Job Description

Power your future with Qualus in our Program Management department as a Senior Engineer, Outage Coordinator. As a Senior Engineer, you will help to identify impacts of shutdowns and how extensive the associated equipment would be to bundle planned outages together. This will include contingency plan studies and power flow studies. Our team ensures system productivity is maintained through safe and concise operating orders and actions, including identifying impacts of shutdowns, and how best to bundle planned outages together.

Responsibilities

• Develop and direct important projects or field assignments with complex features. Includes performing engineering studies, proposing solutions to engineering-related problems, and developing models for improvement programs.
• Perform system analysis using operational criteria and tools (CYME, EMS)
• Works closely with system study engineer and project scheduler to ensure accuracy of long-term shutdown schedule.
• Organizes and leads huddle and shutdown schedule review meetings.
• Organizes and leads cross-function team meetings especially for complex and back-to-back shutdowns in the same area/regions.
• Champions continuous improvement (CI) initiatives focused on shutdown optimization and coordination of resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
• Minimum of 4 years of electric utility transmission and substation planning experience.
• System Experience with CYME, EMS, and TARA/PSSE, or ADMS.

Preferred:

• Master's Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience maintaining State Estimator technical applications.
• Familiarity with Energy Management System (EMS) including State Estimator (SE), Contingency Analysis (CA), and N-1 conditions operating practices.
• Familiar with PSSE or TARA applications.
• Ability to provide operational feedback to improve EMS system models based on real-time measurements.

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Benefits & Compensation

Qualus benefits offered include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays, for those who qualify.

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 1,800 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

EEO

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.