Energy Management System Engineer 1, 2, Senior

Requisition ID: 19118

 

Join us in building a better future for Arizona!

SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.

 

Why Work at SRP

At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.

 

SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:

 

• Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
• Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
• Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
• Short and long-term disability plans
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
• 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

 

Summary

The successful candidate will possess critical and creative thinking that will help advance SRP'S corporate strategy of being Leaner, Greener and More Customer Centric through the delivery of unique and timely strategic insights into one of the most highly visible systems in SRP - the Energy Management System (EMS).
 
The EMS is the system that allows power dispatchers to have monitoring and control of SRP'S generation, transmission, and distribution systems as well as exchange reliability information with other utilities in the Western Interconnection.
 
Duties will include periodic call-out support, EMS maintenance to reflect growth of systems, ICCP administration, building program interfaces, creating complex algorithms and maintenance scripts, and interfacing with customers.
 
Position prefers, but does not require, knowledge and experience supporting an EMS, SCADA (in the scope of an EMS), control algorithms, and electrical network modeling. Understanding of power operations and telemetry technology is of benefit. Experience with AspenTech OSI Monarch system is preferred but not required. Familiarity with Unix/Linux systems is desired.

What You'll Do

- Identify trends and root causes of issues, determine solutions, and make
  recommendations for management consideration.
- Coordinate work with other departments
- Act as a primary liaison to client organizations for specific projects
- Administer and review work performed by consultants and technicians
- Occasional contact with vendors of software, equipment, or services
- Occasional travel to industry functions and other SRP facilities
- Ability to work effectively using the services of various organizational
  groups within SRP
- Depending on assignment, frequent requirement to work with confidential
  information
- Understand and follow the software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Participation in 24/7 call-out rotation
- MS SQL Server
- C or C++ Programming
- C# Programming
- XML
- Windows and Linux scripting
- Perl
- Python (not required)
- Strong programming documentation skills

Experience

Five (5) years full time experience actively engaged in engineering practice. Must have demonstrated the successful accomplishment of work of the nature defined for the job of Senior Engineer.

Promotion to Level 2 requires a minimum of two year