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Department:
Division of Research & Innovation | PacWave
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Special Instructions to Applicants:
When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:
1) A resume
2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.
Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.
For additional information please contact:
Jon Sutton
Jon.Sutton@oregonstate.edu
(541)737-7743
Job Summary:
Oregon State University (OSU) is seeking to hire a Power Systems Manager for PacWave. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position reporting to the PacWave Director.
This position is located in Newport, OR.
PacWave is a globally recognized wave energy test facility developed and operated by OSU, which provides critical infrastructure to support the national and international marine energy industries. Over the last decade, PacWave’s flagship, open ocean site, PacWave South, has been developed with over $150M in funding, primarily from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). PacWave South serves as the only pre-permitted, grid connected wave energy test site in the U.S. and is one of only a handful of similar sites in the world.
As PacWave recently transitioned into its operational phase, OSU is seeking a Power Systems Manager to assist the PacWave team in establishing the facility as a leading global test facility, which will provide the marine energy sector with the opportunity to test and conduct testing, research & development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) activities for wave energy systems and other technologies.
The Power Systems Manager will:
Serve as the team’s technical authority for PacWave's power systems, including medium voltage distribution up to 36kV and protection and control equipment
Manage the operation, maintenance, and safe isolation of PacWave's power infrastructure, including the subsea export cables and onshore substation
Review and evaluate third-party power system planning studies and designs, including testing client interconnection and grid compliance submittals, and approve them for connection to PacWave infrastructure.
Oversee commissioning and testing of client grid-interconnection systems, and set the technical acceptance criteria they must meet.
Coordinate with Central Lincoln People’s Utility District (CLPUD) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and support PacWave and its clients in meeting applicable CLPUD and BPA requirements.
Manage PacWave's power and data systems personnel, including SCADA, Power Quality, and other data acquisition, networking, and instrumentation staff, who hold the primary technical expertise in those systems.
Oversee power and data contractors supporting PacWave operations.
Coordinate and support client power and data operations, relying on the data systems team and external subject matter experts for technical review of data-related client submittals and test plans.
Provide oversight of data systems requirements, including SCADA, and their integration with power system operations, including resolution of interfaces between the two.
Provide technical expertise, manage relationships with the Department of Energy, and oversee and coordinate with National Laboratory personnel supporting PacWave power and data systems activities and testing.
NOTE: The Power and Data Systems Manager is not expected to manually operate medium voltage equipment such as switchgear. These activities will be performed by licensed contractors. A power line technician or electrician license is not required for this position.
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