Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is an American organization that operates Texas's electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection, which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state's electric load. Our client is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States and one of nine ISOs in North America. Our client works with the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE), one of eight regional entities within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid. Our client is a membership-based 501(c) nonprofit corporation, and its members include consumers, electric cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipally owned electric utilities.
Job Title: GMS Application Engineer (Level I to Senior)
Location: Taylor TX 76574
Duration: Full-Time
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Type: Onsite
Job Summary:

• GMS Application Engineer-Markets: Provides support for Market Management Systems (MMS) applications portfolio such as Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED), Day-Ahead Market (DAM), Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC), Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR), QSE Training Simulator etc.
• Actively involved in the design, development, testing, validation and implementation of modifications and enhancements to MMS applications.
• This position will report to the Supervisor/Manager of Grid & Market Solutions (GMS) Applications Engineering - Markets.

Essential Job Duties:

• Understands and applies principles, theories and concepts related to the profession and Client's culture.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Impact is generally limited to specific assignments or projects.
• May respond to inquiries and/or provide assistance and/or guidance to lower level workers.

Additional Job Duties:

• Performs all work according to applicable rules and regulations including regulatory requirements and organization policies and procedures.
• Member of the 24/7 Market Applications Engineering support on call team and supports, troubleshoot market applications and system on call issues.
• Assists in the proactive enhancements, improvements and issue remediation.
• Coordinate application set up and testing with QSEs, LSEs, REs as appropriate.
• Performs MMS model load testing on periodic basis and updates the model data in real-time based on established procedures.
• Design and Test MMS Interfaces and Web & Client/Server applications changes.
• Verify and support MMS applications during system site failovers, server/system/database upgrades and patching
• Supports the execution of Disaster Recovery Drills and business continuity procedures
• Maintain, troubleshoot and repair MMS applications and interfaces, and escalate as appropriate
• May provide on the job training or help oversee the work of other engineers/analysts
• Act as a consultant, representative and subject matter expert in project and activities that affect the MMS environments and applications as appropriate
• Participates in multifunctional teams to obtain input, address comments and provide application support
• Represents the Market Applications Engineering Team at interdepartmental and Stakeholder meetings
• Provides on the job training or help oversee the work of other engineers/analysts
• May act as mentor and advisor to less experienced engineers/analysts
• Works independently on assignments and projects
• Participates in multifunctional teams to perform studies
• Assists in developing tools, processes and procedures that enhance system reliability and departmental/organizational efficiencies
• Participates with other Client departments to select and implement system changes as needed

All Levels -- Preferred Work Experience:

• Experience with Hitachi ABB or any MMS vendors suite of applications
• Experience with Data Historians such as OSIsoft PI
• Experience with programming languages such as FORTRAN, C, C++, Java & Perl.
• Experience with PL/SQL
• or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required

Experience:

• Requires minimum 5 years job related work experience in excess of degree requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree : Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (Required)
• Master's Degree : Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (Preferred) or
• A combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required

Must Haves:

• Ability to apply electrical engineering principles to market solutions
• C, C++
• FORTRAN
• Java
• OSIsoft PI
• Perl
• PL/SQL
• Strong understanding of power systems, Energy Management Systems (EMS), and Market Management Systems (MMS)

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.