Power System Coordinator II

Mission Statement

BED’s mission is to serve the energy needs of our customers in a safe, reliable, affordable, sustainable, and socially responsible manner. BED’s four key values are:
Safety, Reliability, Community and Innovation.

BED’s vision is to make Burlington a Net Zero Energy city by eliminating fossil fuel usage across the electric, thermal, and ground transportation sectors by strategically electrifying, managing demand, realizing efficiency gains, and expanding local renewable generation while increasing system resilience.

This position is responsible for ensuring that the BED distribution system is at all times operated in a safe, efficient, and reliable manner according to procedures and guidelines to attain the objective of providing high quality service to BED’s customers. In addition, this position operates BED’s Gas Turbine via Human Machine Interface.

Union:
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

Pay Grade HF3: $36.46 - $59.76 Hourly;
Remote Tier 1:
Zero days remote/week.

Applications for Power System Coordinator I and II will be considered to fill this opening.

• Verify hourly line loading and generation.
• Monitors and operates the Outage Management System (OMS) to detect, locate and respond to distribution system outages.
• Enters trouble tickets and outage information into BED’s work management system.
• Works in conjunction with other BED personnel in correcting system disturbances and unplanned outages, locating the source of the disturbance, and taking corrective action, as necessary.
• Ensures that switching, tagging and work activity conforms to safety rules.
• Directs the de-energizing and re-energizing of distribution equipment including development and issuing of system switching orders and working clearances.
• Call in Distribution personnel, Technicians and metering for various critical supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) alarms, system disturbances and customer service issues.
• Notify BED personnel in areas such as General Services, Stockroom, Customer Service, etc. of the need to respond to issues related to their areas.
• Updates written operating procedures as directed by supervisor.
• Performs via SCADA around-the-clock surveillance of the BED electrical system and takes corrective measures as required.
• Exhibits complete operational understanding of BED’s lines including flows, device limits, protection devices, voltages, and loading.
• Communicates and coordinates with System Operators of inter-connected power systems/generation stations to solve mutual problems.
• Prepares incident reports, trouble reports, and switching guides. Maintains manual and automated logs of all Distribution system activities.
• Provides customer service duties during non-business hours.
• Performs a variety of building security functions such as checking windows and doors, turning off unnecessary lights, checking electrical, plumbing and sprinkler systems, and monitoring various areas of the substations and Pine Street and Lake Street buildings via closed-circuit cameras.
• Enters work orders/service orders during non-business hours.
• Operates the BED Gas Turbine via Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Distribution equipment such as switches, reclosures, breakers, capacitors, and tap changers via SCADA.
• Trains Power System Coordinator I and other employees as assigned.
• Operates BED’s system to maximize system efficiency with minimal customer impact.
• Call Gas Turbine Operators to operate the GT.
• Implements ISO-NE /VELCO/BED system contingency procedures as warranted.
• Operates computers utilizing spreadsheets, databases, and word processing software and utilizes telephones, faxes, voice radio and telecommunication equipment. Complete regular training as assigned by supervisor.
• Visit outside facilities as assigned by supervisor to maintain familiarity with equipment.
• Assist in scheduling vacation/time-off requests for all Power System Coordinators as assigned.
• Provides notification to the appropriate personnel of changes to the BED electrical grid, or any other system anomaly.
• Communicates with appropriate personnel the status of generating units.
• Monitor all “Dig-Safe” requests as required.