Manager, Utility Operational Technologies (OT)/Derms - Black & Veatch (Hawaii)
Manager, Utility Operational Technologies (OT)/DERMS
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**Company :** Black & Veatch Mgmt Consulting
**Req Id :** 28763
**Job Title :** Manager, Utility Operational Technologies (OT)/DERMS
**Location :** USVRTL
**Business Unit Sector :** MCD-MCD-MC CONSULTING/OFFERING
**Opportunity Type :** Staff
**Relocation eligible :** No
**Full time/Part time :** Full-Time
**Project Only Hire :** No
**Visa Sponsorship Available:** No
Job Summary
Provides consulting services with technical and/or industry knowledge in Utility Operational Technologies (OT) with a focus on Distributed Energy Management Systems (DERMS), Demand Response Management Systems (DRMS), Electric Distribution Outage Management Systems (OMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems. Function in a lead role and as a technical specialist. Manage the client engagement as engagement manager. May provide technical guidance or supervise staff on engagements. Lead client facing meetings. Responsible for developing, validating and presenting engagement approach, status, recommendations and conclusions. Develop high-quality business and technical deliverables related to complex client engagements and ensure client satisfaction. Identify sales opportunities.
Principal Duties:
+ Provide functional and technical expertise in various aspects of OT/DERMS/DRMS implementations such as solution architecture, initial system design, requirements and gap analysis and system implementation support
+ Support execution of engagements to assist electric utilities with management of OT system planning, implementation, testing and operation
+ Support business development with utility clients in the same areas
+ Support the evaluation of potential new vendor partners, and the development of partnerships with key vendors
+ Support business requirements definition, request for proposal development and vendor evaluation
+ Support proposal evaluation, selection process, statement of work development and vendor contract negotiation
+ Support solution design, documentation, planning, implementation, vendor management, testing and acceptance
+ Lead and/or participate in system testing
+ Manage the client engagement as engagement manager
Key Responsibilities
Consulting Capability:
+ Use relevant utility experience to engage with client utilities to understand their specific applications, approaches and methodologies in Electric Distribution Operational systems
+ Apply applicable knowledge through best practices to improve utility system design and operations
+ Challenge client's current strategy and direction through persuasive argument
+ Define competitive advantage and achievable value to the client through use of the strategic change components and metrics
+ Contribute to analysis of impact of strategic changes by defining linkages and interdependencies
+ Transfer knowledge, capabilities, and skills to improve others' knowledge and skill levels
+ Enhance established working relationships with team members and management from within the client's organization
+ Contribute to quality review on own engagement
+ Ascertain and meet client expectations within scope of engagement role
Industry Knowledge Capability:
+ Deep understanding of electric utility distribution planning, engineering and operations
+ Understanding of electricity generation, distributed generation, energy storage, and the controls associate with each
+ Utilize specialized utility system design and planning knowledge to produce moderately complex work products and solutions across engagements or multiple phases of a more complex engagement
+ Assess effectiveness of client's use of tools, applications, processes to adapt to new OT applications for solution areas such as DERMS/DRMS/DMS/OMS/SCADA
+ Apply appropriate methods or recognized equivalent to identified client needs
+ Anticipate and resolve technical problems with occasional technical assistance from others
Management Responsibilities
Individual Contributor
Preferred Qualifications
+ Professional Engineer
+ Master's degree
+ Advanced technical or industry knowledge
+ Knowledge base in two or more solution areas: Distributed Energy Management System, Demand Response Management System, Distribution Management System, Outage Management System, SCADA
+ Human relations skills including collaboration and team functions
+ Ability to understand team functions and lead operation in an engagement environment
+ Advanced PC literacy
Minimum Qualifications
+ Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or similar technical domain
+ At least 7 years of experience in a business and technical consulting, or relevant engagement implementation services as part of an OT/DERMS or SCADA vendor team
+ At least 5 years of experience in Electricity OT/SCADA systems
+ Deep knowledge of Solution and System Architecture concepts, IT/Computing Infrastructure, Telemetry infrastructure and protocols, RTUs/PLCs, User Interface and Situational Awareness Trends, Information Storage and Retrieval technologies, and Operational Data Historian
+ Actively participated in a least two OT/SCADA engagements through the complete lifecycle including requirements development, design, systems integration and implementation and testing
+ Familiarity with major industry OT/DERMS/SCADA vendor solutions
+ Ability to travel up to 80%
Applicants for this position must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Black & Veatch Management Consulting, LLC (i.e. H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).
All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Work Environment/Physical Demands
US Based remote position with ability to travel up to 80%
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