May 12, 2024
Electric Energy Jobs

Transmission Grid Operations Support Engineer

Organization:
Oncor Electric Delivery
Region:
Canada, Texas, Dallas
End of contest:
May 2, 2024
  This job posting has expired
Type:
Category:
Transmission engineer
Description

Summary

Responsible for providing engineering and technical support to Transmission Grid Operations, including support for real-time grid operations and outage planning.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Other duties may be assigned.  Directly or through others, the incumbent:

  • Responsible for providing technical support to real-time grid operations during system emergencies and forced outage conditions
  • Responsible for performing transmission reliability studies (e.g., power flow and contingency analysis) in the operating horizon to support real-time grid operations and outage planning
  • Responsible for analyzing proposed transmission outages to identify alternative methods to obtain otherwise infeasible outages (e.g., determining the maximum allowable load, avoiding specific outage conflicts, reconfiguring the transmission system, etc.)
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining operating procedures and plans to ensure the reliable operation of the grid
  • Responsible for additional tasks that are essential to reliable grid operations, as assigned
  • Effectively communicate and resolve issues relevant to Transmission Grid Operations by working with other departments at Oncor, and external entities such as ERCOT and adjacent Transmission Operators
  • Other duties as assigned

Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Education - Bachelor of Science or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field, Power Systems focus preferred
  • The minimum experience requirements are:

    • Familiarity with transmission modeling and power flow assessment.
    • Position will be dependent upon the applicant's experience, skills and knowledge base with minimum requirements as follows:
    • Engineer - Generally requires at least two years of experience.
    • Staff Engineer - Generally requires at least four years of experience.
    • Senior Engineer - Generally requires at least six years of experience.

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Contact

Oncor Electric Delivery

1616 Woodall Rogers Freeway

Dallas

Texas United States

www.oncor.com