Grid Solutions Engineer

Ameren
  • Saint Louis, Missouri
  • $84,400–$204,400 Per Year
10 days ago

Job Description

About Ameren Services (B&CS)

Ameren Services provides administrative support and services to Ameren Corporation and its operating companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. Ameren Services includes a wide range of skill sets and roles, from finance and legal experts to digital and cyber specialists, plus those charged with ensuring environmental compliance and operational safety. Together, we help execute a strategy that enables Ameren to deliver superior long-term value to customers, shareholders and the environment.

Our benefits include:

  • Medical coverage on date of hire

  • 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

  • 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

  • Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

  • Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees. ​

About The Position

It has never been a more exciting time to work in the energy industry. The electric distribution grid is in transformationtoa smarter, more resilient, cleaner, and greener (solar, wind) grid. Advanced systems for grid monitoring and control will be at the forefront of these efforts. This position requires an Engineer to collaborate with a talented team within Digital and Operations to design, implement, andmaintainour leading-edge technology suite known as the Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS). Our ADMS platform isutilizedwithin our Distribution Control Center and provides operators with real time awareness and control of the Ameren Distribution electric grid serving over2.4 million customers.  From a more technical perspective the ADMS platform iscomprisedof an industry leading vendor solution including SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, Outage Management, Distribution Management (maps and switching), Voltage Optimization, and other advanced functions. In addition, we have integrated the platform with many other corporate systems and technologies to enable interaction with ourCustomersreporting and checking power outages, and field service/mobile workers responding to those situations.

In thispositionyou will be involved in crafting and building the future of electric utility operations.

The ADMS system has a 24x7x365 availability requirement and so applicant willbe requiredto provide offhourssupport as needed. 

A diverse technology portfolio keeps the ADMS system operational, technologies include: VirtualVxRailLinux and Windows Servers, Multiple Database technologies (Oracle,SqlServer, Cassandra), Palo Alto Firewalls,MulesoftEnterprise Service Bus, Splunk SIEM, Dynatrace Application Monitoring, GIS Mapping of electrical components to their physical location in ERSI based map systems.

Key responsibilities include:

  • ​​Provide technical and user support to system operators, division office workers, division engineering, and information technology personnel

  • ​Provide training and documentation when needed/requested

  • ​Aggregate and model data to create reports and dashboards in various BI tools. (PowerBI, SSRS, OBIEE)

  • ​Analyze, recommend, design, plan, test,implementand support ADMS 

  • ​Perform system/data analysis, design software enhancements, test system functionality, andmaintainapplication configuration settings of the ADMS applications 

​Mayassistsenior staff with the following:

  • ​Engage with ADMS vendor, user groups, and utility peers to ensure Ameren's requirements are incorporated into future software releases

  • ​Provide input into technological process/standards/methodologyfor cloud-based configuration;identifiesgaps and develops training plans

  • ​Enable smart grid with applications including SCADA, Power Flow, Fault Locating, Switching, Outage Management

  • ​Perform root cause analysis and develop action plans and priorities for backlogs (identifyingshort- and long-term solutions); may lead implementation of plans

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Qualifications- Grid Solutions Engineer

  • ​​​​Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in engineering, mathematics or computer science 

  • ​Three or more years of directly related experience required 

  • ​Experience with Electric Power Distribution systems and applications such as Advanced Distribution Management System, Outage Analysis System, GIS Geographic Information Systems, and Electric Circuit Analysis systems preferred 

  • ​Experience with software applications development, relational databases, and server / network infrastructure preferred​​​ 

Qualifications- Senior Grid Solutions Engineer

  • Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in engineering, mathematics or computer science 

  • ​Five or more years of relevant experience required 

​Experience with two or more of the following systems or technologies is required:  

  • ​Electric Power Distribution,   

  • ​Advanced Distribution Management System,   

  • ​Outage Analysis System,   

  • ​GIS Geographic Information System,   

  • ​Electric Circuit Analysis,    

  • ​Software applications development,   

  • ​Relational databases, and   

  • ​Server / network infrastructure   

Qualifications- Lead Grid Solutions Engineer

  • ​​​​Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in engineering, mathematics or computer science 

  • ​Seven or more years of relevant experience required 

​Experience with three or more of the following systems or technologies is required:  

  • ​Electric Power Distribution,   

  • ​Advanced Distribution Management System,   

  • ​Outage Analysis System,   

  • ​GIS Geographic Information System,   

  • ​Electric Circuit Analysis,    

  • ​Software applications development,   

  • ​Relational databases, and   

  • ​Server / network infrastructure   

Additional Information

Ameren’s selection process includes a seriesofinterviews and may includea leadership assessment process. Specific details will be provided to qualified candidates.

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Compensation Range:

$84,400.00 - $204,400.00

* This pay range encompasses multiple levels of the role. Career level and compensation depends upon applicant’s credentials.

At Ameren, base salary is one component of a competitive compensation package for employees. Our pay ranges are broad to allow for movement within our organization and to accommodate different skill sets and levels of expertise. We take into consideration a variety of factors including, but not limited to, skills, abilities, experience, education, credentials, and internal equity when determining the base salary offered. Roles are eligible for additional rewards including annual incentive payments based on individual and company performance.

If end date is listed, the posting will come down at 12:00 am on that date:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.

Numbers & Facts

LocationSaint Louis, Missouri
Salary$84,400–$204,400 Per Year

Skills

  • Administrative Skillsunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Business Intelligence Softwareunmatched
  • Cloud Computingunmatched
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  • Customer Service Systemsunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Data Collectionunmatched
  • Data Modelingunmatched
  • Distribution Controlunmatched
  • Distribution Managementunmatched
  • Distribution Servicesunmatched
  • Electrical Power Distributionunmatched
  • Electrical Utilityunmatched
  • Environmental Complianceunmatched
  • Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Functional Testingunmatched
  • Geospatial Analysisunmatched
  • Health Planunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Leading Edge Technologyunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Mathematicsunmatched
  • On Site Supportunmatched
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)unmatched
  • Power BIunmatched
  • Power Outagesunmatched
  • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • Retirement Planunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)unmatched
  • Safety Complianceunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Software Designunmatched
  • Software Testingunmatched
  • Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)unmatched
  • System Operationsunmatched
  • Systems Analysisunmatched
  • Technical Supportunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
  • User Groupsunmatched

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