City of Seattle · 13 hours ago
Transmission Operations Student Engineer
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
New Grad
$27.36/hr - $29.46/hrCity of Seattle is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities, recognized for its leadership in energy efficiency. The Transmission Operations Engineering Intern will support System Operations Engineers in meeting reliability standards and assist in various power system analyses and operations tasks.
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Responsibilities
Review Seattle City Light generation and transmission outage plan and update records daily
Review regional monthly (initial, coordinated, and final) outage plans and compare with the information from Coordinated Outage System. Work with outage office to solve any discrepancies
Prepare and maintain operations horizon (next-day, outage coordination, and seasonal) study cases including facility data, system operating limits, system configuration, and display files
Perform power flow studies and contingency analysis and provide operation plans, guidance, and solutions
Review future WECC Operating Cases for approval
Learn NERC Reliability Standards and review proposed changes to evaluate possible impact to SCL operations
Troubleshoot and maintain the EMS Network Model solutions
Qualification
Required
Undergraduate Engineering students will need to maintain a 2.5 GPA or above throughout the internship
Enrolled in an accredited certificate, 2-year or 4-year undergraduate program during their internship
Enrolled in an academic program with focus on Electrical Engineering
Preferred
Coursework in Large Scale Power System
Experience with Power World Simulator Software
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
An independent problem solver
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Benefits
Subsidized ORCA pass
Accrue sick time that can be used after 90 days of employment
Company
City of Seattle
City of Seattle is a government website of all information and services related to city of Seattle.
Founded in 1851
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Andrew Lu
Chief Operating Officer - Finance and Administrative Services Department
Marco Lowe
Chief Operating Officer for the City of Seattle
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