NV Energy · 1 month ago
Sr Eng - Power System Transmis
Reno, NV
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expNV Energy is one of the premier energy companies in the West, providing electricity to 1.3 million customers throughout Nevada. The role involves providing power engineering services, technical support, and collaborating across various groups to improve system reliability and manage projects.
EnergyNatural ResourcesRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Supports corporate initiatives such as Grid Resiliency, reliability (SAIDI/SAFI) improvement plans
Helps develop cost effective plans to improve transmission and substation reliability
Supports Capital projects as assigned
Assists with the preparation of maintenance plans and capital improvement plans for the Transmission System
Provides technical knowledge on electrical system outages or incidents
Investigates outage root causes, finds patterns in data, and recommends cost effective solutions to improve customer reliability
Assists with Investigations of power quality complaints, customer complaints and reliability issues
Analyzes data, prepares reports and presentations
Provides assistance as required to the Substation and Transmission design groups; e.g. cable ampacity studies, grounding studies, other specialized calculations
Provides technical knowledge for system upgrades or modifications to operational systems for transmission and distribution system
Provides scientific programming and statistical analysis and handles power system software tool for running simulation work
Assists in engagement and management of external consultants to perform specialist tasks
Acts as technical lead in cross functional projects
Maintains and improves the technical standards and company procedures
Performs and handles power system software tool for running simulation work
Assists in the implementation of the application of utility Energy Management Systems (EMS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and Distribution Management System (DMS) software platforms and operations
Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company
Performs related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Engineering degree
5 years industry experience as a practicing engineer
Must be a licensed PE
If no PE license then must have 8+ years as a practicing engineer
Demonstrated knowledge of electric power system design and operations
Demonstrated knowledge of protective relaying system
Demonstrated knowledge of distribution automation and substation networking
Organizational skills
Analytical skills
Writing skills
Verbal communication skills
Documentation skills
Ability to work with a variety of personnel levels and business-oriented
Ability to write technical reports
Proficiency in PCs, word processing, spreadsheet and database software
Company
NV Energy
NV Energy is an Electric services company which provides Electricity and Natural Gas.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Doug Cannon
President and CEO
Mike Behrens
VP & Chief Financial Officer
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