Engineer, Plant Power Control (Remote in Canada)

Power Factors is seeking a Power Plant Control Engineer to join their global team remotely from Canada. The role involves grid integration and control engineering for renewable energy projects, including solar and hybrid sites. Key responsibilities include requirements analysis, design studies, compliance testing, and providing technical support to clients and grid operators. The candidate should be proactive and communicative, contributing to the renewable energy sector.
• ABOUT POWER FACTORS

Power Factors develops software that accelerates global decarbonization by empowering operations and business stakeholders to collaborate, automate critical workflows, and make the best decisions.
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Factors fights climate change with code.

Power Factors has incorporated its five flagship solutions Ekhosoft, Drive, Greenbyte, Unity and BluePoint to build an integrated suite of open and smart apps. These apps are purpose-built for operations performance management, asset management, field service optimization, and performance optimization. Leveraging the domain expertise and machine learning-based advanced analytics within these apps, customers can maximize the value of their manufacturing and renewable power assets to stay competitive.

Power Factors’ software platform is one of the most extensive and widely deployed solutions in the market with over 500 customers in renewable power, pulp & paper, food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, mining & minerals, and chemicals.

Learn more at powerfactors.com.
• ABOUT THE ROLE

We are now looking for a Power Plant Control Engineer to complete our dynamic global team. As a part of the Controls & Grid Integration team, your mission is to deliver grid integration and power plant control related engineering tasks for solar, storage and hybrid sites during the projects execution phase. We are responsible for implementing new renewable assets, such as solar, storage, wind or hybrid sites, onto our Platform.

We are made up of hard-working, fun-loving people who are passionate about making the world better. We are a very international team spread across multiple locations, with a team spirit that is truly hard to beat! We work with agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum.

As a Power Plant Control Engineer, you will face a variety of tasks related to the grid integration and power plant control implementation of renewable energy assets. Typical implementation-activities involve interacting with our customers and possibly with the grid operators to gather all information needed, perform the requirements analysis, provide the design study and finally complete the grid integration/compliance tests and submit the respective report.

It goes without saying that in this role you’ll get to know the renewable energy industry and are able to develop your skills further through internal and external learning events.
• WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
• Analyze requirements for Grid integration, including the applicable Grid Code, of solar, storage, wind and hybrid power plants
• Escalate new requirements to internal product teams for implementation.
• Design the flow for new control applications.
• Contribute to the mathematical modelling of the Power Plant Control Algorithms
• Prepare the project specific control narrative.
• Commission the projects power plant controller.
• Conduct Grid Code Compliance tests (usually remote), including data analysis and reporting.
• Develop application studies for new grid integration and power plant control installations.
• Be the main technical interface to Grid Operators and client specialists
• Provide remote troubleshooting help to on-site engineers
• WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

We are looking for a team member that is proactive and communicative and enjoys being a part of a tight-knit team. You feel comfortable assisting customers in understanding technical integration and networking details and thrive in an environment where you need to find creative solutions to challenging problems in a fast-changing context. This means that you are efficient at managing multiple projects and portfolios of varying complexities and a driven by continuous learning and growth.

Specifically, we are looking for someone with the following toolbox:
• SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS
• MS/BS in Electrical or Automations Engineering with technical background in power system engineering
• 3 plus years experience as SCADA Engineer
• Knowledge of principle of operation of RES (Solar, Wind, Storage or Hybrid sites)
• Good knowledge of digital and analog signals
• Experience with Industrial protocols (MODBUS, DNP3, OPC, etc)
• Experience with PLCs
• Basic knowledge of Local Networks
• Experience with Linux OS, use of terminal and shell
• Experience in modelling of power control systems in Digsilent, PSSE or PSCAD.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Overall, we need fierce but humble people to help us achieve our ambitious plan. Join us to fight climate change with code!
• LIFE @ POWER FACTORS

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