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Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 33 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Project Manager to be a key resource on a technical services team.
Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background checkAllied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
Responsibilities
**Location of job:Currently working remotely; however, some on-site meetings will be required.**
This position will support IT System integration for client's new Resiliency-as-a-Service (RaaS) program. As mandated by TX Legislation, SB 398 of the 87th Regular Session, client is implementing a program that supports the installation and grid interconnection of on-site commercial, and industrial distributed energy resources (DERs) that provide backup power to the host customer during a grid outage and that are also capable of client's dispatch during peak ERCOT scenarios. This contract employee will develop a Microsoft Power Automate project tracking system that tracks RaaS projects from intake to the permission to operate stage. Such a tracking system will be capable of process flows that can generate notifications to relevant business unit personnel, of project status at all stages. Support is also needed to integrate this new service with existing client's IT software and systems, such as meter data management systems (MDMS), Generation Management Systems (GMS), and ERCOT metering and reporting requirements. In doing so, the contractor hired for this position will work with other client business units such as client metering, client's IT, as well as generation vendors to ensure client correctly communicates distributed generation resource status to ERCOT in real time and monthly settlements. Some on-site testing of communication equipment may be required.
Qualifications
Minimum (Required):
Years
Skills/Experience
4-7
Experience in the field or in a related area.
4
Minimum of four (4) years of progressive broad-based information systems, system integration, and project delivery experience.
Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative, independent judgment, and creativity in completing projects with a clear start and stop date.
Experience working with external vendors and/or Quality Assurance efforts.
Preferred (Optional):
Years
Skills/Experience
2-4
Experience working with Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Power Automate, including the development of Power Automate process flows.
Understands communication protocols for ERCOT metering and telemetry.
Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of registration and interconnection of distributed generation resources to ERCOT.
Familiarity with network operation centers (NOCs), generation management systems (GMS), and Inter Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP) in interconnecting distributed resources behind the meter and in front of the meter with the client's distribution grid as well as the ERCOT transmission grid.
