Electrical Engineer - Power Systems Planning

Power System Quality Engineer

Be a part of the energy that is transforming the power industry of northern and eastern Maine. Versant Power continues to provide efficient, safe, and reliable delivery of electricity to customers in northern and eastern Maine, while never losing sight of safety, quality, accountability, integrity, and innovation, for over 100 years. We are committed to our dedicated people, who inspire us every day, to deliver something more powerful than power alone.

Position Overview: Under the general direction of the Manager, Asset Management, this position encompasses electrical engineering duties for grid power quality focusing on our transmission and distribution system. The Power System Quality Engineer will work closely with the asset management group and other departments to address various grid power quality issues.

General Responsibilities:

• Understand one-lines, three-lines, schematic diagrams, wiring and connection diagrams for area of Engineering focus.
• Perform project management responsibilities, where applicable, including fiscal control, reporting and closing of projects.
• Understand the use of technical test equipment and oversight of the associated data and results.
• Interact with area field personnel, providing Engineering oversight and technical assistance as needed.
• Understand applicable standards and regulations per specific focus area of Electrical Engineering.
• Develop solutions per system needs.
• Work collaboratively with other Engineers and other departments.
• Understand basic electrical theory and the application to a Power Utility.

Focus Areas:

• Investigate, analyze, and perform field tests as needed in order to solve power quality related problems at customer or developer locations.
• Assess power quality parameters such as voltage fluctuations, harmonics, power factor, and T&D transients.
• Perform post-fault analysis of T&D system events.
• Troubleshoot and determine root cause for power quality issues.
• Maintain compliance with various regulations and standards including MPUC Ch. 320, ANSI C84.1, IEEE 1547, etc.
• Provide input to help standardize equipment type and needs.
• Advance DER integration by performing analysis to assist in development of utility best practice of interconnections.
• Work closely with others in the department and those necessary in other areas of the Company to facilitate the development of short-term and long-term system power quality strategy, planning, and project development for electric system equipment.
• Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in various electrical engineering areas and provides support for engineers and various departments, including Asset Management, PST, DG and AMI as necessary.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the Company’s reliability statistics.
• Work closely with the Company’s Engineering and Operations groups along with other departments to develop short- and long-term projects for the company’s capital plan related to power system quality.
• Responsible for prioritizing projects and creating project forecasts for the development of the Company’s short- and long-term capital plans.
• Prepare or coordinate the preparation of periodic data submittals and reports related to management of the Company’s assets as required by internal or external entities as deemed necessary (ex MPUC, FERC, NERC, Executive, BOD).
• Perform analysis in support of the Company strategy regarding grid modernization, system reliability, safety, or other business objectives.