Senior Grid Interconnection Consultant
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Senior Grid Interconnection Consultant focusing on utility planning and advising projects for electric utilities in Canada. Analyzing transmission systems and preparing interconnection applications as part of a consulting team.
Responsibilities:
- focus on utility planning and advisory projects
- Transmission system planning and analysis, including studies in load flow, stability, short circuit, and electromagnetic transients (EMT), to support a variety of clients such as ISO/RTO and electric utilities
- Preparing new generator interconnection applications, including development of conceptual single line diagram, verification of compliance with reactive power requirements, and development of steady-state, dynamic, and short circuit models
- Reviewing ISO feasibility and system impact studies to provide guidance to clients
Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and sufficient industry experience is considered in lieu of an advanced degree
- A minimum of 6 years relevant power systems engineering experience with utility or consultant
- Experience in load flow and contingency analysis to identify transmission thermal and voltage constraints and to identify transfer capability limits
- Experience using transmission planning software for load flow modeling, contingency analysis, and stability analysis using PSS/E, PSLF, TARA
- Valued but not required skills and experience: Experience in stability analysis to identify critical clearing times, identify voltage constraints and analyze power system damping
- Experience in electromagnetic transient analysis using PSCAD
- Experience in short circuit analysis and using software programs CAPE or ASPEN
- Knowledge of power regions and ISOs/RTOs, such as: PJM, MISO, NYISO, ERCOT, SPP, CAISO, WECC, SERC, ISO-NE
- Experience in Python, Java Script, or other scripting languages
Benefits:
- comprehensive healthcare plans
- generous paid time off
- competitive, award-winning benefits
















