Business System

4 weeks ago


Portland, Oregon, United States PacifiCorp Full time
General Purpose

Provides system support to transmission operations, and dispatch organizations. Supports the Energy Management System (EMS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA). Presents analysis and recommendations to management and implements selected alternative. Review construction drawings from engineering sketches and other information. Performs technical analysis, system and alarm configurations and business requirement analysis. Resolves systems support issues. Develops and maintains electrically correct EMS-SCADA displays, of operational facilities, utilizing established engineering guidelines/specifications.

Responsibilities of this position include the following:

  • Under the direction of senior supervision, perform SCADA communication and point-to-point check-out prior to placing an electrical facility into SCADA service. Work closely with field technicians, and SCADA communication engineers in this process.
  • Analyze complex engineering drawings of electrical operation facilities and translate into electrically correct operational human machine interference (HMI) displays.
  • Research and resolve data acquisition and supervisory control issues which prevent safe, reliable, and compliant operations of SCADA system and Automatic Generation Control system (AGC).
  • Configure and manage SCADA alarms, real-time calculations, and other parameters to provide situational awareness to grid operations and region dispatch, to ensure they can react to field conditions as needed.
  • Provide system development support to the clients of EMS/SCADA system.
  • Fulfill inter and intra-company data exchange requirements of grid operations, including data exchange with neighbor utilities and WECC.
  • Render HMI displays using CAD software and link to operational points in real-time database.
  • Ensure compliance of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) standard of conduct by configuring display parameters for appropriate viewing restrictions.
  • Perform document management functions by backing up HMI display files and adhering to established backup/restore procedures.
  • Create and maintain Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) standards-compliant symbol library.
  • Develop and support display standards.
  • May participate in 24/7 on call support to gain system support experience.

In addition to above, the Responsibilities for the Mid-Level position include the following:

  • Perform SCADA communication check-out prior to placing an electrical facility under SCADA service. Work closely with field technicians, and SCADA communication engineers in this process.
  • Research and resolve data acquisition and supervisory control issues which prevent safe, reliable, and compliant operations of SCADA system and Automatic Generation Control system (AGC).
  • Translate grid operations and regional dispatch business requirements into program specifications or data configurations to develop automated business functions.
  • Fulfill inter and intra-company data exchange requirements of grid operations, including data exchange with neighbor utilities and WECC.
  • Participate in EMS/SCADA development projects and initiatives.
  • Provide 24/7 on-call support on weekly rotation.
  • Develop and maintain high-level processes, and operating procedures for system support activities.

Requirements for this position include the following:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Business, Engineering or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience working with EMS/SCADA systems operations, modeling and tagging.
  • Basic knowledge of SCADA front-end processors and interface between SCADA master and Remote Terminal Units (RTU) and relational database
  • Ability to translate operational requirements and visualize the electrical network state into database configuration that result in appropriate alarms.
  • Ability to identify the root-cause and implement correction of data acquisition and supervisory control issues.
  • Basic knowledge of electrical operations, switching procedures.
  • Ability to build relationship with clients in diverse organizations and at various levels.
  • Working knowledge of MS Office, MS Access. Ability to create MS Access queries.
  • Thorough knowledge of HTML editing using Microsoft Word.
  • Advanced knowledge of engineering specifications and drawings, established drafting and design techniques, and applicable company policies, procedures, and practices.
  • Thorough knowledge of transmission/distribution lines and substations.
  • Ability to read and understand engineering one-lines.
  • Research and analysis skills to conduct tests, analyze results, and modify plans.
  • Design skills involving redesign and development of detailed drawings from engineering guidelines.
  • Ability to work in team, as well as self-motivated.

In addition to above, the Requirements for the Mid-Level position include the following:

  • A minimum of three years' experience working with EMS/SCADA systems operations, modeling and tagging.

Preferences

  • Basic Understanding of software development cycle, and of quality control in software development.
  • Experience with Open Systems International (OSI) EMS/SCADA Systems
  • Ability to build relationship with clients in diverse organizations and at various levels.
  • Knowledge of Energy Scheduling systems.
  • Knowledge of Outage Management systems.
  • Knowledge of industry symbol standards.
  • Knowledge of North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) CIPS standards; FERC standard of conduct.

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