Operator, Electric System Control

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

Responsible for ensuring a safe, efficient, and reliable operation of the Liberty Utilities Electric Distribution and Sub-transmission System Control activities at the Distribution Control Center. Interact with transmission providers and Electric Field personnel while overseeing the Distribution System Control during both day-to-day operations as well as Storm restoration.

Accountabilities

Including but not limited to:

- Operator on shift supporting all system operations activities including the monitoring of system conditions, alarms, utilizing sophisticated control center technologies including OMS, SCADA, and ADMS to safely and reliability respond to all system disturbances and events on the electric distribution system.

- Assists in the development and execution of switching orders for field personnel required to manage the electric distribution system in a safe, efficient, and reliable manner as set forth by the Company’s Clearance and Control Procedures.

- Manage normal system events and where these become more complex will work with the Senior Operator to determine the appropriate actions necessary to safely and reliably restore or switch the electric system.

- Manages trouble incidents during 'normal' operating conditions utilizing the outage management system and collaborates with the Control Room team, Construction, and Operations to establish restoration priorities and dispatch resources as appropriate.

- Updates and submits mapping changes and assists in maintaining the network model necessary for the accuracy and currency of the outage management system to reflect real time status.

- Complete Control center logs and reports and ensure notifications and updates for off hour repairs and outage restoration.

- Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

- Associates Degree in (i.e., Electrical Engineering/Technology) or an Electrical Engineering degree (Power options preferred) is desirable or alternatively a HS Diploma with extensive experience in related electric transmission & distribution operations.

- Electric Utility experience in a related electric distribution or transmission utility operations role (lineman, substation foreman) or system control operator. Prior control room experience is preferred.

- Understanding of distribution substation and line equipment, power systems, electric utility operations, electricity fundamentals, and the ability to interpret substation and system one-line diagrams and electrical schematics is preferred.

- Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), outage management systems (OMS), and SCADA is preferred.

- Able to work systematically to analyze problems and issues, identify causes, anticipate implications, and identify effective courses of action during periods of stress and emergencies required.

- Able to work both autonomously and in a team environment while prioritizing multiple tasks concurrently to meet deadlines as required.

- Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication skills required to perform efficiently in this role.

- Flexible with working within shift rotation, which may include day, evening, and night hours as well as weekends, On-Call duties and Company-recognized holidays required.

- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook & Excel) is required.

- Valid driver’s license required.

- Pass Company pre-employment DOT Testing & Exam.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

What we offer

Company funded Pension program

401k with Company match

Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase/match plan

Defined Contribution savings plan

Top Talent Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.