EMS Modeler

Job Title : EMS MODELER

Location : Allentown, PA (Remote with workshop visits to onsite)

Job Description for EMS MODELER

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Power Engineering, Computer Science, similar engineering degree, or equivalent work experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to facilitate customer support
• Strong customer service skills with the ability to determine or anticipate customer needs and respond positively
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Ability to both learn and take direction from team leads or senior resources.
• Self-motivated and determined when interactive guidance is not available
• Pride in work and willingness to learn to be valuable for the team, even when not seen
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States
• Candidates will be required to pass a background check and drug screening

The team focuses on ensuring a world class EMS and ADMS system for use by multiple operating companies.

The Energy Management System (EMS) and Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) Support Department maintains and develops three of the primary EMS / ADMS applications SCADA, Network, and Advanced Applications

These systems together form the basis of exchanging real-time data, balancing load to generation, and ensuring the safe operation and dispatch of the grid.

The department interfaces closely with sister-departments who maintain the underpinning IT and OT (operational technologies) and with Engineering teams, who provide the fundamental model of the grid, and collaborate on maintenance and troubleshooting

The work is a mixture of daily engineering and design activities at various technology layers primarily focused on :

This position is primarily targeted towards EMS SCADA and Network Modeling such as SCADA point mapping and upkeep, ratings updates, display drawing / changes.

This position may, after sufficient training and time, include the request to take reasonable 24x7 on-call shifts to support EMS Support's mission-critical business

In terms of must haves

Electrical utilities experience, ideally working with real-time systems such as SCADA, EMS, ADMS, or OMS.

Examples :

Experience with real-time systems, real-time architectures and / or databases including modeling and revising data through software applications (GE e-terra source preferred)

Experience with SCADA, Network modeling and or display generation.