Subtransmission Planning Engineer - DER & Power Systems

Ameren Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 71,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage on date of hire

Cash balance pension plan 401(k) with

Vacation and holidays (minimum 15 days

Parental leave

Job summary

Ameren Illinois seeks an Electrical Engineer to design and justify projects for subtransmission development, DER integration, and provide technical support across Design, Construction, and Operations teams. You will forecast loads, run power flow studies, and advance facilities from concept to construction while upholding safety and reliability standards.

The role requires a BS in Electrical Engineering (power emphasis), FE/PE is preferred, and experience with PSSE/PSCAD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, preferably with an emphasis in power, from an accredited college or university required.
• Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) certification or P.E. (Professional Engineer) registration preferred.
• Experience in power system analysis or related fields preferred.
• Experience with PSSE and/or PSCAD preferred.
• In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate: Working knowledge of personal computer applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio).
• Must have initiative, a sense of ownership, and pride in their areas of responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop conceptual design for new facilities, collaborate with other workgroups to reach consensus, and issue engineering documents to initiate design and construction.
• Establishes, communicates, and reinforces expectations for superior personnel safety performance.
• Prepare load & DER forecasts and perform power flow and reliability studies for the Ameren power delivery and electric subtransmission system.
• Develop and maintain expertise in power systems analysis utilizing PSSE and other tools. Perform special studies and participate in research as needed.
• Use computer modeling techniques and engineering expertise to assess electric subtransmission system adequacy and to identify the optimum size, configuration, DER hosting capacity, and timing of changes to facilities.
• Support economic analyses to evaluate project alternatives including non-wire-alternative (NWA) solutions.
• Develop operating information which serves as a knowledge base for responding to various contingency conditions on the power delivery system including Transmission.
• Provide support to operating groups in responding to specific contingency conditions, including the impact of planned facility outages.
• Evaluate system load additions and renewable solar, wind, battery storage, and other DER generator interconnections.
• Emergency call-out for storm restoration.
• Prepare engineering reports, produce engineering planning criteria and guidelines. Organize responses to ICC data requests.
• Collaborate with Field Engineering and other departments, functions, and companies in joint studies and/or to provide technical support.

Skills

Power systems analysis

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Power emphasis)

FE certification or P.E. registration (preferred)

Tools

PSSE

PSCAD

Excel

Word

Outlook

Visio

Job description

Ameren Illinois seeks an Electrical Engineer to design and justify projects for subtransmission development, DER integration, and provide technical support across Design, Construction, and Operations teams. You will forecast loads, run power flow studies, and advance facilities from concept to construction while upholding safety and reliability standards.

The role requires a BS in Electrical Engineering (power emphasis), FE/PE is preferred, and experience with PSSE/PSCAD.