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National Grid is hiring a Lead Engineer for our Electric Distribution Control Center in Northborough, MA.

This position is a hybrid role. Our team works from the office a minimum two days a week.

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

The Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) is a software platform that serves as the digital twin to our as-operated electric distribution system. The ADMS integrates the Outage Management System (OMS), Distribution Management System (DMS), and Distribution SCADA to monitor, operate and automate the electric distribution system through real-time, data-driven analysis. As a project team, we continuously build, maintain, and improve the ADMS, adding new functionality and identifying new use cases. These capabilities will future proof our control rooms and coordinate technical, real-time data across many programs, people, and grid modernization platforms. Our objective is to advance to the scaled, centralized grid automation stage in the next two years.

Job Purpose

This Engineer provides power systems engineering and operations expertise to the distribution control center. Managing outages is vital for providing timely service to our 2 million customers in MA. Our new OMS is integrated with other grid automation functions and will be integrated into mobile workforce management across our service territory. The deployment of Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) is also underway which unlocks many new features for our OMS. The Engineer is responsible for engaging with the project team, various internal stakeholders, and the system operators to ensure a healthy adoption of these new capabilities.

Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) such as solar, storage technologies are rapidly expanding in our service territory. Operational quality Our engineers perform operational studies where grid edge technologies complicate conventional ways of working. We support the fidelity and centralization of our asset data, network topology, and equipment telemetry; deliver new features; and set standards for future grid automation to integrate and scale grid modernization initiatives including Outage Management functions (OMS), Volt-Var Optimization (VVO), Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration (FLISR), and Distribution Energy Management Systems (DERMS)

Key Accountabilities

• Participate in the development, implementation and management of new technologies.

• Engage appropriately as a with specified stakeholders, government agencies, consenting authorities and media within the development phases of a project.

• Input to the development of the engineering perspective of new business concepts.

• Complete the definition of technical specifications in relation to a range of technologies.

• Determine the options to be considered for the project at initiation to satisfy the need case for investment.

• Ensure that a robust basis of design is produced for each scheme which documents the reasons for the investment, the options considered, costs and program.

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

• Able to motivate, counsel, coach, and develop direct reports and others.

• Experience establishing clearly defined goals and standards of employee performance.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree from an ABET accredited institution in Electrical Engineering or similar

· Minimum 7 years of experience in the electric power systems industry or direct experience with electric operations

· Familiarity with Outage Management functions and processes

· Experience in power systems engineering such as substations, transmission and/or distribution system planning, design and operation, load flow analysis

· Good communication skills with various stakeholders, use of Microsoft Office applications for project management and coordination activities

· Understanding of DERs such as solar generation, energy storage systems interconnection, design, and DER operations is valuable

· Familiarity with SCADA and field telemetry systems is valuable

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Salary

$145k - $170k a year

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise.  We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve.  National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.