Distribution Design Engineer — Grid Reliability & Projects

Eversource Energy; Town of East Hampton (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Eversource Energy in New York is seeking a Distribution Design Engineer to plan and optimize electrical distribution circuits, analyze performance, and support major restoration efforts. You will evaluate circuit reliability, perform voltage studies, and develop engineering solutions to improve ROA while coordinating with other departments.

The role requires a bachelors degree in engineering and 2–5 years of Energy Delivery experience, with a valid drivers license.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering is required.
• 2–5 years of equivalent experience in Energy Delivery preferred.
• Knowledge of distribution systems is desired.
• Must hold a valid motor vehicle operators license.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning function for all assigned circuits.
• Responsible for assigned circuit performance including load growth, voltage profiles, fault studies and reliability studies and initiating work requests/projects where needed to improve performance.
• Responsible for identifying benefits to be derived from individual projects and predicted desired outcomes.
• Responsible for providing Project Management support for specific projects.
• Responsible for engineering resolutions for multiple outages in the Distribution System.
• Create Work Requests in STORMS/AIMS.
• Operates independently within a team environment.
• Reports to Lead istribution Design Engineer on deviations in construction design guidelines and maintenance specifications.
• Will be responsible for EMF communications and/or measurements for customers.
• May become Subject Matter Experts (SME).
• Works with the Real Estate Department and Customer to negotiate easements, as required.
• Considers safety in all circuit analysis.
• Supports Account Executives with customer quality of service issues.
• Makes direct contact with customer and develop corrective actions
• Will have nonexclusive, non-supervisory, storm restoration and emergency assignments.
• Responsible for supporting Operations with distribution issues. This includes review switching, develop contingency plans, prioritizing work, monitoring yellow tags, provide engineering support to Field Distribution Design
• Provide regulator and capacitor control settings for Electrical Maintenance.
• Work with P&C on developing Recloser and Breaker settings.
• Responsible for outage, voltage, and power quality investigations. Participate in System Operation Review Committee (SORC) and engineer corrective action to prevent reoccurrence. Provide reports as required.
• Engineer, develop and present distribution projects to Operating Company Review Committee (OCRC) for approval.
• Responsible to evaluate proposed DG interconnection applications.
• Review and implement annual procedures, (e.g. TD941).
• Knowledgeable of various computer applications
• Other related duties as assigned, including support to SOC (see contract for details)

Skills

Distribution systems knowledge

Valid drivers license

Engineering background

Education

Bachelors degree in engineering

Job description

Eversource Energy in New York is seeking a Distribution Design Engineer to plan and optimize electrical distribution circuits, analyze performance, and support major restoration efforts. You will evaluate circuit reliability, perform voltage studies, and develop engineering solutions to improve ROA while coordinating with other departments.

The role requires a bachelors degree in engineering and 2–5 years of Energy Delivery experience, with a valid drivers license.