Description
Design, develop, and evaluate smart grid projects that improve reliability, efficiency, resiliency, and affordability of electric power systems. Work spans planning, design, deployment, and operations, integrating distributed energy resources (DER), advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), automation, communications, and analytics; may specialize in ADMS/SCADA, protection and controls, demand response, microgrids, grid cybersecurity, or grid-edge devices.
- • Perform power system modeling, simulation, measurement, verification, commissioning, and acceptance testing for smart grid assets.
- • Consult with utility clients and engineers on IEEE 1547, NERC/FERC compliance, and grid modernization practices.
- • Inspect and monitor AMI, SCADA, ADMS/DERMS, and distribution automation to assess performance and reliability.
- • Manage design, procurement, and deployment of smart grid projects to meet budgets, schedules, and regulations.
- • Analyze load, voltage, losses, and power quality using SCADA, PMU, and AMI data.
- • Enable integration of DER, storage, EV charging, and demand response programs.
- • Build and interpret dashboards, GIS layers, and analytics for grid data.
- • Resolve design and construction issues in protection, communications, and interoperability.
- • Advise on DER interconnection studies, protection settings, hosting capacity, and non-wires alternatives.
- • Validate meter data and telemetry, and reconcile MDMS records.
- • Collect field and telemetry data with line sensors, PQ recorders, and site inspections.
- • Review one-lines, protection schemes, telecom designs, and equipment specifications for compliance.
- • Prepare requirements, test plans, technical reports, and regulatory filings for smart grid initiatives.
- • Direct implementation and cutover of AMI, ADMS/DERMS, VVO, FLISR, and microgrid controls.
- • Research and evaluate advanced inverters, IEC 61850, IEEE 2030.5, OpenADR, and synchrophasors.
- • Recommend optimal DER sizing, storage strategies, and control setpoints for feeders and sites.
- • Review and negotiate interconnection requirements and vendor contracts for grid technologies.
- • Train staff on ADMS/DERMS, AMI, cybersecurity, and operating procedures.
- • Develop control algorithms for VVO, FLISR, peak shaving, and DER dispatch.
- • Recommend strategies to improve reliability, resiliency, efficiency, and outage response.
- • Conduct feeder, substation, and power quality audits using AMI and field data.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
