Engineer III-V, Energy Management Systems

Engineer III-V, Energy Management Systems

Job Category: Engineering

Requisition Number: ENGIN
002584

Full-Time

Hybrid

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Ephrata Headquarters
30 C St SW
Ephrata, WA 98823, USA

Closing Date to Apply: This position is open until filled. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. The position may close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified candidates has been established.

Grant PUD posts the full salary range for each position. The midpoint is provided as a reference point and is not a guaranteed starting pay. Starting pay is based on job-related factors such as qualifications, experience, skills, internal alignment, and organizational needs. Most new hires are typically placed between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

Benefits: This link below will provide you with Grant PUD’s benefit that may be available if hired, different employee types are eligible for different benefits.

Grant County PUD will administer a background check as part of the hiring process, if selected for this position.

Applicants meeting minimum qualifications may be further evaluated based on preferred qualifications and job-related criteria. Only the most qualified candidates will be referred for further consideration.

The District may use the applicant pool and results from this recruitment to fill additional vacancies in the same classification for up to six (6) months following the recruitment closing date, consistent with District policy and applicable law.

The EMS Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, support, maintenance, security, and continuous improvement of systems supporting Grant County PUD’s Bulk Electric System (BES), including EMS, SCADA, EAS, AGC, ICCP, historian, and related control system infrastructure. Depending on experience and level, this role performs and leads activities involving system configuration, troubleshooting, integration, optimization, lifecycle management, and modernization of operational technology environments including servers, networks, firewalls, virtualization platforms, databases, storage, and communications systems.

This position supports reliable and secure utility operations through system monitoring, modeling, operational data management, custom applications, and advanced troubleshooting of complex operational and communication issues. Responsibilities include supporting and leading NERC compliance initiatives, system hardening, documentation, audit support, and operational risk management to maintain regulatory compliance and system resiliency.

The EMS Engineer collaborates with internal departments, vendors, regional utilities, and external partners to support operational reliability, data integrity, and continuous improvement efforts across the control systems environment. Depending on level, the role may provide technical leadership, mentor team members, lead projects and strategic initiatives, establish engineering standards and best practices, and contribute to long-term planning and modernization efforts that enhance operational performance, security, and situational awareness across the BES environment.

Essential functions may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Maintain NERC CIP access and meet eligibility criteria per Grant PUD Personnel Risk Assessment Procedure.
• Support onboarding, mentoring, and training for less experienced team members.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including troubleshooting guides, standard operating procedures, and best practices.
• Support procurement and contract management processes to obtain hardware, software, and contract labor support; facilitate vendor support and onboarding of contractors.
• Collect, store, and report data required for regulatory compliance; complete CIP and other compliance reporting, document system failovers, generate change control documentation, assist with patch management, upgrade firmware, test configuration changes for security risks, and run SQL queries.
• Review engineering drawings to verify compliance with current system capabilities.
• Represent Grant PUD in Inter-Control Center Communication Protocol (ICCP) activities; support and administer changes with other utilities and model configuration effects.
• Support custom interfaces with the energy accounting system.
• Demonstrate commitment to Grant PUD’s mission, vision, values, and strategic plan.
• Actively participate in all aspects of the safety program, including reporting incidents or close calls within 24 hours.
• Maintain, configure, and repair the Energy Management and Data Historian systems and user interfaces used by operations; update system layouts, visualizations, and fields to provide clear, consistent information.
• Rebuild substation configurations, model EMS changes, and verify requirements within established standards; update screens with new components and validate changes with control vendors.
• Learning and troubleshooting Automatic Generation Control (AGC)…