Senior SCADA & CORE Systems Engineer

Company: AVANGRID RENEWABLES, LLC

Location:

Vancouver, WA, US

Company 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. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com (https://www.avangrid.com/wps/portal/avangrid/home)

Purpose

The EMS / Wind SCADA Systems Engineer is a key member of a 24/7 mission critical operations team responsible for providing the technical support & analytical services with limited supervision for the management, design, specification, configuration, troubleshooting, and support of systems and processes that affect operation of renewable generation control systems.

The EMS / Wind SCADA Systems Engineer is a key member of a 24/7 mission critical operations team responsible for providing the technical support & analytical services with limited supervision for the management, design, specification, configuration, troubleshooting, and support of systems and processes that affect operation of renewable generation control systems.

Responsibilities

• With limited supervision, configure and manage SCADA alarms, real-time calculations, and other parameters to provide situational awareness to operations, supporting a highly reliable 10 GW generation dispatch 24/7 control center.

• Deploy, configure, and perform maintenance on complex CORE SCADA applications using PCVue.

• Install, configure, test, and maintain CORE SCADA applications such as Automatic Generation Control (AGC), Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR), Biologic Curtailment Systems, SCADA Monitoring Systems, Oracle and SQL Databases.

• Familiarity with GE VisuPro, Suzlon SC Commander, Siemens WPS (Wind Power Supervisor), Gamesa SGIPE/WindPro, and other generation related SCADA applications.

• Maintain SCADA interface systems relating to NYISO, MISO, ERCOT, WECC, CAISO, PJM, BPA, or other system authorities.

• Configure, test, and maintain protocols such as Modbus, DNP, OPC, ICCP, TCP/IP and XML.

• Demonstrated proficiency using OSI PI

• Provide 24/​7 on-call support for National Control Center Operations.

• Provide guidance and assist in the development of project plans including capital and operational budgets to deliver optimal asset performance and improve reliability.

• Comply with NERC / CIP procedures.

• 10-20% Travel required

Competencies

• Be a role model

• Be agile

• Collaborate and Share

• Develop Self & Others

• Empower to grow

• Focus to achieve results

• Technical Skills

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in computer science, engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 5+ years mission-critical expertise supporting an energy control center.

• 3+ years experience managing and configuring communication protocols such as Modbus, DNP, OPC, ICCP, TCP/IP and XML.

• 3+ years experience installing SCADA.

• 3+ years experience maintaining Windows Server/Client operating systems

• 3+ years experience VMWare virtualization.

• 3+ years experience with industrial networking, VLAN’s, NAT’s, Static Routing, etc.

• Ability to qualify to NERC standards including successful 7 year background investigation and security review.

• Proven ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with management, Plant Operations, and technical personnel.

• High energy and ability to work with little direct supervision.

• Self-motivating and have desire to stay abreast of latest systems technologies relating to optimizing generation system performance.

Preference may be given to candidates with the following:

• Background in process control and energy management systems, as related to the Wind Energy Business.

• Detailed understanding of NERC / CIP standards.

Our Selection Process

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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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