Job Description

Are you passionate about enhancing power distribution systems and shaping the future of energy? Join our Distribution Planning team, where you'll play a pivotal role in upgrading, maintaining, and automating power distribution systems. Collaborate with diverse teams and bring your expertise to solve complex challenges in the energy sector.



As a Distribution Planning Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of upgrading, expanding, improving, maintaining, and automating power distribution systems. You'll perform essential protection and coordination studies, identify and solve issues involving substations and multiple feeders, and conduct scenario-based planning studies to recommend effective solutions. Developing medium- and long-range distribution plans focusing on load relief, capacity, and reliability will be a key part of your role. You'll create and maintain computer models and their underlying databases for electric distribution systems, and conduct load forecasts, including DER, energy storage, and emerging electrification-related loads. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams, such as transmission, substation, and distribution design teams as well as the SCADA Automation team, to ensure seamless integration and efficiency. Lastly, you'll work independently while also coaching and mentoring less experienced engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.

What We Offer:

A supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and encourages innovation. Opportunities for professional growth and career development. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, and flexible work schedules.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field. 4+ years of experience in electric utility planning Proficiency in at least one of the following: CYME, Synergi, or ASPEN Power Flow. Ability to travel up to 5% as required to support clients and projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

P.Eng preferred. Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. Knowledge of software automation and scripting. Experience creating protective device settings files. Understanding of 8760 simulations in LoadSEER or a similar software. Experience with grid modernization challenges including FLISR, DER, system impact studies, energy storage, electrification, protection & control, sectionalizing and wildfire mitigation studies.

Not quite right for you? For a full listing of all our openings, please visit us at:

https://entrustsol.com/careers/

Who We Are:

ENTRUST Solutions Group, an ENR Top 100 company, is a community of people, 3,000+ strong, who are committed to our clients and each other. We provide comprehensive and dependable engineering, consulting, and automation services to gas and electric utilities, telecommunication service providers, pipeline operators, and industrial companies.

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ENTRUST Solutions Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.


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