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Invenergy Hiring for Electrical Engineer II, Operations Engineering at Chicago, IL Full Time
Full Job Description
Invenergy drives innovation in energy. Powered by decades of entrepreneurial experience and unparalleled execution, we solve the energy challenges facing our customers and communities. We provide power generation and storage solutions at scale around the world to create a cleaner energy future. We develop. We build. We own. We operate. We are Invenergy.
Job Description
Position Overview
As an Electrical Engineer II you will be responsible for managing the operations of Invenergy’s existing wind, solar, and storage assets. You will monitor and drive continuous operation of the fleet.
Responsibilities
- Support operating facilities with electrical troubleshooting, including review of digital fault records, relays, and other operational data for planned and unplanned electrical events.
- Primary interface for electrical issues at wind, solar, and battery storage facilities site personnel, contractors, equipment manufacturers & consulting engineers.
- Manage substation and balance of plant electrical maintenance program, including NERC-required/NETA-recommended testing and inspections.
- Support operating facilities with electrical procedure development.
- Review and manage as-built site documentation including electrical drawings, schematics, bill of materials, electrical studies, test s and relay settings.
- Support operating facilities in electrical issues affecting generation technology, including wind turbines, solar panels and battery systems.
- Support NERC compliance team with audits, ing, documentation, and policies for operating facilities.
- Support project and construction managers on new project commissioning and turnover for wind, solar, and storage developments.
- Lead long-term action items and projects to improve reliability or efficiency of electrical systems.
- Manage root cause analyses to identify potential future risks, and drive fleet-wide corrective action plans.
- Conduct reviews of various system studies essential to reliability and steady state operations of fleet, various system studies essential to reliability and steady state operations of fleet.
Minimum requirements
- BS in Electrical Engineering, or similar field;
- Two to four years of experience in HV/MV electrical operations, maintenance or design;
- Some travel (up to 25%) and some field work is required;
- Must be available for after office hours troubleshooting.
Preferred qualifications
- Detailed knowledge of three-phase power systems, high voltage electrical equipment & protective relaying;
- Practical or field experience in electrical substation testing and reliability;
- Strong working knowledge of NESC, NERC and ANSI/IEEE standards and codes;
- Experience with renewable generation systems (wind turbines, solar panels/inverters, battery storage) and associated control systems;
- Strong verbal and written communications skills.
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Benefits
Eligible for medical, dental, vision, 401(k), bonus, paid time off, etc.
Invenergy LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.