Engineer - Grid Operations Technology (Hybrid Schedule)

Location: Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States. Hybrid schedule with at least three days in the office, including Tuesdays and Wednesdays; employees must be able to work up to five days in the office when required. Occasional travel throughout the service territory and weekend or off-hours control-room support may be required.

Annual salary: $100,490–$111,660, with potential incentive eligibility.

Company

Energy utility focused on operating, modernizing, and controlling electric distribution systems.

What you will do

• Support electric system operators by optimizing distribution networks through DMS advanced applications, including AFR, LVM, planned outage studies, and DER/load forecasting.
• Act as a subject matter expert in ADMS, SCADA, DER dispatching, energy storage, microgrids, Volt/Var Optimization, and load shedding.
• Specify, configure, maintain, and enhance DMS functionality in collaboration with control centers, IT, engineering, and operations teams.
• Develop project approval documentation covering technical solutions, alternatives, risks, budgets, and schedules.
• Research grid modernization technologies, assess their operational value, and communicate relevant initiatives in industry forums.
• Develop tools and methods to process multi-source data and design or verify engineering models and databases.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
• At least three years of experience; electrical utility industry experience is preferred.
• Strong understanding of load flow, voltage regulation, power factor, losses, load and generation modeling, and electric distribution systems.
• Experience with DMS, OMS, GIS, SCADA, EMS, Synergi or CYME, plus basic knowledge of SCADA communication protocols such as DNP.
• Ability to analyze large datasets, solve complex problems, prepare technical documentation, and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Applicants requiring immigration-related visa sponsorship cannot be considered.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work-life balance schedule subject to operational needs, team dynamics, management discretion, and performance.
• Competitive total rewards program and potential incentive compensation.
• Cross-functional collaboration across distribution engineering, system planning, operations, IT, telecommunications, regulatory, legal, and other groups.
• Participation in grid modernization initiatives and industry best-practice discussions.
• Emergency restoration assignments may require work outside normal responsibilities, hours, and location.