Digital Data Consultant - Network Model Management

Summary

Surveying And Mapping, LLC (SAM) is a nationwide leader in geospatial and construction-phase solutions. The Digital Data Consultant will contribute to the Network Model Management practice, supporting client engagements and collaborating with senior architects to deliver high-value outcomes for electric and gas utilities.

Responsibilities

• Support client engagements focused on network model management, model governance, enterprise data integration, and digital transformation initiatives for electric and/or gas utilities
• Help assess current-state model sources, consumers, ownership, and pain points (with emphasis on networks and assets) and translate findings into clear recommendations
• Contribute to target-state architecture and canonical model design, including data flows between GIS, EAM, network planning, design, operations, protection, and analytics systems
• Develop and document data governance artifacts: ownership and stewardship models, quality rules, workflow design, lineage, and lifecycle management
• Design and help implement model validation, transformation, and publication patterns that produce traceable, trusted outputs for consuming systems
• Assist with vendor evaluations, RFP development, requirements definition, and implementation roadmaps
• Produce clear, client-ready deliverables—assessments, diagrams, requirements documents, and presentations—for both technical and executive audiences
• Collaborate with SAM geospatial, engineering, and integration teams to connect field/GIS reality, enterprise asset data, and electrical model governance

Skills

• 4–8 years of professional experience in the electric utility industry or in consulting/technology roles serving electric utilities
• Strong preference for hands-on experience in electric transmission & distribution (T&D) utilities, specifically focused on networks and asset subject areas within network planning, design, or operations business functions
• Working knowledge of one or more core utility domains: transmission or distribution network modeling, GIS, asset/EAM systems, planning, protection, EMS/SCADA, or operations
• Familiarity with how utility systems exchange model and asset data, and an understanding of the challenges created by point-to-point integrations and manual reconciliation
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to profile data, identify quality issues, and document processes and requirements clearly
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce professional deliverables and present to client stakeholders
• Comfort working in a collaborative, client-facing consulting environment with shifting priorities
• Bachelor's degree in engineering (electrical engineering preferred), computer science, information systems, geospatial science, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience
• Willingness to travel to client sites as project needs require (typically light to moderate)
• Experience with or a working understanding of the IEC Common Information Model (CIM), including CIM profiles, extensions, or CIM-based model exchange
• Exposure to network model management systems (NMMS) or model-management workflows across transmission and/or distribution for both electric and gas
• Hands-on experience with utility platforms such as GIS (e.g. ESRI Utility Network, GE Smallworld), Asset Management (e.g. IBM Maximo, SAP/PM), Network Analysis Tools (e.g. Siemens PSS/E, Siemens CAPE/APA, ASPEN, CYME, DNV Synergi, Digsilent PowerFactory), EMS (e.g. AspenTech, GE, Siemens, ABB), ADMS (e.g. AspenTech, GE, Siemens, Schneider, Oracle, ACS, Hitachi), DERMS, or MDMS
• Experience with system- and data integration patterns—API/event design, transformation, and validation automation
• Experience with data governance frameworks, semantic modeling, or metadata management
• Consulting experience delivering assessments, roadmaps, or implementation support for utility clients
• Familiarity with DER integration, advanced analytics, or digital twin use cases in a grid context

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 4–8 years of professional experience in the electric utility industry or in consulting/technology roles serving electric utilities
• Strong preference for hands-on experience in electric transmission & distribution (T&D) utilities, specifically focused on networks and asset subject areas within network planning, design, or operations business functions
• Working knowledge of one or more core utility domains: transmission or distribution network modeling, GIS, asset/EAM systems, planning, protection, EMS/SCADA, or operations
• Familiarity with how utility systems exchange model and asset data, and an understanding of the challenges created by point-to-point integrations and manual reconciliation
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to profile data, identify quality issues, and document processes and requirements clearly
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce professional deliverables and present to client stakeholders
• Comfort working in a collaborative, client-facing consulting environment with shifting priorities
• Bachelor's degree in engineering (electrical engineering preferred), computer science, information systems, geospatial science, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience
• Willingness to travel to client sites as project needs require (typically light to moderate)

Nice to Haves

• Experience with or a working understanding of the IEC Common Information Model (CIM), including CIM profiles, extensions, or CIM-based model exchange
• Exposure to network model management systems (NMMS) or model-management workflows across transmission and/or distribution for both electric and gas
• Hands-on experience with utility platforms such as GIS (e.g. ESRI Utility Network, GE Smallworld), Asset Management (e.g. IBM Maximo, SAP/PM), Network Analysis Tools (e.g. Siemens PSS/E, Siemens CAPE/APA, ASPEN, CYME, DNV Synergi, Digsilent PowerFactory), EMS (e.g. AspenTech, GE, Siemens, ABB), ADMS (e.g. AspenTech, GE, Siemens, Schneider, Oracle, ACS, Hitachi), DERMS, or MDMS
• Experience with system- and data integration patterns—API/event design, transformation, and validation automation
• Experience with data governance frameworks, semantic modeling, or metadata management
• Consulting experience delivering assessments, roadmaps, or implementation support for utility clients
• Familiarity with DER integration, advanced analytics, or digital twin use cases in a grid context

Benefits

• BlueCross BlueShield health insurance coverage begins the month after your hire date, with dental plans available and free vision coverage for employees, company-paid premiums for Long-term disability/Life Insurance (with HSA + FSA plans), SAM Cares program focused on holistic well-being
• Employee Referral Rewards Program of $1K, $2,500 or $5K
• Fidelity retirement plans with a 5% company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Optional cellphone stipend
• Paid time off including vacation/sick/holidays
• Parental leave to support families
• Customized career development plan for licensing and certifications
• Project Manager Business Academy
• CAD Training Program
• Individual Development Plans/Career Check-Ins
• SAM WINS - our initiative for women-focused leadership and development
• Milestone Anniversary Recognition
• SAMbassador mentorship program
• Access to “Perks at Work” for discounts on wellness + travel + leisure and everyday purchases
• Company-sponsored events
• Free office snacks
• SAM Named 2026 Top Workplace USA for the fourth Year
• 2026 SAM Ranks No. 92 on ENR Top 500 Design Firms