Real Time Grid Engineer (I, II, III, Senior or Principal) - Portland, Oregon - #111346

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

 

Provides technical support in the identification of solutions for complex and critical business/real-time operational problems. 

 

Complete investigations associated with system outages and/or an identified operational issue with a focus on wildfire mitigation, customer reliability, and asset performance.  Responsible for providing 24/7 engineering support for the company’s control centers that includes but is not limited to outage/restoration support, automated system (ADMS, FLISR, etc.) troubleshooting support, and wildfire risk mitigation via relay setting applications/operational assessments. 

Responsibilities

 

Engineer I:

 

• Conduct engineering technical analysis, investigation, and applicable deliverables to mitigate wildfire risk, increase system reliability, and improve asset performance
• Coordinate with crews and other T&D field operations personnel to troubleshoot and operate the electric power transmission and distribution system to reduce wildfire risk, increase reliability, improve asset performance, and implementation of resilient strategies
• Provide technical assistance for real-time operational support and troubleshooting of Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) applications
• Provide, as a team; 24/7 technical assistance to system operations and T&D field operations during outage and storm response
• Contribute to engineering analysis to planning and response efforts for system outages; works with line crews and system operators to solve routine operational problems; reviews outage reports daily for accuracy and assist in the development of solutions to mitigate similar outages in the future
• Perform system analyses and provides real-time engineering support to ensure reliable operation of the transmission and distribution systems
• Determine methods and techniques to obtaining results that mitigate wildfire risk, improve system reliability, and enhance asset performance

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Engineer II: in addition to the responsibilities of the Engineer I, Engineer II includes:

 

• Provide technical oversight and guidance (mentor) to less experienced engineers and operational teams that support wildfire risk mitigation, increased system reliability, and improved asset performance.
• Support collaborative discussions between multi-department technical teams to develop solutions to complex real-time operational concerns/challenges based on system interruptions and/or investigation outcomes.
• Coordinate with crews and other T&D field operations personnel to troubleshoot and operate the electric power transmission and distribution system to reduce wildfire risk, increase reliability, improve asset performance, and implementation of resilient strategies.

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Engineer III: in addition to responsibilities of Engineer I and II, responsibilities of Engineer III include:

 

• Perform system analyses and provides real-time engineering support to ensure reliable operation of the transmission and distribution systems.

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Senior Engineer: in addition to responsibilities of Engineer I, II and III, responsibilities of a Senior Engineer include:

 

• Independently conduct complex engineering research, technical analysis, investigation, and applicable deliverables to mitigate wildfire risk, increase system reliability, and improve asset performance in multiple areas of specialized expertise not commonly available in the competitive engineering market.
• Assist with the identification and development of technical training needs for operational personnel (i.e. control center operators, first responders, e