Engineer Specialist, RAS

The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) is responsible for the safe, reliable, and economic planning and operation of the Alberta Interconnected Electric System. We provide open and non-discriminatory access to Alberta’s interconnected power grid and also facilitate Alberta’s competitive wholesale electricity market. The AESO strives to foster an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace where people feel respected and welcomed for who they are, together we deliver high performance and innovative results.

Job Description If you are a current AESO employee, please view openings and apply through our internal site orting to the Manager, Operations Planning, the Engineer Specialist, Remedial Action Scheme (RAS) provides organization-wide technical leadership, governance, and oversight for the design, integration, approval, and ongoing performance of RAS. You will establish technical direction, promote consistent and effective application of RAS across Alberta, and help ensure that schemes mitigate identified system conditions without introducing unacceptable reliability risks.

You will work across system planning, operations planning, real-time operations, connection studies, project engineering, regulatory, legal, and tariff functions. You will also collaborate with facility owners, developers, transmission-connected customers, and consultants, while representing the AESO in relevant NERC and WECC forums.

Signs you will enjoy the position

You enjoy applying deep power-system expertise to complex reliability challenges involving remedial action schemes.

You are energized by setting technical direction, design criteria, governance, and approval requirements.

You like evaluating whether schemes address intended system conditions without creating unacceptable reliability risks.

You enjoy working across the full RAS lifecycle, from development and commissioning through modification and retirement.

You are comfortable representing the AESO in NERC and WECC forums and contributing to evolving industry practices.

You value work that requires independent judgment, collaborative problem solving, and clear technical communication.

Signs you will enjoy working in this team

You enjoy partnering across long-term planning, project engineering, operations planning, and real-time operations.

You value working with internal and external stakeholders to resolve complex technical issues and align reliability requirements.

You enjoy mentoring engineers and technical staff and strengthening organizational capability through knowledge sharing.

You are comfortable developing and delivering technical training for operators, engineers, and other staff.

You can navigate complex, evolving work and maintain momentum when the objective is clear but the scope is not fully defined.

Your main accountabilities

Establish and maintain the AESO’s technical direction, governance, design criteria, and approval requirements for RAS.Lead the technical review and approval of new, modified, and retiring RAS, confirming that each scheme addresses its intended system conditions and does not introduce unacceptable reliability risks.

Provide technical guidance on the planning, design, implementation, testing, operation, and performance assessment of RAS.Collaborate with Transmission Facility Owners, Generation Facility Owners, and Distribution Facility Owners to resolve technical issues and align RAS design and operation with system reliability requirements.

Support project, system planning, operations planning, project engineering, and real-time operations teams throughout the RAS lifecycle.

Assess the ongoing need, effectiveness, coordination, and performance of existing RAS, and lead opportunities to optimize, simplify, replace, or retire…