Electrical Engineer - Facility Rating and Modeling

Company

About AVANGRID: AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be the leading sustainable energy company in the United States. Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $40 billion in assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, AVANGRID has two primary lines of business: Avangrid Networks and Avangrid Renewables. Avangrid Networks owns eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Avangrid Renewables owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities across the United States. AVANGRID employs approximately 7,000 people and has been recognized by Forbes and Just Capital as one of the 2021 JUST 100 companies - a list of America's best corporate citizens - and was ranked number one within the utility sector for its commitment to the environment and the communities it serves. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2021 for the third consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute.

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Job Title: Electrical Engineer - Facility Rating and Modeling

Location: Rochester NY, Binghamton NY, Augusta, ME, or Orange CT

Reports to: Manager - Rating and Modeling

NY Salary Range: $102,000 to $120,000

Purpose

The Facility Rating and Modeling (RAM) Engineer is responsible for the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of Avangrid’s facility ratings databases and its standard methodology to ensure compliance with NERC FAC-008 and to document electric system upgrades to the Avangrid Transmission system. The engineer is responsible to review Ratings and Modeling (RAM) packages for accuracy and compliance to Avangrid standards and to requirements of Energy Reliability Organizations (EROs) to ensure that accurate facility ratings are documented and that are ultimately used as inputs to various databases and software that is used by many engineering and planning disciplines across Avangrid. Accurate facility ratings ensure that the modeling information is current and ultimately results in safe & reliable operation and planning of the Avangrid transmission network. Facility Rating and Modeling engineer is responsible to maintain and improve Avangrid Rating Methodology standards. The engineer will verify that all network projects & system upgrades meet the Ratings and Modeling (RAM) methodology, are complete, and coordinate the package review and concurrence of the stakeholders outlined in the Rating and Modeling approval process.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback, clarifications, technical direction to the RAM Initiators (engineering, electric system project teams, & electric operations) to assemble complete and accurate RAM packages.
• Be a means of communication between the Initiator of the RAM process and the Approvers (Electric Operations, System Planning and System Protection & Control) in order to ensure that all stakeholders are aware of and concur with changes to the electric system when questions arise during development of the RAM package.
• Upon assembling a complete RAM package, facilitate the review and concurrence of the defined Avangrid stakeholders via electronic signature.
• Propose improvements to Avangrid’s rating calculation methodology and standards and taking the lead in implementing them.
• Participate or represent the company in regulatory or public proceedings with EROs such as NERC, NPCC, ISO.
• Ensure governance processes and procedures are followed.
• Provide technical expertise on thermal ratings for new major equipment framework agreement contracts.
• Provides technical advice to senior management when required.

Skills and Requirements

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5 years of experience in Engineering
• Knowledge of FERC/NERC/NPCC and state regulations
• Knowledge of Substation design and substation equipment
• Knowledge of Electric system drawings and schematics
• Familiarity with IEEE standards

Education & Experience Preferred:

• Ampacity ratings of major substation equipment
• Experience with PT load or other transformer rating methodology
• Bus conductor ampacity calculations
• Transmission line impedance calculations
• Cable ampacity calculations
• ASPEN ONE LINER
• Aspen Line Database
• Aspen Relay database

Competencies

• Be a role model
• Be agile
• Collaborate and Share
• Develop Self & Others
• Empower to grow
• Focus to achieve results
• Technical Skills

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables

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