Power System Modelling Engineer

Powertech Labs Inc is a cleantech company with the mission of being a trusted innovation partner providing solutions, specialized testing, and technical expertise for a safe and sustainable global energy future. Powertech has a global reputation for delivering transformative solutions in both the electric power industry as well as the transport sector. A clean future will be driven by electric and hydrogen power, and we will help get there.

We are always guided by our values as a global clean-technology and engineering company:

• Safety: This top everything. We do our work safely or we do not do it at all.
• Challenges: We ready ourselves for the hardest challenges – through attaining accreditations, developing industry-leading innovative products & services, investing in our labs, hiring great people, and making them better.
• Diverse Teams: We are strongest together and capitalize on our varied attributes – together we are more than the sum of parts.
• Our customers: Customers fuel this company, and we constantly work with them to earn and retain their trust and loyalty. We expect that our customers hold us accountable to our commitments.
• Excellence: Striving for excellence, acting with integrity, and having the highest standards in quality are core to what we do.

Powertech has an exciting opportunity for a Power System Modelling Engineer to join a team of Power System professionals based at Powertech Labs in Surrey B.C.

Business Unit Overview
Engineering Service Business Unit focuses on power system software development, power system and substation consulting studies and compliance testing services, as well as asset management solutions for electric utilities and other clients in power industry. We are the vendor of the cutting-edge power system analysis software package, DSATools, which has been recognized globally as leading-edge technologies and software platforms for dynamic security assessment of large complex power systems for both off-line (system planning) and on-line applications (near-real-time operation). We are also one of primary power system consulting teams well recognized internationally. We are providing a full spectrum of study services from fast electromagnetic transient switching studies, to typical power system planning and operation studies (including transient, small-signal, voltage, and frequency stabilities), post-mortem investigation of system disturbances and events, generation and load interconnection studies, generator including wind and solar renewables, and load model development or validation via field testing, and to NERC compliance studies (e.g., TPL, PRC, MOD, CIP, etc.). We are also equipped with a Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) for evaluating and testing new control, protection, and communication schemes and devices.

Position Overview
The Power System Modeling Engineer is expected to perform model validation and control tuning for generation plants including wind, solar and energy storage systems, as well as perform model validation and other simulation studies per NERC and other applicable reliability standards.

Duties

• Review power plant technical documents to prepare unit specific test plans per applicable requirements
• Travel to industrial sites in multiple countries and carry out onsite generator model validation testing.
• Perform simulation study and prepare detailed engineering reports
• Perform peer review on technical reports
• Provide technical proposals, cost estimates, and work schedules
• Remote working is acceptable if the quality of work meets requirements.

Qualifications
Required Education

• The successful applicant preferably will have a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering specialized in power system. Applicants who have bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with direct relative work experience will be considered.
• Eligible to register as a Professional Engineer with the Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC) or other jurisdictions.

Required Skills and Experience

• At least 2 years of working experience in power system analysis, protection and control, or related post-graduate research.
• Knowledge in power plant (thermal, solar, wind, BESS, etc.) site commissioning and testing including regular field work following procedures, data collection using digital DAQ systems, control equipment function and communication troubleshooting, safety training and awareness, etc.
• Knowledge in power plant and generator protection and control theory and practice on relay instruments (SEL, Beckwith, GE Multilin, etc.).
• Good understanding of generator and renewable modeling, power system and/or substation protections, and control systems of synchronous generators, renewables, FACTs, etc.
• Experience on using power system simulation software (DSA Tools, PSS/E, PSLF, PSCAD, etc.) considered as an asset.
• Experience on project management and client facing is as an asset.
• Must hold a valid class 5 BC driver's license or equivalent.

Performance Competencies

• Good safety awareness and practice skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good detail-oriented, problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment
• Ability to lead and motivate team members

Additional Requirement:

• Eligible to work in US (for site testing)

Please be advised that this role has been assessed as safety sensitive and pre-qualification alcohol and drug testing will be required as a pre-condition to employment.

Candidates with proper educational background who do not meet the experience requirements are encouraged to apply and may be considered for lower job levels.

Please note that due to the volume of applications received, only applicants shortlisted for further consideration will be contacted.

Affiliation: M&P
Job role: P1
Job location: Surrey (in-office)
Annual salary: $72K - $85K

ALL CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTACH A COPY OF THEIR COVER LETTER, RESUME, DIPLOMA/DEGREE, ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS & PROOF OF PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION. If applicable, a copy of your work visa is also required.

INCOMPLETE OR LATE APPLICATIONS CANNOT BE PROCESSED. This will ensure we have all the necessary information to assess your application without any delays.

Powertech Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We include everyone. We welcome applications from anyone, including members of visible minorities, women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. We are also happy to provide reasonable accommodations throughout the selection process and while working at Powertech Labs.

Maintaining customer-confidence and our reputation is key: To this end, all our campus and laboratories are accredited to ISO9001 (quality), ISO14001 (environment stewardship) and ISO45001 (safety) and IEC/ISO 17025 for over 100 standards. To complement the focus on accreditation, we encourage our experts to drive global standards and provide development opportunities for all staff to grow in their role and to advance in their careers.

Working at Powertech is not a job but a career. If you want to be a part of a growing clean technology company that is impactful and working towards a common goal of accelerating the world towards a net zero carbon future, come and join our team.

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