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Job Description
FirstEnergy at a Glance
We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.
FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability, and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.
About the Opportunity
This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.
This position will be physically located within a DCC and work closely with the existing Smart Grid Performance and Reporting and ADMS Support organizations. In addition to providing engineering direction and assistance to the operators, the position will monitor and ensure performance of the ADMS and smart grid technologies, investigate issues that arise during and post event, and support the overall Distribution Control Center operations.
Responsibilities Include:
- Providing a high level of service to operating company personnel and other FE departments as required, continuous support, and proactive involvement to leadership and fellow peers surrounding DCC and smart grid subject matter.
- Checking performance of Smart Grid devices daily.
- Monitoring, ensure, and report on the benefits of these technologies.
- Support OMS/ADMS software performance and upgrades through User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Maintaining a safe workplace for coworkers and the community based upon knowledge of potential hazards and industry regulations/requirements.
- Independently anticipating and meeting technical needs.
- Support ADMS model build process including power flow convergence verification and correction.
- Support operator training with respect to distribution automation and volt/var optimization.
- Continue to develop the new ADMS fault location analysis functionality by supporting the ADMS Support organization.
- Investigate protection reach violations identified with in the new ADMS and work with regional engineering to correct any identified issues.
- Performing complex engineering assignments involving operations of overhead and underground distribution and sub-transmission facilities.
- Performing activities associated with the administration of the Manual of Operations, OMS, Distribution SCADA (DMS) and storm processes.
- Collaborating with other engineering personnel on emerging smart grid projects.
- Consistently anticipating and delivering results.
- Providing advice, education, and encouragement to others.
- Providing direction to system operators during major lockouts and outages for the best parallel restoration procedures.
- Providing necessary data through the PI server, EMS and OMS to customer reps and management when requested.
- Creating, modifying, and maintaining all substation one-line drawings.
- Monitoring ADMS and dSCADA and initiating SOR’s or mapping corrections as needed.
- Assisting the set-up operators in complicated switching requests and evaluating loads, wire size etc., to determine if switching can be performed.
- Discussing any switching incidences between set up operators and system operators to determine the best solution for the problem.
- Issuing various reports: DCC Monthly Scorecard Regulatory Reports
- Identifying and entering Major, Minor, Commission storms into database.
- Performing all other duties as assigned.
Candidates must have a willingness for travel to Company locations, and other FE locations as necessary. Off-hours work should be expected to support storm restoration.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution is required. Acceptable alternatives are: a Professional Engineer’s (PE) License a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or technical field of study (non-ABET) plus an advanced degree in Engineering from a university with an ABET accredited bachelor’s program.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited institution
- Minimum 3 years' engineering experience is required.
- Strong commitment to Safety – must be committed to leading with safety and have a clear demonstrated understanding of our safety programs such as but not limited to the APH and S&HP Tools.
- Full competency and proficiency.
- Strong element skills and knowledge of FE Distribution and/or Substation design.
- Strong presentation skills to any level of management, and any size of audience.
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Proficiency with data base query tools (i.e., Toad Data Point, SQL).
- Experience with SAP, Cyme, and GISView a plus.
- Background in Distribution and or Substation Engineering is preferred
- Demonstration of a questioning attitude to continue to learn, produce results, and strengthen existing relationships.
- Ability to achieve active learning through a continued effort to develop breadth of knowledge, skills, and perspective.
- Desire to continue to learn and grow, work across FirstEnergy, deliver results, and manage others.
- Excellent technical analysis and technical writing abilities
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with employees at all levels of FirstEnergy Corp.
- Ability to deliver quality, accurate work within established deadlines.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills; Able to effectively present complex subject matter to all levels of understanding, including technical and non-technical audiences.
- A valid driver’s license and have an owned or leased vehicle.
- A willingness for travel to Company locations, as well as out of area locations if necessary. Off-hours work should be expected to support storm restoration.
Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity
At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. FirstEnergy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B visas at this time.
Safety
Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.
Position Classification
Exempt
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