Hydro Ottawa
Distribution Short-Term Planning Engineer
Ottawa, ON
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About the role
- This role oversees tactical connection planning and near-term capacity management frameworks.
- Fulfill operational requests for reliability improvements, and conduct current-state peak reviews and contingency analyses.
- Advance the technical workflow for connections, championing internal efficiency for DERs and interconnection tasks while maintaining rigorous data quality assurance.
Responsibilities
- Execute capacity checks, large load inquiries, city circulations and new customer design reviews (including electric vehicle charging capacity checks and large load requests) to ensure effective grid integration.
- Perform detailed engineering assessments, Preliminary Connection Reviews, and Connection Impact Assessments for all DERs in strict adherence to regulatory standards (e.g., Distribution System Code and Ontario Energy Board Distributed Energy Resources Connection Procedure).
- Issue Planning Directives to manage and control the safe, reliable operation of the distribution system. Fulfill operational requests for reliability improvements, and conduct current-state peak reviews and contingency analyses.
- Support the execution of the current-year, in-flight capital projects process through to final energization, successfully transitioning low-to-medium complexity distribution planning directives into tangible projects.
- Provide expert technical support to field operations, collaborating on system deficiency investigations to formulate immediate, actionable recommendations that enhance grid efficiency and reliability.
- Additionally, the DSTP Engineer provides technical guidance and operational support to operational teams and project stakeholders to ensure that grid modernization activities and new connections are executed safely and efficiently.
- Hands-on experience in customer connection management, distribution design review, and short-term utility execution is highly desired
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering from an accredited university
- Proficiency in Power Engineering Software tools such as CYME, PiVision, and GIS is considered a strong operational asset
- Knowledge of Ontario's energy sector distribution codes and connection frameworks (e.g., DSC, DERCP) considered an asset
- Experience with Enterprise Asset Management and Enterprise Resource Planning systems considered an asset
- Participate in Hydro Ottawa's Electricity Emergency Response Program (EERP) including potential after-hours and or on-call responsibilities, as required.
- Lead special projects and perform other related duties as required.
- Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
Skills
- Experience in Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement frameworks considered an asset
- Strong computer skills; proficient in the use of office productivity and collaboration tools, preferably Google Workspace
Compensation
- $89,420.99 Pay Range Maximum:
- Identify and formalize tactical gaps or emerging localized system trends (such as clustered EV adoption), delivering this critical localized trend data to the Distribution Long-Term Planning team to refine annual load forecasting models.
Company info
- At Hydro Ottawa, we empower the lives of the people in the communities we serve.
- And as Ontario's largest municipally-owned producer of green power, we are leading the way to a greener tomorrow.
- We are seeking a Distribution Short-Term Planning Engineer, a strategic thinker who can take initiatives from concept to completion and engineer the way to a smart energy future.
Equal opportunity
- We are also committed to preventing and removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities, and we invite you to inform us should you have any accessibility or accommodation needs.
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