20976 - distribution engineer.

•The E3 – Engineer is a fully qualified and accredited engineering professional who applies theoretical and practical knowledge to provide engineering design, estimating, planning, and quality management services for low to medium complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.




Advantages
Strong potential for annual contract renewal for good candidates
Location : Fraser Valley Office (The in-office days will be based on manager's discretion)

Responsibilities
Role Specialty: Distribution - Operations

Experience and Role Accountabilities
•A minimum four (4) years of in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• All the required Experience and Role Accountabilities shall relate to the operation of Overhead - and underground electric utility distribution systems operating at voltages at or below 35kV.
• Provide timely Distribution-related Engineering support to System Control Centre Managers, Control Room Operators and Outage Schedulers.
• Collaborate with the Day Shift Manager, Load Operators, and other support groups to sustain and or enhance tools/processes used by the Control Room, including EMS screens, POCC, field SCADA device operations, PA process, and customer operations.
• Analyze and perform load flows for various distribution system issues as they arise.
• Propose possible operational and contingency solutions to support day to day operations and outage scheduling.
• Support Load Operator Seminars by providing distribution system related information and training.
• Create, manage and maintain Distribution Operating Orders.
• Collaborate with Distribution Planning and Distribution Engineering to provide operations input and to operationalize System Improvement projects.
• Constantly upgrade technical knowledge to keep up with most recent advancements in the relevant engineering field. This includes but is not limited to Energy/Distribution Management System (EMS/DMS) application related knowledge, i.e. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Network applications for real-time power system control, Distribution Analysis and Design (DAD), and Operator interface screens.
• Establish strong relationship with control room personnel and understand Power System Safety Procedures (PSSP).
• Assist in providing overall distribution expertise to Grid Operations

Qualifications
Must haves:
-P.Eng and P2P
-Strong communication skills with listening, presentation, negotiation, influencing, conflict resolution abilities. Strong writing skills are required.
-Demonstrated abilities to facilitate meetings and discussions with diverse groups often with conflicting needs
-Proven track record of successful completion of projects
-Willingness and eagerness to learn
-Good organizational skills with attention to details

Nice to haves:
- PMP certification
- Work experience in control room and engineer planning
- Distribution Design Experience
- Work with GIS systems

Summary
Location : Fraser Valley Office (The in-office days will be based on manager's discretion)
Interested candidates may submit their resumes directly to Padmavati at padmavati.surnar@randstad.ca

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