Description:
The candidate will act as a technical onboarding expert, assisting the control center and other groups in getting new projects integrated to the various monitoring, control, and management systems needed to bring a renewable energy generation site online.
Role Responsibilities:
- Work with IT, OT, SCADA Engineering, Operations, and Control Center teams to onboard new and existing sites into RWE's environment
- Technically manage sites' real-time communications with and responses to offtakers and ISOs/RTOs, according to their specific requirements
- Connect Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) sites to RWE's commercial optimization engine, and ensure that sites continuously communicate and respond appropriately to charge/discharge signals
Job Requirements and Experiences:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field required
- Minimum 4 years' experience in engineering, software development, or related field required
- Minimum 2 years' experience with Industrial Control Systems as a SCADA or Automation Engineer with PLCs, DCS, MIS, SCADA, etc. required
- Minimum 2 years' experience in the power/energy industry strongly preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate or equivalent preferred
- Experience building and managing custom software solutions in complex environments required
- Experience managing large-scale onboarding projects and documenting onboarding processes and programs required
- Experience with grid-level battery energy storage systems strongly preferred
- Experience interacting with ISOs (ERCOT, CAISO, PJM, SPP, etc) through APIs and market interfaces strongly preferred
- Experience using industrial integration and data management platforms, such as Inductive Automation's Ignition, Emerson's Ovation, and AVEVA's Pi, within a control center environment preferred
- Experience performing quantitative analysis in energy systems, or working on projects alongside Market Analysis or Commercial Operations team preferred
- This position is an office-based role with some travel and visits to other RWECE office and field locations
- Must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time