Analyst, Substation Operations (Hybrid)

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Role and Scope of Position:
This position has the primary responsibility for ensuring that the New Hampshire Eversource Distribution Automation capital investment program is optimally developed to provide the highest levels of system reliability at lowest possible costs.

Essential Functions: 

 Specific responsibilities include:

·       Working collaboratively across the Field Operations and Substation Operations areas to assist with the achievement of the goals of the program and organization.

·       Preparing reports and analysis to measure distribution automation costs/performance, to ensure cost effective use of resources, and to monitor budget performance against projections. Responsible for collection of data from various resources.

·       Monitoring schedules and workloads to ensure resource availability and skill sets comply with the execution needs of the organization. 

·       Assisting with models to project the workforce and equipment procurement requirements needed to support short-term and long-term growth of the operations business unit to successfully implement the program and to optimize work schedule/resource allocations.

·       Assists in the preparation of the annual operating and capital work plans for the New Hampshire Operations organization.

Program Development:

o   Analyzes processes/data and converts this into value added thinking and information to facilitate the development of the New Hampshire Distribution Automation (NHDA) capital program forecast and budget.

o   Identifies opportunities for process change or continuous improvement and coordinates with other stakeholder groups to identify and prioritize NHDA devices for inclusion in the one-year and five-year capital budget plan.

o   Works with Engineering, Project Management, and Cost Estimating to develop detailed program and project level scope, cost, schedule, and acceptance and implementation of change.

o   Assists with querying and reporting and communicates findings to an interdisciplinary project team across multiple departments to select the best solution, explore alternatives, and support the successful operational installation from design implementation to commissioning.

Program Implementation:

o   Schedules and coordinates, across multiple internal and external stakeholder groups, the installation and commissioning of distribution automation assets across the Eversource Energy New Hampshire territory.

o   Tracks procurement, engineering, and operational activities to ensure all pre-requisites are met for successful device integration on the electric system.

Equipment Performance:

o   Assists with the development of operational strategies for the utilization of asset resources, considering asset life cycle planning and risk analysis. 

o   Analyzes equipment reliability to identify and track areas of improvement to communicate to Engineering Standards, Procurement, and multiple design approval committees.

o   Assists with the development and issuance of system performance measures; identifies gaps and opportunities for future program and project performance improvements.

o   Assists with implementation and support of tri-state processes for consistent collection and management