FAC-008 Station Facility Rating Reporting 20780

Role: FAC-008 Station Facility Rating Reporting

Location of Services: Burnaby, Edmonds (Hybrid)

Work Assignment Overview: The work assignment will be to assist in BC Hydro's compliance with the NERC MRS standard FAC-008 by reviewing the ratings of new station equipment to assess the impact on substation facility ratings.

Estimated Work Start Date: 03-Sep-2024

Estimated Work End Date: 31-Mar-2026

Max T4: $68.47/hour
Max INC: $80.80/hour

Experience and Role Accountabilities

A minimum four (4) years of in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
•Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform activities such as developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on low to medium complexity assignments for projects and/or operations.
•Assist project or operations management to meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by performing activities such as proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
•Participate in BC Hydro’s engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making typical decisions related to standard methods and designs so that BC Hydro’s engineering standards are maintained.
•Perform periodic tasks independently which may include on-site construction quality control and monitoring to ensure design compliance.
•Engage with BC Hydro’s senior engineering team where engineering problems are difficult, complex, or unusual to support BC Hydro’s management of engineering risk.

Important notes:

• Prior to commencement on assignment, the selected candidate must have their own sole practitioner, or the use of their firm’s, Permit to Practice with EGBC.
• BC Registrants provided to BC Hydro through this assignment shall work under BC Hydro’s Professional Practice Management Plan, Quality Management Pillar. The Registrant shall apply their own or their firm’s Permit to Practice Number to work that is Sealed by the Registrant. Retention and preservation of all project documentation produced by the Registrant during their contract with BC Hydro will be retained by BC Hydro to satisfy EGBC Bylaws.

Education and Skills

•University graduate in applied science or engineering
•Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC
•BC Hydro uses a Digital Sign and Seal Technology. You may be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius
•Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards
Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software
• Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Intermediate English skills for professional environment, written and spoken

Additional Experience and Role Accountabilities

• This role requires experience with the design of electrical utility substations with operating voltages from 12kV to 500kV and demonstrated experience working with utility design solutions a in an electric utility environment.
• This position is needed to help with an increasing work load in capital project, emergency replacement and restoration work, asset management strategic OMA work programs and Owners Engineer review work.
• Prepare project documentation and deliverables in accordance with BC Hydro project and Engineering Design Practices (i.e. evaluation reports, specifications, proposals, estimates, design basis', calculations, hazard logs, test plans).
• Prepare design work packages including scope, duration, and level of effort estimates.
• Prepare signed/sealed engineering deliverables as a Professional of Record (PoR) in accordance with EGBC and BC Hydro Design Practices.
• Provide technical assistance and construction support in the field, and undertake field reviews as required by EGBC.
• Design for the following Electrical Systems related to Transmission Stations:
o Ground Grid o Site Layout and equipment clearances o Control, feeder and compressor buildings o Electrical equipment supports
• Perform various engineering calculations: short-circuit forces, ampacity, cable design, lightning protection, voltage drop, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.

Additional Education and Skills

• Ability to provide technical directions to junior engineers
• Ability to manage design tasks including scope, schedule and cost
• Ability to find engineering solutions that add value and to reach consensus
• Ability to communicate efficiently including verbal and technical writing in the English language, analytical, interpersonal communications and presentation skills
• Experience in project management including estimating, cost control and project administration

Work will include:

-Reviewing the ratings of new equipment on the system to assess the impact on substation facility ratings, and ensuring consistency with ratings included on Engineering drawings.
-Modifying and developing tools in python and excel VBA to assist in determining the facility rating of existing substation facilities.
-Developing quality management procedures to ensure accuracy and streamline the review of element ratings.

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to:

-read substation one-line and other engineering drawings
-modify and develop basic python scripts and excel macros

Must haves :
- Experience in substations - Operations/design/planning. Be familiar with various equipment types in substations.
- Have experience in basic level data analysis and/or programming.
- A minimum four (4) years of in a relevant engineering field or equivalent
- Ability to manage projects or scope of works. Have good writing skills.

Nice to haves :
- NERC mandatory reliability standards.