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Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain maintenance and configuration procedures, schedules and related evidentiary documentation
• Store and maintain appropriate documentation to ensure compliance with regulatory compliance standards
• Assist with all regulatory reporting and support audits by NERC and regional entities as required
• Develop compliance tasks and methods to mitigate risks identified by Compliance department
• Develop/update/manage drawing management process and project drawings
• Review protection and SCADA system design and drawings, using CAD, Visio, Bluebeam, and other tools
• Coordinate and support evidence collection and technical reviews of engineering submittals, test records, SCADA configurations and other technical data sets
• Consults frequently with technicians, operators, and engineers to manage operational and technical requirements for NERC compliance program
• Support protection engineering and field operations for performing reviews of system event records including sequence of events (SER) and digital fault recordings (DFR)
• Assist with remote and occasionally local commissioning and service work on all SCADA-related systems including equipment monitoring devices, fault recorders, weather stations and network equipment
• Support onsite relaying and SCADA system commissioning for factory and site acceptance testing as required
• Provide project support for protection engineering and SCADA designs including specification and proposal reviews, vendor selections and drawing reviews
• Assist technical staff with developing and maintaining RSAWs as required by the NERC compliance program

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelors/Masters engineering degree
• Have three plus years of electric utility engineering experience
• Have experience with system protection standards such as IEC 61850
• Are self-motivated, disciplined and possess effective skills necessary for job
• Possess good communication skills
• Are a critical thinker with strong knowledge of modern software applications
• Testing and commissioning experience for relaying and SCADA systems is a plus
• Experience supporting NERC compliance in the electric utility business is a plus
• Understanding of electric utility business principles, compliance programs is a plus