Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a regulatory authority focused on reducing risks to the reliability and security of the North American bulk power system. The Engineer will provide technical leadership and support for transmission-level modeling, studies, event analysis, emerging technology risk mitigation, industry guidance, and strategic initiatives related to grid transformation.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and lead technical activities for NERC industry stakeholder groups, particularly the System Planning Impacts of Distributed Energy Resources Working Group
- Engage collaboratively with industry stakeholders to support proactive risk mitigation of emerging technologies or changes to the distribution system related to BPS reliability
- Support ERO Enterprise initiatives focused on risk mitigation focused on IBRs, DERs, and computational loads
- Work collaboratively with the ERO Enterprise Event Analysis teams to support the analysis of System Disturbances; develop disturbance reports documenting key findings and recommendations, as required
- Analyze transmission level modeling and study practices and provide industry with recommendations to address systemic modeling and study issues
- Conduct, lead, or support simulations focusing on BPS wide-area reliability issues in the near- and long-term horizon
- Support key stakeholders and industry activities, particularly concerning DERs, and engage in industry forums and other industry-leading initiatives to help ensure reliability aspects are addressed proactively
- Engage with equipment manufacturers, systems integrators, consultants, national laboratories, academia, research institutes, and other industry stakeholder groups in an effective and efficient manner that provides a safe, inclusive, and diverse environment
- Prepare engineering analysis, studies, and assessments on BPS reliability issues and develop reports, guidelines, or other technical documents to support NERC initiatives
- Other duties, as assigned
Skills
- Understanding of DER technology including IBRs such as wind, solar photovoltaic, battery energy storage, hybrid power plants, HVDC systems, and FACTS devices or synchronous DERs
- Conducting root cause analysis of performance issues and developing mitigating actions to address those reliability issues
- Understanding of power system fundamentals such as frequency control, balancing, ramping, voltage control, stability, inverter controls, and operation of the BPS
- Understanding of NERC Reliability Standards, particularly related to modeling, operations, and protection
- General knowledge of transmission planning, power system protection and control, power plant configuration and technologies, and grid operations
- General understanding of emerging technologies facing the electricity sector, and willingness to work collaboratively with industry security professionals to integrate security into inverter-based resource facilities
- Willingness to think “outside of the box” and work internally and externally with a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives to develop novel and innovative ideas on difficult topics
- Ability to lead stakeholder groups in an effective, efficient, and inclusive manner
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare and publish technical reports and other documents on technical engineering topics
- A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university
- 5 or more years of relevant utility expertise in transmission planning or operation departments
- Deep understanding and strong expertise in the areas of inverter technology, performance, and grid issues with growing levels of IBRs, DERs, or loads
- Detailed understanding and technical expertise of transmission, generation, and load models and studies
- Detailed understanding and technical expertise of DER models and studies
- Experience developing risk mitigation strategies to improve the performance of the BPS, particularly DER related risk mitigation
- Experience leading teams of industry experts in the area of generation integration, performance, modeling, or studies
- Experience and ability to tackle major industry-wide challenges and proactively develop initiatives and strategies to address those challenges collectively
- Experience coordinating, managing, or leading large teams of industry experts with diverse and conflicting opinions in a safe, inclusive, and collaborative environment
- Experience and detailed understanding of the ERO Enterprise processes, particularly related to NERC stakeholder groups, the NERC Standards Process, and other related activities
- A master's degree or higher education in power system engineering with specialization in the areas of transmission planning or protection
Benefits
- The position may be based remotely.
- Reimbursement of travel expenses will be in accordance with the company’s travel and expense reimbursement policies.
- Provide a safe, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.
- We demonstrate curiosity in a wide variety of areas and are open to exploring new situations, knowledge, and opportunities for growth and development.
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