Lead Engineer - Energy Control Sys
Iberdrola Group · United States, New York, Vestal
Location: On site 5 days a week in Vestal, NY
The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from $116,640 to $145,800
What We Offer:
- Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
- Generous performance‑based bonuses
- 12% 401(k) match
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development and clear career advancement pathways
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Job Summary
- Provides support for the AVANGRID Energy Control Systems (ECS) used to operate gas distribution systems (SCADA, DSS & Back office-based platforms).
- Defines and maintains supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) databases and definitions, maintains telemetry data and evaluates and maintains accurate information in the ECS.
- Provides RTU configuration, software, testing and commissioning support
- Support the specification, design, testing and development of the ECS system to ensure that changing functional requirements are met
- Design enhancements to the ECS systems to improve the user interface
- Coordinate the safe and orderly commissioning of new and redesigned PACs/RTUS and instrumentation as well as other systems and components in gas gate and distribution stations and other interconnecting facilities.
- Monitors and ensures that systems and components are designed, installed, tested, operated and maintained according to operational requirements and standards for safety and reliability
- Documents and reviews commissioning procedures, provides operational assistance and troubleshooting
- Works within the Control Center environment and supports Cyber Security requirements for Control Center operations.
- Maintains and creates documentation for supported platforms and systems to meet all regulatory requirements/standards.
- Has an in-depth technical understanding of all system components.
- Capable of designing and implementing novel control system components and can optimize system components.
- Has an in-depth understanding of virtual environments.
- Has an in-depth understanding of controls architecture as it pertains to security, data flow, and networking.
- Capable of providing valuable input to system design.
- Strong Collaboration and Leadership Skills.
- Assists with creation of time saving standardization.
Key Responsibilities
- Knowledge and understanding of gas transmission and distribution systems
- T&D Energy flow, gas circuit analysis, Contingency Analysis, State Estimation and Billing understanding
- Experience with configuring, commissioning and testing Remote Terminal Units (RTU#s) Field testing methodology, develop testing plans
Ability to interpret engineering documentation:
- Control System Architecture drawings, P&IDs, electric control/loop diagrams and other engineering specifications.
- Understanding of relevant Compliance Regulations and Policies. (NERC-CIP, 49 CFR Part 192.631 CRM, Etc.)
- Working understanding of the NERC-CIP ECS requirements.
- Understanding and knowledge of Databases (Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Etc.)
- How to query, configure and edit Understanding Networking, security, computer hardware, software applications and data communication equipment. Network diagrams, firewall rules, ports and services
- The ability to demonstrate good communication skills both written and orally.
- Experience making sound decisions while working in a high-pressure environment outside normal working hours.
- Working in storm or other emergency conditions for 24x7x365 system support
- Able to work independently and contribute proactively to drive results
- Able to develop effective business cases for system enhancements.
- Capable of educating, assigning tasks, and directing other engineers.
- Capable of reviewing work of less experienced engineers and ensures quality even on relatively complex tasks or projects.
- Comfortable working safely in the gas distribution stations and understanding more than 75% of the devices as well as the various variables at play: flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
- Working knowledge of PHMSA Control Room Management requirements, Knowledge in Gas Measurement fundamentals.
- Ability to create a script or a compiled application interacting with the SCADA application API and libraries.
- Knowledge in Gas Measurement fundamentals.
For Lead Engineers:
- Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.
- Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide impact on the department
- Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills
- Ability to collaborate across departments
- Liaison/direct contractors on company policy, standards and best practices.
- Work independently with little supervision
Required Qualifications
- Education & Experience Required (Meet at least one of the following):
- BSEE Degree with 7+ years of technical experience
- MS Technical related Degree with 3+ years of technical experience
Technical Skills/Competencies
- Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
- Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
- Engineering documentation # Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
- Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, and contract requirements
- Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment # Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements
Key Technical Working skills:
- Computer Operating System Administration and Support (EX: Unix, Linux, Windows)
- ECS NERC-CIP Compliance Support (EX: CIP-005, 007, 009, 010, 011)
- ECS Support for Multiple Environments (Databases EX: AQL, SQL, Oracle; ECS Specific Applications EX: OASyS DNA; Specialty Control System Applications EX; Access Administration EX: LDAP, Kerberos, Active Directory; Protocols EX: DNP, ROC/ROC Plus, TCP/IP, Modbus; Environment Navigation EX: RDP, PuTTy, FTP, VNC; Specialty Calculation Programming EX: Matlab, ABB Calc)
- Gas Field Engineering and Support (Programming of RTUs/ Data Concentrators in the Gas Stations or at Customer facilities (EX: EMERSON Field Tools, Roclink 800, Roclink for Windows, etc.)
- Understanding the requirement to support 24x7x365 Control Room Operations
- Advanced Technical Documentation skills (EX: Operational Procedures Maintenance for ISO and TO, Control Systems Standards)
- Ability to work with other departments and has a working knowledge of other business areas. ECS Historian Applications Support (EX: PI Interface for multiple environments, Application Server PI Interface)
- Understands control system software, hardware, and network design including concepts such as application, hardware high availability, and redundant networking.
- Advanced troubleshooting skillset and ability to independently troubleshoot control system issues.
- SCADA and DSS Database administration (EX: CIM, SDM, DBNETD, SQL, IDDUG files)
- Computer language programing (EX: Java, C, C#, .Net, Perl, Python, VBscript, Java Script, KSH, BSH, SqlPlus, HTA, HTML) and development environment (EX: Netbeans, Visual Studio) Gas SCADA RTU configuration.
Preferred Qualifications
- OASYS DNA SCADA system
- Emerson Fisher ROC & FloBoss RTUs
Competencies
- Growth & Continuous Improvement
- Initiative & Change
- Focused on Results
- Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership (people managers/le