Senior Electrical System Studies Engineer

Job Responsibilities - Continues to learn and develop knowledge and skills in departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes, and Commonwealth Associates policies and procedures. Applies this knowledge to assigned tasks. - Provides guidance and direction on departmental standards, policies and procedures. - Communicates client interests and drivers to project team and develops approaches to meet these interests and drivers throughout the work on less complex projects. - Support Business Development by providing technical information for sales proposals, or by pursuing other related activates as assigned by department managers. - Supports internal project teams and clients, regularly interacts with client's technical lead for data requests, site visits, clarification of project execution and review of comments. - Communicates directly with other disciplines to identify and coordinate details of work for assigned tasks, or at project level for smaller-scale projects. - Coordinates tasks and proper sequencing of tasks with internal staff, project managers and clients. - Collects, assimilates, and manages data for engineering work. - Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. - Prepares a variety of engineering deliverables such as contract documents, project documents, and studies with little to no supervision. - Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles. - Recognizes, defines, and seeks to resolve problems within assigned area or project. - Understands and adheres to budget, schedule, and quality requirements. Demonstrates understanding of project phases, schedules and schedule recovery as it pertains to engineering production and deliverables. - Provides input during planning of project resources and assists managers in resource planning activities. - Assists with contract administration or project management administrative duties in connection with project work as needed. - Assists in the development and production of project scope of work packages (scope, schedule & budget) for assigned discipline. Qualifications: Minimum bachelor’s degree - Masters degree preferred in electrical power discipline. Experience with the following software: - PSS/E, PSS/E TS, TARA, PSLF, Milsoft - PSCAD, EMTP-RV Experience with the following studies: - Dynamic Stability Analysis, ISO model building in PSS/E and PSCAD, Power flow analysis, contingency analysis, Power Quality Analysis (PQ) - Transient Recovery Voltage (TRV) , Temporary Over Voltage (TOV), Transient Over Voltage (TOV), Harmonics, Effective Grounding, Black start - Industry publications - Industry organization involvement (IEEE, CIGRE, etc) - Supervisory experience - Experience in power system protection, relay settings development a plus. Originally posted on Himalayas