Resource Planning Engineer

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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is focused on delivering safe, reliable service to power our customers. We are a company of people who work hard behind the scenes for our customers, the people and businesses of this province. We pride ourselves on being strong and steady, tried and true; while innovating in our approaches to our business. We value our employees, we take care of each other, we recognize excellence, we respect individuality and we work hard to create an inclusive and welcoming workplace. People who work at Hydro feel like they're part of a community and we give back to the communities where we live and work to make them stronger.

We're looking for passionate and performance focused people - people who want to make a difference for our customers and who share our values.

Resource Planning Engineer
Competition #: NLH-RE-24-131
Status: Permanent
Location: St. John's

Working as a Resource Planning Engineer with our Resource and Production Planning team, you will be focused on the sustainable, reliable, and economic management of Hydro's resources.

In this role you will:

• Prepare analysis to support Hydro's IRP (Integrated Resource Planning) process, including:
• Analyze the Island and Labrador Interconnected Systems to determine when power and energy deficits occur by evaluating Hydro's planning assumptions against established criteria.
• Prepare generation expansion plans to satisfy criteria, while meeting environmental requirements.
• Use planning software, specifically Plexos, to evaluate system reliability, generation costs and export opportunities.
• Maintain and update system assumptions relating to the existing system and expansion options including capital costs, outage rates, load profiles, transmission constraints and economic projections.
• Prepare detailed technical reports for the Public Utilities Board, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and for internal use.
• Participate in the regulatory process as required including preparing reports, attending hearings and technical conferences and responding to requests for information.
• Maintain current knowledge of Hydro's existing generation, and transmission systems and developments or trends in generation, demand management and utility planning.
• Provide technical assistance to Operations and Engineering personnel such as recommendations for system operation, equipment sizing and generation assumptions.
• Provide assessments of system reliability annually as part of the Near Term Generation Adequacy report and as required to support other analysis.
• Produce long-term projections of system generation to support long term planning and budgeting and to support commercial decisions.
• Be aware of the Hydro Group's environmental policy and guiding principles, and Corporate objectives, targets and programs.
• Participate in the Corporate Safety and Health Program involving: safety and health promotion; safety meetings; accident/incident investigations; and emergency preparedness.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

You have a degree in Engineering from an accredited university program. Five years of experience preferred. You are eligible for membership in the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL). Requires knowledge of generation planning fundamentals and software. Specific experience with Plexos and general analysis software (Excel, Python, VBA, etc.) would be an asset. Working knowledge of modeling and analysis of power systems would be an asset.

As an effective communicator, you are able to spot and share key messages with the right audience. You are curious, inquisitive and enjoy digging in to get to the heart of a challenge and make reasoned recommendations, supported by logic and data. You are responsive to feedback, welcome diversity, and enjoy working with a small team. Learning new fields and sharing your findings energizes you, and you welcome the opportunity to work in an evolving department.

CLOSING DATE: October 25, 2024

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro manages our province's electricity system. We are a company of people who work hard behind the scenes because we know our customers are counting on us. Through our generation, transmission and distribution operations, we're committed to meeting the needs of our customers and providing residents, businesses and communities across the province with safe, reliable power. For more information, visit www.nlhydro.com.

Our company values diversity and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from diverse candidates, including women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.

Submit your application online. Please quote the competition number with your application. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.