Gas Transmission System Planning Engineer
COMPANY
Join the diverse and dynamic team that powers Michigan's largest energy provider and one of the nation's largest gas and electric combination utilities.
Consumers Energy services 6.
7 million of Michigan's 10 million residents - caring for our friends and neighbors in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.
We embrace a cleaner and leaner utility vision focused on eliminating energy waste and adding renewable energy from sources such as wind and solar.
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work.
We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages.
We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day.
We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose:
world class performance delivering hometown service.
LOCATION
The Gas Transmission System Planning Engineer (General Engineer I) position is eligible for remote work or can be based in in our Michigan locations.
The successful candidate will need to be able to attend in person meetings at the Parnall office in Jackson, one or two days per week as needed.
JOB DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES
he Gas System Planning Engineer has primary responsibility for building, maintaining and operating simulation models for gas transmission pipelines, gas storage fields, and compressors as well as forecasting needs to support our customers.
The candidate will conduct complex studies utilizing multiple analysis tools and sources of data.
This position will act as a subject matter expert and will prepare annual updates to key system planning models, data and tools as well as eventually act independently to anticipate and solve problems.
Clear communication and the ability to prioritize work are also important.
Communication outside of the GMS organization is expected while communication outside the Company will likely be required as the successful candidate develops.
JOB DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Updating and utilizing simulation models for gas transmission pipelines, gas storage fields, and compressors to support the Company s gas transmission outage planning needs in coordination with other Company departments.
- Updating, validating, and utilizing simulation models to support winter operations planning and system capacity evaluation by analyzing design peak day conditions in current and projected future winter scenarios.
- Perform modeling, data, or financial analysis to support our team s feedback on key strategic projects or asset evaluations.
Work may include review and providing feedback on project scoping documents or early development of scoping documents. - Updating, supporting, and improving important statistical evaluations utilized for system and operations planning purposes (Historical Weather, Linear Regression Analyses, Customer Load Forecasting)
- Perform data retrieval, modeling, and analysis to support and inform other Company departments of transmission system operating capabilities or design requirements.
- Performing research, retrieval, validation of gas transmission, storage, and compression operating data and information to support GSOP modeling inputs and planning analyses.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor s degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited university
- A minimum of two years of applied engineering working experience
PREFERRED
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of & ability to apply engineering concepts to complex multivariable modeling and analysis
- Knowledge in Complex Studies, Research, & Data Retrieval
- Problem solving experience
- Communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to learn and adapt to different tools & software
- Dealing with detailed data, uncertainty & ambiguity
- Process improvement & documentation experience
HOURS & TRAVEL
This position requires the individual work a minimum of 40 hours per week (45-50 typical) with 95% of time spent in the office or specific field locations.
Travel is required to job sites and project meetings as needed.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear.
- Frequently required to stand and walk
- Often required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
- Perform duties involve moving materials weighing up to 10 pounds on a regular basis such as pumps, valves, motors, gauges, other operating or lab equipment, books, paper, laptop computer, etc.
, and may require moving materials weighing up to 40 pounds. - Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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