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Company: RWE Supply & Trading Americas, LLC

Location: 353 N. Clark Street, Floor 30, Chicago, IL 60654

Position Title: Senior Transmission Engineer (Recruitment # 90068)

Job Description:

Maintain power flow cases for use in PowerWorld and TARA so that they are current with approved system upgrades and interconnection queue information. Complete renewable generation greenfield siting analysis and prepare presentations / analyses to share with internal project developers. Determine the optimal location for RWE\'s new onshore wind, utility-scale solar, and battery projects. Provide power flow and production cost modelling and congestion pattern analysis based on power system engineering. Forecast the resulting electricity price basis and curtailment risk development at RWEs current and future projects. Provide short-term and long-term power market analysis based on power flow studies, locational marginal pricing mechanism, congestion pattern and transmission system development. Direct consultants to develop and perform production cost modelling using software tools such as PROMOD to forecast locational marginal prices for various markets related to United States, especially for ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas). Engage in the transmission impact analysis to address the range of transmission risks that RWE is exposed to by potential market design change and technology breakthroughs in renewables and battery technology, electric vehicle penetration, and climate change. Collect market data relating to power system interconnection to determine operating efficiency of electrical systems. Scope, request, review and verify interconnection studies and other analysis from transmission providers and consultants. Can work remotely or telecommute.

Job Requirements:

Requires a Bachelors degree (or foreign equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field of study, plus three (3) years of experience in power systems engineering, or related experience. Required knowledge or experience with:

Power flows software tools (such as PowerWorld or TARA), nodal

market simulation tools PROMOD, and congestion analysis tools (such as YesEnergy)

Profound working knowledge of the ERCOT transmission system, and/or

other markets such as CAISO, SPP, MISO, PJM, and NYISO.

Will accept a Masters degree plus one (1) year of experience in power systems engineering, or related experience in lieu of a Bachelors degree plus three (3) years of experience.

40 hours/week, 9:00am-5:00pm, Salary: \$145,700.00 - \$182,125.00 /year.

Benefits: Health Insurance and 401(k).

To Apply: . Recruitment # 90068.

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