Reliability & Performance Specialist (Data - Burnaby, Canada - BC Hydro

BC Hydro

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Burnaby, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Providing clean electricity to 4 million customers takes a diverse workforce and that's where you come
in. We need your talent to help us build major projects to meet growing demand. To help our
customers find clean energy solutions for their homes and businesses and to be ready to respond
during storms and outages to keep our system reliable.

Working for BC Hydro is meaningful. And now, the stakes have been raised as we work towards a
solution to climate change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers.

We offer a healthy work life balance, training opportunities and career progression. We're proud to be
ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Join us as we
build an even cleaner B.C.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Duties:

and asset health including:
a) investigating existing manual or computer systems/work
- procedures, establishing criteria for system evaluation and developing conceptual design
- alternatives; b) assessing effects on databases; hardware and software; may develop- inputs, outputs, controls and datafile structures, developing mathematical/technical models and
- using simulation techniques; d) writing, modifying and testing the software ensuring conformance
- with system objectives and interface with related computer systems, etc.; e) evaluating and
- interpreting results of system, proposing alternative design, changes or modifications and
- preparing report on findings; f) implementing the system and training the users; g) documenting
- the system
- coordinating the maintenance and updates to the system; h) making
- recommendations for future studies.

Performs a full range of complex analyses/ studies relating to transmission & distribution

systems, such as the projected impact of Electric Vehicles on the Utility System and Setting

Reliability Targets, including: a) defining study parameters and identifying objectives and scope; b)

- researching and collecting information from a wide variety of sources including external
- publications and research and existing methods, computer systems, inputs, outputs and functions;
- c) developing study methods and preparing project proposal(s); d) performing technically complex
- calculations or writing computer programs for assessment of technical data; e) evaluating the
- results; f) interpreting the results and preparing a report on findings; g) making recommendations
- and presenting insights to stakeholders around reliability and asset health performance.

Develops financial, economic and technical models or procedures for electrical transmission &

distribution system studies; interprets and analyzes reliability of data and makes
- recommendations to staff and management through monthly/quarterly reports, Annual

Transmission & Distribution Service Performance Reports and adhoc requests; offer advice to

- staff and management as needed; reviews national/international standards and ensures
- compliance; administers and performs audits of reliability reporting process throughout the
- organization by developing questionnaire and setting standards, field visits and investigations and
- reports.

Performs project management duties including: a) scheduling and controlling projects; b)

proposing new projects; c) amending projects as to scope, resources, time, etc.; d) establishing
- priorities in relation to other projects under way; e) conducting cost/benefit analysis; f) monitoring
- projects and preparing progress reports; g) ensuring completeness of project work; h) maintaining
- status files and preparing final report.

Provides technical advice and guidance relating to electrical transmission & distribution systems,

- internal staff and external consultants.

Develops and administers policies and procedures for the operation of Reliability and Asset
Liaises with Electricity Canada, First Quartile, and other organizations to ensure consistency of

reporting and improve standards by providing data, reports and participation in workshops and
- making recommendations for improvement.

Maintains Reliability & Asset Health content on team site.
Develops, organizes and conducts training sessions and seminars of a technical nature.
Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties that do not affect the rating of the

job

Qualifications:

***- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or a related quantitative

discipline; and six (6) years experience in systems development, data analysis, data modelling
- and electrical power systems design capacity.

OR
Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or a related quantitative

discipline; and eight (8) years experience in systems development, data analysis, data modelling
- and electrical power systems design capacity.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
*****This position is affiliated with the Movement of United Professionals