Manager, AEMS Operations and Applications - Salt Lake City, Utah - #113852 Job at PacifiCorp, Salt Lake City, UT

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  • PacifiCorp
  • Salt Lake City, UT

Job Description

Manager, AEMS Operations and Applications - Salt Lake City, Utah - #113852

Date: Jul 16, 2025

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, UT, US, 84116

Company: PacifiCorp

POWER YOUR GREATNESS!

PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

The position is responsible for oversight of the day-to-day operations, resourcing, planning, budgeting and integration of transmission, generation, and distribution projects necessary to ensure the electric grid continues to accommodate customer needs reliably and efficiently. Establish and implement company and system operations business objectives, strategies and plans within the department. Interfaces with stakeholders affected by EMS/OMS/DMS/ADMS/DERMS creation, modification, or deletion, including region system operations, grid operations, energy supply management, Reliability Coordinator, Energy Imbalance Market, and neighboring utilities. Ensures adherence to company, compliance, quality, and safety standards affecting system operations. Implement and support Company programs and policies. Communicates with senior management regarding the status of specific projects.


The successful candidate will be accountable as a department expert on understanding the impacts to Grid and Region System Operations, Energy Supply Management (ESM), and other stakeholders (i.e., regulatory, compliance, Reliability Coordinator, Energy Imbalance Market (EIM), etc.). Responsibilities include but are not limited to resourcing, design, financial, and managing multifunctional project teams across multiple organizations within and outside the company. Coordinate team efforts, assigning tasks, developing detailed project plans, project schedules and ensuring timelines are met

Responsibilities

  • Manage the day-to-day operations of the department, providing real time production support and performance analysis, design, development and implementation for transmission and distribution reliability, energy trading, and risk management systems.
  • Manage planning, scheduling, and testing of the bulk electric system, regional sub-transmission, substation, and major distribution related projects from scoping meetings to EMS/OMS/DMS/ADMS/DERMS implementation.
  • Lead efforts to translate grid and region operations, energy supply management and region business requirements into program specifications or data configurations to automate functionality.
  • Coordinate with grid / region system operations and ESM for end user input while developing and improving EMS/OMS/DMS/ADMS/DERMS operator tools and supporting interfaces.
  • Primary lead for initiating and maintaining harmonization between all control centers regarding EMS/OMS/DMS/ADMS/DERMS hardware/software development and implementation.
  • Provide expert level support to the clients of EMS/OMS/DMS/ADMS/DERMS and other transmission and distribution management systems. Fulfill inter and intra-company data exchange requirements of grid operations, including data exchange with adjacent utilities and the reliability coordinator.
  • Manage EIM capital project integration coordinating with multiple departments maintaining milestones for generation and interchanges ensuring deployment schedules are achieved on-time.

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  • Confirm third parties/vendors comply and deliver according to contractual obligations and requirements; within committed budgets, deadlines, and system/application integration specifications.
  • Coordinate with other departments to plan and manage regular EMS/OMS/DMS/ADMS/DERMS software releases and the integration of new solutions to support a changing business environment.
  • Manage SCADA communication configuration and data preparation checks prior to placing an electrical facility under SCADA service.
  • Oversee resolution of data acquisition and supervisory control issues which prevent safe, reliable and compliant operations of SCADA and Automatic Generation Control system (AGC).
  • Provide expert level support for NERC compliance standards for interchange metering points.
  • Oversee the management of SCADA alarms, real-time calculations and other parameters to provide situational awareness to grid and region system operations, to ensure they can react to system conditions or events as needed.
  • Coordinate with adjacent utilities in the transmission planning and provide authoritative consultation and recommendations to senior management for interconnected transmission and generation facilities.
  • Participate in the development of new WECC/NERC and operational standards.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • A minimum of 7 or more years of directly related experience with EMS SCADA functions within an electric utility control center or related technical organization.
  • A minimum of 3 years of functional or direct people management experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of various transmission planning, distribution, and outage management systems and applications.
  • Knowledge of distribution (DMS), advanced distribution (ADMS), outage (OMS), distributed energy resource (DERMS) management systems.
  • Ability to translate operational requirements and visualize the electrical network state into database configuration that result in appropriate alarms.
  • Ability to identify the root-cause and implement correction of data acquisition and supervisory control issues.
  • Basic knowledge of electrical operations and switching procedures.
  • Working knowledge of MS Access and ability to create MS Access queries.
  • Project management and leadership skills including the ability to work as a team member, to maintain project timelines, budgets and deliver on commitments.
  • Knowledge of applicable federal, state, local laws, regulations, the National Electric Codes, and NERC and WECC reliability standards.
  • Ability to perform effectively in high-pressure situations while maintaining focus and calm.

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  • Highest level of communication and interpersonal skills involving the ability to work cross-functionally to understand requirements and present alternatives and recommendations.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
  • Ability to positively influence management and cross functional environment.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical users in verbal and written form.
  • 24 hour-7day availability.
  • Travel required as necessary to meet department objectives.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Preferences

  • Advanced degree.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
  • Experience working in an electric utility control center environment.
  • Experience in systems analysis and development including implementation and maintenance of a major vendor supported application and systems integration experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of SCADA front-end processors and interface between SCADA master and Remote Terminal Units (RTU).
  • Experience with OSI’s monarch SCADA/EMS and associated applications.
  • Experience with Hitachi (ABB) OMS or other outage management applications.
  • Experience implementing and/or supporting energy market operations.
  • Experience managing and leading development teams.
  • Knowledge of energy scheduling systems.
  • Strong project management skills with experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from vision through implementation.
  • PMP Certification

Additional Information

Req Id: 113852
Company Code: PacifiCorp
Primary Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Department: Power Delivery
Schedule: Full-Time
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: $137,000 - $177,300 annually
This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 20.00% of salary.


Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit:


Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.
PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.


Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.



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