Engineer - Infrastructure and Fuels - Milwaukee, United States - WEC Energy Group
Description
WEC Energy Group is one of the nation's largest electric generation, distribution and natural gas delivery holding companies. We employ over 7,000 people in our energy companies and service subsidiaries.As a Fortune 500 company, we value and develop our employees who are making a difference in a mission that matters.
We Energies serves more than 1.1 million electric customers and 1.1 million natural gas customers in Wisconsin.Job Summary
This position is directly involved in supporting high profile and key WEC initiatives and will interface across all areas within WEC and all levels including Senior Management.
In addition, this position is a great opportunity for personal growth and development as you will learn various aspects of the business (regulatory, legal, finance, Bulk Electric System, and electric markets).
The Engineer will support the company's electric utilities' regulated and non-regulated generation planning processes and market operations through support of fuel plan cost modeling, transmission and energy market analysis, long term resource planning, and regulatory filings.
This will include developing models to support the need and near term impact of WEC's transition to a renewable portfolio.
This position also supports peers and other areas within WEC Energy Group WEC Infrastructure and Fuels department by analyzing power system models, power flow software, transmission/distribution planning data, and state estimation data for electric planning/operations purposes.
This position is part of a job family (Associate Engineer, Engineer, and Senior Engineer) and placement is based on candidate's experience.
Build, upgrade, maintain, and operate the fuel cost and capacity expansion model used in projecting electric fuel costs for regulatory fuel cost recovery, financial management, and long term resource planning
Develop and analyze economic evaluations for future energy resources (i.e., solar, wind, batteries, natural gas, etc.)
Understand how our generation units operate in the MISO market and factors that impact those operations
Utilize performance monitoring/optimization tools, calculations, tests and engineering analysis to develop recommendations to maintain and improve plant, system and/or equipment performance, efficiency and reliability
Support with annual capacity auction process, generator interconnection process and market modeling
Model and analyze the transmission network to produce reliability assessments and develop plans to meet future system needs
Create reports and applications to support transmission power flows, constraint impact analysis and other complex analysis
Communicate with various groups inside and outside the company to investigate and resolve complex technical issues
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
0-2 years' relevant engineering experience (internship/co-op experience can be included as relevant engineering)
Preferred Qualifications
Transmission system and ISO market knowledge/experience
Plant engineering/operating experience
Strong analytical ability and advanced knowledge of Excel, Visual Basic, databases, and/or other programming software
Experience with MATLAB, Power World, PSSE or other relevant software
Some of our Benefits Include
Incentive Bonus
Medical Insurance
Wellness Incentive
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) with a Company Match
Tuition Reimbursement
Life Insurance Benefits
Paid Vacation and Holidays
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