Technologist 1 - Capacity Planning in Surrey

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Responsibilities

• Prepares capital plans for distribution assets, including but not limited to transmission pressure laterals, stations (TP/IP, TP/DP, IP/DP), intermediate pressure lines, and distribution piping, by:

• Obtaining long-term demand forecasts;
• Allocating gas load growth to areas;
• Tracking actual against forecast demand growth and identifying any variance;
• Identifying system capacity shortfalls;
• Developing long-term capital improvement alternatives;
• Performing hydraulic analyses;
• Performing cost-of-service analyses;
• Identifying the long-term least cost of service options;
• Documenting long-term capital improvement recommendations;
• Developing and documenting detailed 5-year capital plans and budgets.

• Performing hydraulic analyses to confirm distribution pipe sizing for Main Construction Orders and Service Header Orders;
• Performing hydraulic analyses to determine system improvement requirements (size, location, cost, timing) for Load Information Memos, and document findings;
• Identifying customers affected by system damage, and sizing emergency bypass;
• Identifying shutdown window, sizing bypass and reviewing system hydraulics for planned Operations and Maintenance procedures.

• Creating or updating distribution hydraulic models;
• Verifying accuracy of hydraulic models against actual system data by means of winter load analysis and pressure survey;
• Reviewing past winter capacity shortages.

• Performing hydraulic analyses to determine the sizing of customer piping and the feasibility of proposed operational procedures;
• Identifying emergency sectionalization areas.

• Performing hydraulic analyses to confirm operability of current distribution assets, and level of service, to interruptible customers for the peak demand period;
• Preparing and presenting distribution system capacity status and operational plans to Operations personnel.

• Developing long-term alternatives for Transmission Pipeline laterals based on client requirements;
• Establishing level of service to interruptible customers;
• Performing hydraulic analyses and summarizing results;
• Performing cost-of-service analyses to identify the long-term least cost of service option.

Requirements

• Completion of Applied Sciences Technologist and Technicians of British Columbia (‘ASTTBC’) recognized post-secondary technologist diploma program in gas and petroleum or related technology; or equivalent.
• Full understanding of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics properties and behaviours of natural gas and other related organic hydrocarbon products.
• Understanding the Distribution operations of TP laterals, IP lines, DP systems, and stations.
• Ability with general office software applications.
• Programming/scripting skill is desired.
• Analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Valid British Columbia Driver’s license.

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