Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Surveying And Mapping, LLC (SAM) is a nationwide leader in geospatial and construction-phase solutions. The Digital Data Consultant will contribute to the Network Model Management practice, supporting client engagements and collaborating with senior architects to deliver high-value outcomes for electric and gas utilities.
Responsibilities
- Support client engagements focused on network model management, model governance, enterprise data integration, and digital transformation initiatives for electric and/or gas utilities
- Help assess current-state model sources, consumers, ownership, and pain points (with emphasis on networks and assets) and translate findings into clear recommendations
- Contribute to target-state architecture and canonical model design, including data flows between GIS, EAM, network planning, design, operations, protection, and analytics systems
- Develop and document data governance artifacts: ownership and stewardship models, quality rules, workflow design, lineage, and lifecycle management
- Design and help implement model validation, transformation, and publication patterns that produce traceable, trusted outputs for consuming systems
- Assist with vendor evaluations, RFP development, requirements definition, and implementation roadmaps
- Produce clear, client-ready deliverables—assessments, diagrams, requirements documents, and presentations—for both technical and executive audiences
- Collaborate with SAM geospatial, engineering, and integration teams to connect field/GIS reality, enterprise asset data, and electrical model governance
Skills
- 4–8 years of professional experience in the electric utility industry or in consulting/technology roles serving electric utilities
- Strong preference for hands-on experience in electric transmission & distribution (T&D) utilities, specifically focused on networks and asset subject areas within network planning, design, or operations business functions
- Working knowledge of one or more core utility domains: transmission or distribution network modeling, GIS, asset/EAM systems, planning, protection, EMS/SCADA, or operations
- Familiarity with how utility systems exchange model and asset data, and an understanding of the challenges created by point-to-point integrations and manual reconciliation
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to profile data, identify quality issues, and document processes and requirements clearly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce professional deliverables and present to client stakeholders
- Comfort working in a collaborative, client-facing consulting environment with shifting priorities
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (electrical engineering preferred), computer science, information systems, geospatial science, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience
- Willingness to travel to client sites as project needs require (typically light to moderate)
- Experience with or a working understanding of the IEC Common Information Model (CIM), including CIM profiles, extensions, or CIM-based model exchange
- Exposure to network model management systems (NMMS) or model-management workflows across transmission and/or distribution for both electric and gas
- Hands-on experience with utility platforms such as GIS (e.g. ESRI Utility Network, GE Smallworld), Asset Management (e.g. IBM Maximo, SAP/PM), Network Analysis Tools (e.g. Siemens PSS/E, Siemens CAPE/APA, ASPEN, CYME, DNV Synergi, Digsilent PowerFactory), EMS (e.g. AspenTech, GE, Siemens, ABB), ADMS (e.g. AspenTech, GE, Siemens, Schneider, Oracle, ACS, Hitachi), DERMS, or MDMS
- Experience with system- and data integration patterns—API/event design, transformation, and validation automation
- Experience with data governance frameworks, semantic modeling, or metadata management
- Consulting experience delivering assessments, roadmaps, or implementation support for utility clients
- Familiarity with DER integration, advanced analytics, or digital twin use cases in a grid context
Benefits
- BlueCross BlueShield health insurance coverage begins the month after your hire date, with dental plans available and free vision coverage for employees, company-paid premiums for Long-term disability/Life Insurance (with HSA + FSA plans), SAM Cares program focused on holistic well-being
- Employee Referral Rewards Program of $1K, $2,500 or $5K
- Fidelity retirement plans with a 5% company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Optional cellphone stipend
- Paid time off including vacation/sick/holidays
- Parental leave to support families
- Customized career development plan for licensing and certifications
- Project Manager Business Academy
- CAD Training Program
- Individual Development Plans/Career Check-Ins
- SAM WINS - our initiative for women-focused leadership and development
- Milestone Anniversary Recognition
- SAMbassador mentorship program
- Access to “Perks at Work” for discounts on wellness + travel + leisure and everyday purchases
- Company-sponsored events
- Free office snacks
- SAM Named 2026 Top Workplace USA for the fourth Year
- 2026 SAM Ranks No. 92 on ENR Top 500 Design Firms
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