Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

Job title: Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

Job description: Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

Responsible for providing interconnection solutions for the company’s leading renewable power generation capital projects. These solutions involve all ISO and utility interconnection strategy and implementation, as well as power generation-to-utility interface design.

Accountabilities

Engineering Management

• Ability to perform engineering studies on projects.
• Direct interface with the interconnected utility in terms of design and technical standards.
• Obtain, review, understand and assimilate various interconnection codes (distribution and transmission), standards, specifications, guidelines, regulations and rules. These may be published by transmission or distribution companies or independent system operators (ISO’s)
• Work with and supervise directly the work of retained electrical engineering consultants, regarding circuit design and study scope and results (grounding, protection, load-flow, fault levels, harmonics, etc.)
• Attend meetings with utility representatives during development of interconnection schemes and studies

Consultant Management

• Manage retained electrical engineering consultants for the production of relevant interconnection and electrical designs for the following components of renewable energy projects:
• Metering, Protection and control, SCADA and data management, Medium voltage distribution and collection circuits, Voltage transformation and protection schemes, power factor correction and VAR support, switchgear and fault protection, and utility interconnection.
• Evaluate integrity of consultant’s services; engage alternative and best-in-class service providers for consulting, technical solutions and assistance.

Interconnection Strategy

• Provide strategy input for future projects with respect to interconnection challenges & solutions.
• Research markets and ISO’s, both in N. America and internationally, with regards to interconnection rules and strategies, market maturity, applicable tarriffs and regulations, transmission options, market congestion, constraints and curtailment operations, etc.

Technology Providers

• Direct interface with equipment suppliers for the following types of activities
• Interpretation and application of specifications.
• Evaluate and recommend bids for technical compliance, solution integrity, cost, etc.
• Develop bidding and technical specifications and testing requirements
• Shop inspections for technical compliance.

Emerging Technologies

• Research, inspect, understand and recommend application of emerging technologies as they may relate to, or benefit, the broader corporate mandate of regulated/non-regulated power generation asset development and growth.
• Emerging technologies will involve telemetry and communications, power electronic-based DC/AC conversion, reactive power generation and compensation, and ancillary products and system benefits such as low or zero voltage ride through, primary frequency response, black-start features, etc.
• Research and recommend cost and optimization benefits of emerging technologies.

Education and Experience

• University degree in electrical engineering or equivalent education/industry experience.
• Minimum 10 years progressive experience in power and controls, preferably in the power generation industry.
• Candidates with direct experience/working knowledge in the following areas are preferred:

• Generator interconnection process in North America (PJM, MISO, NYISO, NEISO, SPP, CAISO, ERCOT, IESO, AESO)
• Powerflow analysis for Available Transfer Capability and Generator Deliverability
• Security Constrained Economic Dispatch
• High voltage substation design: 120 kV to 500 kV, including large power transformer and major electrical equipment specification
• Power generation development: hydro, wind, solar, battery storage
• Experience with emerging power generation technologies; full DC/AC power electronics, reactive power control, digital telemetry and control technologies, advanced digital system modelling, etc.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral)

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

What we offer

Company funded Pension program

401k with Company match

Full insurance benefits (helath/dental/vision/life)

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase/match plan

Defined Contribution savings plan

Top Talent Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

Free parking, including free electrical charging

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.

Company: Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

Expected salary:

Location: Oakville, ON

Job date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:47:42 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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