ADMS Modeling Engineer
Winnipeg, MB
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Great Benefits
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Defined-benefit pension plan for long-term financial security.
- Nine-day work cycle, typically resulting in every other Monday off to support a balanced approach to work, family life and
community.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a permanent Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) Modelling Engineer to join our Control Centre
Technology Systems Department.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely and collaboratively with technical team members while participating in internal committees to ensure that
modelling activities are properly addressed and the accuracy and performance of the ADMS model is maintained for use in
the ADMS real-time and study applications.
- Lead the sustainment and development of the real-time distribution network model in ADMS. Tasks include the collection,
compilation, and implementation of power system data required for the distribution network model and applications in ADMS,
including connectivity and impedance models of feeders, substations, switches, regulators, protective devices, capacitors, and
DERs.
- Model both normal and alternate configurations of the Electric distribution system to support switching operations. Validate
and reconcile differences between GIS-as-designed, SCADA-as-operated, and ADMS-as-modeled systems.
- Perform model validation, using tools to execute power flow validation against SCADA measurements and field data. Develop
and maintain data quality metrics and reports.
- Develop load allocation models, integrating future AMI data into the ADMS power flow and outage management applications.
- Establish model data standards for identified model uses, model validation, provide leadership to resolve source model data
deficiencies, assemblage of station and feeder models, power flow and advanced applications tuning and model deployment
to ADMS systems.
- Participate in the maintenance, system upgrades, benchmarking, and enhancements to the ADMS system and GE Source
modeler application.
- Responsible for planning, implementing, validating, and testing model changes to ensure solution integrity and accuracy is
maintained for the ADMS.
- Work together with Application Support and Change Management (SCADA) and Data and Software Solutions sections to
ensure synergy across transmission and distribution models, data integration, applications and infrastructure.
- Provide on-going support control room operations, diagnosing and creating operating guides for real-time issues related to
model inaccuracies.
- Collaborate with system operation coordinators, change management, distribution operations planning, distribution system
planning, SCADA modelling and display team, GIS support team, distribution design group and technology project delivery
team regarding distribution modelling and advanced application requirements.
- Contribute to the development of Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) technology roadmaps including but not
limited to the Model Manager Environment, the Outage Management System and the Advanced Real-time Distribution
Management Tools and Monitoring and Distributed Energy Resource Management system.
- Provide training for System Operators and other external staff on ADMS applications and modelling.
- Identify opportunities to improve process efficiencies and actively contribute to developing and documenting new workflows.
- Participate as required on inter-utility study task forces and committees concerned with Advanced Distribution Power System
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