward a common objective. Includes the ability to lead a team toward the successful completion of commitments through coaching, completing area studies, compliance, regulatory, support of capital projects, economic development.

Collaborate on and perform distribution comprehensive area studies including voltage, thermal, N-1, and power factor assessments.

Ability to process, manipulate, understand, and represent data produced by analytical software, contained in power system study reports, or extracted from databases.

Apply the established distribution criteria and uses sound utility engineering practices to identify deficiencies in the distribution system.

Ability to cite and interpret applicable reliability criteria (e.g., IEEE 1547, 519, 1366 Standards, ANSI Voltage Standards, NFPA, etc.).Recommends Distribution Automation devices to the system and develop designs and recommendations compliant with program objectives.

Apply the established distribution criteria for Distribution Resiliency to the system and develop designs and recommendations compliant with program objectives.

Continually strive to innovate and integrate improvements to increase the precision and efficiency of Distribution Planning.

Develop thorough understanding and application of Distribution Planning tools used in day-to-day basis such as GIS (SMWeb, Smart Map), SAP, Load Data systems, etc.

Strive to seek out and develop subject matter expert skills as necessary to mentor, support and lead the team to aid in the advancement of business needs.

Collaborate and interact with internal teams and industry peers on regional and divisional activities.

Assist during storm restoration efforts.

Behavioral Skills and Requirements Leadership Competencies Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.

Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide impact on the department

Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills

Ability to collaborate across departments

Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards and best practices

Work independently with little supervision

Behavioral Competencies Develop self & others

Empower to grow Collaborate and share

Be a role model

Focus to achieve results

Be agile

Technical Skills and Requirements The following skills and associated competency levels are desired of those candidates seeking a position in Distribution Planning. However, offsetting industry and other relevant technical skills will be considered for candidates without previous experience in these Distribution Planning activities (e.g. T&D Engineering, P&C, etc.).Technical Skills/Competencies Theoretical Engineering knowledge:
Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytics, Modeling & Calculation (e.g. sym. Components, per unit, etc.), Understanding the Business Model - Advanced Practical Engineering Experience/Application:
Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g. field experience, standardization, develop business case and defend in front of stakeholders) - Advanced Engineering documentation:
Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation, review and approve engineering work done by others - Advanced Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment:
Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and Requirements (NERC, NPCC, ISO, PUC, etc.) - Advanced Functional Job Specific Competencies
1. Power System Studies - Knowledge & Interpretation of Study Assumptions and Results: (e.g. Comprehensive Area Studies, Power Flow, DER, Voltage, Contingency, phase imbalance, Power Factor correction, Short Circuit, reliability, resiliency, Capacity, distribution automation, etc.) - Advanced
2. Software Proficiency - Power System Analytics: (e.g. CYME, PSSE, ASPEN, etc.) - Advanced/Expert

Education & Experience Requirements :

BSEE required with…