Sr Substation Engineer

Summary

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Manager, Lifecycle Maintenance Engineering, the successful candidate for the Sr Substation Engineer position will be accountable for the following:
• Supporting GTA business case development and answering regulatory requests.
• Conduct life cycle assessments for substation equipment, including supporting the development of purchasing specifications, improving equipment maintenance standards, developing troubleshooting procedures, completing life extension alternative assessments, creating sparing plans and optimizing replacement selection criteria.
• Leading the Condition Monitoring and Assessment (CMA) process for asset condition trending and analysis focusing on substation equipment.
• Leading the Condition Monitoring initiative for equipment located in substations, including defining selection criteria and prioritization of monitoring devices, and collaborating with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to implement new condition monitoring programs.
• Develop and implement comprehensive preventative maintenance programs for substation equipment to enhance the longevity and reliability while optimizing the effectiveness and efficiency of offline maintenance.
• Analyze data from numerous expert systems and data sources, including operational and conditional data, historical records and failure reports, industry resources, to determine trending and make recommendations for future upgrades, replacements, and refurbishments of station equipment. Explore new methods and focus on continued improvement to the existing health and risk-based tools used for asset expenditure planning and replacement selections including the establishment of health indices and failure curves.
• Evaluation of online asset monitoring technologies considering the integration into AltaLink’s systems to facilitate proactive and data-driven maintenance, real-time visibility and early fault detection. Develop maintenance programs for these devices, including troubleshooting and replacement plans.
• Provide technical direction for development of the annual Scope of Work (SOW) and long-range plan (LRP).
• Support substation asset replacement selections through AltaLink’s Capital Replacement and Upgrade (CRU) programs and defend the asset selections in AltaLink’s General Tarriff Application (GTA).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams during CRU project scope development and execution.
• Maintain, support upgrades, provide oversight, and administration of engineering databases and integrations (e.g., Doble, TOA, Cascade, CABA, Fail/Saves).
• Provide technical and on-demand support in the analysis and resolution of system disturbances and undesirable equipment performance.
• Investigate and resolve systemic substation equipment defects and deficiencies.
• Perform end of life expectancy assessments and equipment condition assessments.
• Provide innovative solutions for system reliability, safety and efficiency improvements.
• Perform substation equipment sparing assessments.
• Provide technical support, direction, and training to substation field personnel, junior engineers and non-technical office personnel.
• Demonstrate key behaviors and meet identified expectations outlined in our four cultural pillars – one team, continuous improvement, customer focus and personal accountability.