Lead Engineer Energy Control Sys

Location: On site 5 days a week in Vestal NY

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from $116640 to $145800

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performancebased bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health dental and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career advancement pathways

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Job Summary

• Provides support for the AVANGRID Energy Control Systems (ECS) used to operate gas distribution systems (SCADA DSS & Back office-based platforms).
• Defines and maintains supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) databases and definitions maintains telemetry data and evaluates and maintains accurate information in the ECS.
• Provides RTU configuration software testing and commissioning support
• Support the specification design testing and development of the ECS system to ensure that changing functional requirements are met
• Design enhancements to the ECS systems to improve the user interface
• Coordinate the safe and orderly commissioning of new and redesigned PACs/RTUS and instrumentation as well as other systems and components in gas gate and distribution stations and other interconnecting facilities.
• Monitors and ensures that systems and components are designed installed tested operated and maintained according to operational requirements and standards for safety and reliability
• Documents and reviews commissioning procedures provides operational assistance and troubleshooting
• Works within the Control Center environment and supports Cyber Security requirements for Control Center operations.
• Maintains and creates documentation for supported platforms and systems to meet all regulatory requirements/standards.
• Has an in-depth technical understanding of all system components.
• Capable of designing and implementing novel control system components and can optimize system components.
• Has an in-depth understanding of virtual environments.
• Has an in-depth understanding of controls architecture as it pertains to security data flow and networking.
• Capable of providing valuable input to system design.
• Strong Collaboration and Leadership Skills.
• Assists with creation of time saving standardization.

Key Responsibilities

• Knowledge and understanding of gas transmission and distribution systems
• T&D Energy flow gas circuit analysis Contingency Analysis State Estimation and Billing understanding
• Experience with configuring commissioning and testing Remote Terminal Units (RTU#s) Field testing methodology develop testing plans

Ability to interpret engineering documentation:

• Control System Architecture drawings P&IDs electric control/loop diagrams and other engineering specifications.
• Understanding of relevant Compliance Regulations and Policies. (NERC-CIP 49 CFR Part 192.631 CRM Etc.)

• Working understanding of the NERC-CIP ECS requirements.
• Understanding and knowledge of Databases (Microsoft SQL Oracle Etc.)
• How to query configure and edit Understanding Networking security computer hardware software applications and data communication equipment. Network diagrams firewall rules ports and services
• The ability to demonstrate good communication skills both written and orally.
• Experience making sound decisions while working in a high-pressure environment outside normal working hours.
• Working in storm or other emergency conditions for 24x7x365 system support
• Able to work independently and contribute proactively to drive results
• Able to develop effective business cases for system enhancements.
• Capable of educating assigning tasks and directing other engineers.
• Capable of reviewing work of less experienced engineers and ensures quality even on relatively complex tasks or projects.
• Comfortable working safely in the gas distribution stations and understanding more than 75% of the devices as well as the various variables at play: flow pressure temperature etc.
• Working knowledge of PHMSA Control Room Management requirements Knowledge in Gas Measurement fundamentals.
• Ability to create a script or a compiled application interacting with the SCADA application API and libraries.
• Knowledge in Gas Measurement fundamentals.

For Lead Engineers:

• Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.
• Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide impact on the department
• Mentor develop and support team in technical skills
• Ability to collaborate across departments
• Liaison/direct contractors on company policy standards and best practices.
• Work independently with little supervision

Required Qualifications

• Education & Experience Required (Meet at least one of the following):
• BSEE Degree with 7 years of technical experience
• MS Technical related Degree with 3 years of technical experience

Technical Skills/Competencies

• Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning Operations and Engineering Design Analytic modeling & Calculation understanding the business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
• Practical engineering experience/application - Planning Operations and Engineering Design Construction (e.g. field experience standardization Perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.)
• Engineering documentation # Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
• Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others to ensure compliance with company standards specifications and contract requirements
• Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment # Local State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements

Key Technical Working skills:

• Computer Operating System Administration and Support (EX: Unix Linux Windows)
• ECS NERC-CIP Compliance Support (EX: CIP-)
• ECS Support for Multiple Environments (Databases EX: AQL SQL Oracle; ECS Specific Applications EX: OASyS DNA; Specialty Control System Applications EX; Access Administration EX: LDAP Kerberos Active Directory; Protocols EX: DNP ROC/ROC Plus TCP/IP Modbus; Environment Navigation EX: RDP PuTTy FTP VNC; Specialty Calculation Programming EX: Matlab ABB Calc)
• Gas Field Engineering and Support (Programming of RTUs/ Data Concentrators in the Gas Stations or at Customer facilities (EX: EMERSON Field Tools Roclink 800 Roclink for Windows etc.)
• Understanding the requirement to support 24x7x365 Control Room Operations
• Advanced Technical Documentation skills (EX: Operational Procedures Maintenance for ISO and TO Control Systems Standards)
• Ability to work with other departments and has a working knowledge of other business areas. ECS Historian Applications Support (EX: PI Interface for multiple environments Application Server PI Interface)
• Understands control system software hardware and network design including concepts such as application hardware high availability and redundant networking.
• Advanced troubleshooting skillset and ability to independently troubleshoot control system issues.
• SCADA and DSS Database administration (EX: CIM SDM DBNETD SQL IDDUG files)
• Computer language programing (EX: Java C C# .Net Perl Python VBscript Java Script KSH BSH SqlPlus HTA HTML) and development environment (EX: Netbeans Visual Studio) Gas SCADA RTU configuration.

Preferred Qualifications

• OASYS DNA SCADA system
• Emerson Fisher ROC & FloBoss RTUs

Competencies

• Growth & Continuous Improvement
• Initiative & Change
• Focused on Results
• Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut Maine Massachusetts and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission operations and cyber security business areas in Connecticut Maine Massachusetts and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections training audit engagement and required evidence retention and will be communicated by the employees management.

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