Manager, DERMS/OT Consulting

Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work, Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. 

At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use. 

The Opportunity

Provide consulting services and offer expertise and guidance on Operational Technologies (OT) transformation especially around Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS), Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) and Enterprise OT-IT Integration. 

As a Manager, you will manage and/or participate in a team of business and technology consultants in defining strategies and roadmaps, developing solutions and requirements, and supporting clients with their digital transformation needs (technology, business processes, data, and organizational readiness). This role has 80% delivery performance goal and 20% business development performance goal. 

The Team

Black & Veatch’s Strategic Advisory & Lifecycle Resiliency Services are an integrated portfolio of strategic consulting and operation resiliency services that apply across the client’s entire investment-to-operations lifecycle commitments. Included are Strategic Advisory, Industrial Cybersecurity, and Operating Assets.  

Key Responsibilities

• ​​​Manage client engagement for complex, transformational programs in advanced distribution infrastructure 
• Support development of business and technical strategy, business case and implementation plan for dispatchable DER, DER/DR programs, and DERMS 
• Lead client interviews and facilitate engagement among stakeholders in understanding DER management operating model, DERMS solution architecture, and Advanced Distribution Management Infrastructure 
• Work with clients to document and/or discover current and future states business processes 
• Provide functional and technical expertise in various aspects of Digital Grid, Operational Technology, and ADMS/DERMS  
• Perform and manage technical project work such as developing solution concepts, review of vendors’ design documents, requirements traceability  
• Support business requirements definition, request for proposal development  
• Support proposal evaluation, selection process, statement of work development and vendor contract negotiation 
• Lead and/or participate in system testing 
• Support or act as project manager to develop project plans, key milestones, and project control structure 
• Transfer knowledge, capabilities, and skills to improve others’ knowledge and skill levels 

Business Development Responsibilities: 

• Contribute to the business development process as a subject matter expert (SME) 
• Support proposals and business development with utility clients 
• Create and/or support publication of thought leadership in areas of Digital Grid, Operational Technologies, and DERMS 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience
• 7+ years experience in a business/consulting environment
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• ​​​​Master’s degree  
• Knowledge of DER capabilities (DER customer program, DER Integration, forecasting, dispatch, measurement & verification, etc) 
• Demonstrated expertise in Organizational Change Management, and Business Process Improvement 
• Deep knowledge of and direct experience in two or more solution areas: DER planning and Integration, ADMS, Outage Management System, Distribution Automation 
• Extensive Knowledge of Electric utilities operations functions and associated processes 
• Deep knowledge of System Architecture concepts, IT/Computing infrastructure, Telemetry infrastructure & protocols, RTUs, User Interface & Situational Awareness Trends, Information Storage & Retrieval technologies, and Operational Data Historian 
• Knowledge of DER standards including IEEE 1547, CIM 61968 / 61970, OpenADR, SEP2.0, IEEE 2030.5 
• Hands-on experience in DERMS, DER and/or VPP 
• Actively participated in at least two DERMS projects through the complete lifecycle including requirements development, design, systems integration & implementation and testing. 
• Familiarity with major industry trends and OT/ADMS/DERMS vendor solutions 
• Ability to travel up to 50% 
• Applicants for this position must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Black & Veatch Management Consulting (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).  All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. 

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Remote or Client Site - Travel up to 25%

Salary Plan

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