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 $116,640 to $145,800

What We Offer

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

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-005, 007, 009, 010, 011)

• 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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