The Application Engineer will provide support for the Market Management Systems (MMS) applications portfolio such as Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED), Day-Ahead Market (DAM), Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC), Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR), QSE Training Simulator, etc. They will be actively involved in the design, development, testing, validation, and implementation of modifications and enhancements to MMS applications.
Job Responsibilities
- Member of the 24/7 Market Applications Engineering support on call team and supports, troubleshoot market applications and system on call issues.
- Assists in the proactive enhancements, improvements and issue remediation.
- Coordinate application set up and testing with QSEs, LSEs, REs as appropriate.
- Performs MMS model load testing on periodic basis and updates the model data in real-time based on established procedures.
- Design and Test MMS Interfaces and Web & Client/Server applications changes.
Verify and support MMS applications during system site failovers, server/system/database upgrades and patching - Supports the execution of Disaster Recovery Drills and business continuity procedures
Maintain, troubleshoot and repair MMS applications and interfaces, and escalate as appropriate - May provide on the job training or help oversee the work of other engineers/analysts
- Act as a consultant, representative and subject matter expert in project and activities that affect the MMS environments and applications as appropriate
- Participates in multifunctional teams to obtain input, address comments and provide application support
- Represents the Market Applications Engineering Team at interdepartmental and Stakeholder meetings
- Assists in developing tools, processes and procedures that enhance system reliability and departmental/organizational efficiencies
- Participates with other departments to select and implement system changes as needed
A minimum of 5 years of job related work experience in excess of degree requirements
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (Required)
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (Preferred)
- or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required
Preferred Experience
- Experience with Hitachi ABB or any MMS vendors suite of applications
- Experience with Data Historians such as OSIsoft PI
- Experience with programming languages such as FORTRAN, C, C++, Java & Perl.
- Experience with PL/SQL
Client offers medical, dental and vision coverage, short- and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, and 401K plan.
MWResource does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or anything else that makes you part of any group.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
Candidates will be required to pass a background check and drug screening.
Please note we are not open to outsourcing our recruitment needs.
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What We Do
MWResource provides our customers with the experienced energy industry experts to assist you with designing, implementing, and maintaining successful critical energy infrastructure systems. MWResource specializes in utility SCADA, Energy Management Systems (EMS) and energy market systems.
MWResource is also helping its other customers in both the US and Canada fill their permanent and project related openings with experienced SCADA, EMS, and energy market systems professionals.
Our company offers a pool of experienced energy industry experts who have worked with data acquisition, plant and grid control, energy markets, settlements and IT technologies used by power generation companies, power cooperatives, municipal utilities, investor owned utilities, and major energy markets.
MWResource experts provide a variety of services including:
- Consulting
- Project Management
- System Design Assistance
- Applications Development
- Database and Display Development and Migration
- System Configuration and Integration
- Systems and Communications Commissioning
- Software Configuration Management
- OSIsoft PI Project Support
- Auditing and Compliance
- Software Quality Assurance
- Training
- Permanent Employee Recruiting
- Temporary Project and Support Staffing
Some of the major systems areas where we have expertise are:
- CIP/Control Center Systems especially Energy Management Systems (EMS) and Distribution Management Systems (DMS)
- SCADA/RTU/Relay communications
- OSI PI Historian
- Power System Modelling and Planning Support
- ISO/RTO market systems
- ISO/RTO settlement and web systems
- Market participant interfaces
- Enterprise Application Integration