What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Reliability Engineer, V or VI position at Georgia Transmission Corporation?
Lead the Corporation's Fault Recorder and Power Quality Programs. Collaborate with System Reliability department personnel, FOC departments, and ITS partners to continually improve the reliability performance of the transmission system to meet Members' needs and Corporate goals. Represent corporate interests with GPC, MEAG, Dalton, and other external organizations such as GA Tech, EPRI, and IEEE. Work with outside companies to provide/develop Fault Detection, Power Quality, and Synchrophasor tool automation products. Work with other utilities to develop and improve EPRI products such as the PQ Dashboard, TRENDAP, and OpenXDA. Serve as a System Reliability contact for other departments to ensure that products and reports (such as PQ Dashboard, Fault and Breaker Timing reports, and Fault Trace Tool) meet their needs. Aid other internal department staff with outage investigation, clearance mitigation, benchmarking, project justification, relaying, and lightning issues.
Manage the Corporation's Power Quality program by serving as the primary GTC interface for all Power Quality topics with Members and other external entities, as well as with internal customers. Oversee efforts to maintain, expand, and coordinate the GTC fleet of Digital Fault Recorders, and maintain the Digital Fault Recorder remote data share with GPC. Create contracts and task releases for work with vendors, contractors, and consultants. Accumulate, analyze, interpret, monitor, and report data and information as to the overall operations and performance of the electric power transmission system. (E-V) Accountable for developing and executing system reliability plans, processes, guidelines, and procedures, and recommending improvement opportunities that enhance the operations and performance of the transmission system and align with the Corporate goals and objectives. Train/mentor less experienced engineers and staff. (E-VI) Lead effort in developing and executing system reliability plans, processes, guidelines, and procedures, and recommend improvement opportunities that enhance the operations and performance of the transmission system and align with Corporate goals and objectives. Assumes responsibility of acting independently as a representative of the Corporation on Power Quality Program enhancements. Review and evaluate the work products of peers and train/mentor less experienced engineers and staff.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering
Experience:
E-V - Eight (8) years of power utility experience (six years (6) with P.E.) in the areas of planning, Power Quality, relay test, maintenance, and/or operations experience in the transmission area of an electric utility.
E-VI - Ten (10) years of power utility experience (eight (8) years with P.E.) in the areas of planning, Power Quality, relay test, maintenance, and/or operations experience in the transmission area of an electric utility.
Equivalent Experience:
E-V - B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least twelve (12) years (ten (10) years with P.E.) of utility experience in the areas of planning, Power Quality, operations, reliability, relay test, and/or maintenance.
E-VI - B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least fourteen (14) years (twelve (12) with a P.E.) of utility experience in the areas of planning, Power Quality, operations, reliability, relay test, and/or maintenance.
Licenses, Certifications, and/or Registrations: Valid Georgia Driver's License. EIT and PE are applicable but not required.
Specialized Skills (e.g., typing, computers, software, tools and equipment use, etc.): Proficient with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, graphics, and data manipulation; experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, large databases, PowerBI, and Microsoft Access. Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills; ability to independently plan, organize, and successfully complete assignments. Capable of preparing and delivering presentations to various groups (internal and external). This position requires knowledge of construction and maintenance work functions. Additional knowledge of System Security Analysis, transmission relaying, metering, data historian, and supervisory and control systems will be beneficial. Teamwork and leadership skills are required and should include the ability to work across organizational boundaries.
Must be able to pass ITS qualified operator training course and must be able to pass the NERC CIP personnel risk assessment screening.