Engineer - DER Planning

About Ameren Missouri

Ameren Missouri has been providing electric and gas service for more than 100 years, and our electric rates are among the lowest in the nation. Ameren Missouri's mission is to power the quality of life for our 1.2 million electric and 132,000 natural gas customers in central and eastern Missouri. Our service area covers 64 counties and more than 500 communities including the greater St. Louis area.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire

• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

• Paid parentalleave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees.

About The Position

The Engineer is responsible for providing technical guidance for Ameren Missouri's distributed energy resource (DER) interconnection requests as well as performing the relevant studies. The Engineer will be innovative and stay abreast of industry trends and new smart grid technologies that could benefit the distribution system as the DER connections continue and increase. The Engineer will perform DER evaluations and analysis working closely with Distribution Operating as well as with a cross functional team including the DER Integration Project Manager, Division Engineering, Distribution & Transmission System Planning, System Protection, Substation Design, Renewable Energy Service, Renewable Business Development and Tech Services, Project Design Engineering, Construction, and Maintenance workgroups to ensure reliability and resiliency of the Ameren distribution system.

Key responsibilities include:

• Perform DER interconnection studies at primary voltages (Synergi) & subtransmission voltages (PSSE), evaluating power flow, stability, reliability, and power quality.

• Accurately model, evaluate, and maintain system planning models to be used for DER integration studies.

• Develop and maintain expertise in using computer modeling techniques to perform power flow, Distributed Energy Resources hosting capacity, and power quality assessments for Ameren's electric distribution system.

• Create and compile the final interconnection report gathering all Ameren internal stakeholder's results and input.

• Develop Curtailment plan, operating alarm set point guidance, and curtailment report which will serve as a reference for responding to various contingency conditions on the electric distribution system. Periodically review and update plans, set points, and reports based on system upgrades and changes.

• Research and evaluate new industry developments and best practices to implement into DER Integration processes and procedures, including recommendations from EEI, IEEE, and EPRI.

• Stay current on developing Inverter Based Resource rules and regulations, including from NERC and FERC; and update the Ameren Interconnection Process documentation to align with the latest regulations.

• Assist in DER project technical negotiations and discussions with external and internal developers.

• Provide support to operating groups in response to specific contingency conditions, including the impact of planned facility outages.

• Participate in the restoration of electric service during major storm response efforts by serving in a support role, such as a Damage Assessor to perform site assessment duties.

• Participate in research activities as needed.

• Support the subtransmission planning team during high volume work times by performing load flow studies and economic development requests.

• Support the subtransmission planning team during high volume work times by performing load flow studies and economic development requests.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university required, Electrical preferred. Professional Engineer License, or an active commitment to obtain one, is preferred. Three or more years power system analysis or related fields preferred. Knowledge of PSS/E, Synergi, or other power flow software is preferred.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:

Must possess good analytical, decision making, verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with various stakeholders to reach consensus. Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft suite of products (e.g., Word, Excel and Outlook) as well as with ADMS, Map Viewer and Load Analysis software applications. The successful applicant must also possess initiative and a sense of ownership / pride over their responsibility in their areas of responsibility.

* Technical career path level depends upon applicant's credentials.

Compensation Range:

* This pay range encompasses multiple levels of the role. Career level and compensation depends upon applicant's credentials.

At Ameren, base salary is one component of a competitive compensation package for employees. Our pay ranges are broad to allow for movement within our organization and to accommodate different skill sets and levels of expertise. We take into consideration a variety of factors including, but not limited to, skills, abilities, experience, education, credentials, and internal equity when determining the base salary offered. Roles are eligible for additional rewards including annual incentive payments based on individual and company performance.

If end date is listed, the posting will come down at 12:00 am on that date:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.