Distribution Planning Engineer resume example

    Leadership

          Personal Development

• Focus on personal awareness of others by reading books and practicing empathy and understanding        
• Enrolled in Harvard ManageMentor program
• Attend training on an annual basis to improve technical skills and stay up on utility trends

         Load Forecasting Technical Team

• Listened with positive intent in order to manage the relationship and sensitivities of several different departments to produce the desired outcome
• Recognized nonverbal signs that the committee was uncomfortable and took steps to gain alignment

         Load Forecasting Application Development

• Incorporated feedback from the T&D Planners to scope a new load forecasting application
• Designing and implementing the load forecasting application with the IT department

         Energy Systems Technology and Education Center (ESTEC) Steering and Advisory Committee

• Represent Idaho Power by advising on the ESTEC curriculum
• Strengthen ties between Idaho Power and Idaho State University

• Assembled a team of Idaho Power employees and facilitated meetings to kick-off the community advisory committee selection process

         Large Load Process

• Conducted large load engineering studies for more than 30 customers, 6 of which have chosen to locate in the East Region for a total of 21.6 MW
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to incorporate Planning requirements into an engineering study in a manner that satisfies the customer, regional leadership, and the Business Development team
• Trusted member of the Eastern Idaho Large Load Team
• Regularly attend customer meetings at the request of the regional customer relations team

         Peer Coaching

• Train Planners to use existing tools more efficiently
• Help peers come to conclusions and build confidence

         Safety Leadership

• Initiate and lead MoveSafe sessions in Pocatello
• Contribute to and lead safety discussions with operational personnel 

         Regional Presence

• Involve regional personnel in the small area study and project identification processes
• Nominated for a 20 Under 40 award by my regional customer relations peers
• Established confidence with the region, resulting in increased involvement in regional activities

    Technical Ability

         Temperature Normalization

• Worked with the Load Research group to take data intended for energy temperature normalization and determine how the data could be adjusted to accommodate peak demand normalization

• Identified weaknesses in the process and provided recommendations for improvement as well as facilitated brainstorming sessions to find solutions

         Load Forecasting Process

• Researched several different options, evaluating the complexity and accuracy of each option
• Recommended a methodology involving cubic regression and weighting factors
• Determined optimal parameters for each feeder and transformer

         Salmon and Pingree Sub-transmission Reliability Studies

• Implemented metrics to compare more than 7 unique options based on capacity and reliability concerns
• Created future requirement scenarios and then evaluated options using a present value cost benefit analysis

         Technical Lead for West Central Mountains Electrical Plan

• Utilized a spatial load forecast to determine the expected electrical demand at buildout within the study area
• Provided support for the Western Treasure Valley, Eastern Treasure Valley and West Central Mountains electrical plans

         Compliance

• Familiar with tariff and rate schedules and how they apply to new customer requests
• Conducted generation interconnection feasibility studies, while adhering to facility interconnection requirements from FAC-001

         Area Studies

• Maintain Synergi, PowerWorld, and SubRel models
• Completed area studies across the company

         Operational Support

• Prepare materials to support projects in other departments
• Provide support for planned and unplanned outages, using models and local knowledge
• Maintain seasonal readiness reports outlining sub-transmission contingencies and mitigation