Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
A hard working individual who is happy to work alone or part of a larger team.Self motivated with excellent analytical and numerical skills who is able tio use these skills to identify and implement the best possible solutions to meet customer requirements. Always looking to develop existing skill set and take on new challenges. Skill Sets: Utilites Background Extensive knowledge of both the C&I and Residential Metering and Utilities Markets. Knowledge of International Utilities Markets including South Africa and United States Data and System Analysis Knowledge of both SQL and Oracle databases and able to write sql queries to update DB Extensive knowledge of XML writing Extensive knowledge of Metering Communications Requirements Gathering Solution design and deployment Systems Support Customer Training Preparation and Delivery
Working as part of the Itron Solution and Delivery team involves design, deployment and subsequent support of complex metering solutions for major utilities worldwide. The role takes on the full end to end process starting with the initial customer requirements gathering sessions, then taking these requirements and designing and implementing the solution whist also providing supporting documentation and system testing based on the Use Cases agreed with the customer. Throughout the course of the project the role also involves developing and delivering training sessions to customer staff in order to ready them for delivery of the system. In order to design an effective solution for the customer the role requires an in depth knowledge of the capabilities of the software being deployed and of the market where the deployment is to take place as standards and processes differ from country to county.
The role involved the management of 12 staff responsible for the retrieval of half hourly metering Load Profile and resister data from C&I meters situated throughout the UK. The retrieval was done using the Itron Software I am currently responsible for implementing now I am woring at Itron. The role also involved the programming of C&I meters with the appropriate tarrifs and managing the deployment of these meters in the field. On a daily basis metering faults had to be investigated and faults identified as to if it was a communications or metering issues and the appropriate action then taken. This involved having an extensive knowledge of the different meter types and also the different communication method being used to communicate with the meters.