Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of the DERMS including an understanding of the core design and use cases
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of the member cooperative distribution systems to include their advanced distribution management systems (ADMS) that interact with DERMS (ie CIS, AMI, MDM, SCADA, etc)
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of the transmission providers’ systems that interact with DERMS
• Develop meeting agendas in coordination with the DERMS vendor to support near-term and long-term goals
• Assist with facilitating and record keeping for meetings with the DERMS vendor and internal teams
• Administer the DERMS work management platform (MS Planner) for tracking of action items and milestones
• Supply information to assist with reporting on the status of DERMS, including enhancements and new development efforts
• Track DERMS outages and maintenance, planned and unplanned, for internal visibility and asset management coordination
• Maintain web Support, the software hub of the DERMS vendor that manages workflow and priorities
• Coordinate with the DERMS vendor and internal team(s) for service pack deployment and verification & validation testing, including direct execution of test steps and coordination of testing efforts
• Assist with maintaining the DERMS Business Process Test Plan and a testing process with the DERMS vendor and internal Fteam(s)
• Develop program documentation to support testing, training, and user reference

Requirements:

• Academic and Trade Qualifications: A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, computer science, economics or other analytically intensive equivalent is required (3 years work experience in the energy arena can supplement a degree of lessor analytical intensity).
• Work Experience: A minimum of one year of power/energy industry experience in engineering, operations, planning, or other related field. Additional experience will be considered. Analytical mindset with a desire to solve problems
• Experience with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Planner
• Able to be responsible for a project from start to finish
• Strong written and oral communications skills with the ability to develop presentations and reports
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills capable of maintaining strong relationships
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Substantive experience of successfully managing and leading diverse teams of creative and support staff