Electrical Engineering Manager - Generation (Exec 2)

Job Responsibilities

Provide management and leadership direction to twenty-two (22) full-time employees who plan, develop and maintain the electric power systems for City Light’s hydroelectric generation facilities.

Participate in the oversight of the Generation Operations & Engineering $55M Capital Improvement Project (CIP) annual budget and manage the $2.2M annual Operations & Maintenance (O&M) budget.

Oversee engineering activities for 6 Hydro generating projects, including five high voltage substations, which generate and transmit more than 60% of the total power supplied to the City and serving all of City of Seattle residents and the neighboring municipalities, and connecting to both adjacent electric utility intertie partners; the Bonneville Power Administration and Puget Sound Energy.

Communicate and coordinate with other agencies such as the north American Electric Reliability Council, the Western Electric Coordinating Council, the Bonneville Power Administration, Puget Sound Energy, Tacoma Power, Snohomish PUD, and other public and private utilities including Columbia Basin Hydro Power (CBHP), Boise Kuna Irrigation District’s Lucky Peak Power Plant Project, Pend Oreille County PUD, and Avista Utilities.

Represent Generation as the lead Subject Matter Expert in all compliance matters affecting the Engineering & Technology Operations Division, provide technical expertise both related to the NERC/WECC Reliability standards, as well NERC/WECC Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards.

Lead directions to the entire electrical engineering staff to ensure that we meet our 20-year vision as well as the 6-year CIP plan to keep the hydro generating facilities operating.

Respond to workload changes annually to meet developing conditions in the plants.

Actively participate in the preparation of capital improvement plans for the planning and design of new electrical facilities and existing hydro generation facilities, Overhaul of (21) synchronous hydro generators, Governor and excitation controls, replacement of large power transformers, high-voltage circuit breakers and other high and medium voltage equipment, replacement and upgrade of fiber-optic, microwave, mobile radio and wired communication facilities.

Meet regularly with the Power Supply Management Team to review and discuss work planning and interactions with Engineering & Technology Operations Division.

Meet with the System Operations personnel to develop planned outages, discuss and review projects affecting generation and transmission of power to Seattle, and to solicit dispatcher and System operator needs in hydro plants and switching stations.

Achieve on-going employee development and professional training for the electrical engineering staff, so they could be ready to provide the necessary expertise to support operations.

Manage, monitor and administer human resource policies and programs consistently and in support of utility-wide practices to recognize diversity and commitment to racial and social justice.

Administer labor contract fairly and consistently, respond to grievances in a timely and appropriate manner.

Manage the transition of construction drawing preparation and management to a formal document system.

Develop formal Public Works drawing preparation, checking approval and professional engineering stamping of the contract and the in-house project drawings.

Oversight of section workloads, project schedules and budget.

Actively participate in the management of SCL’s document management system and over 100,000+ AutoCAD drawings and other electronic documents.

Actively promote, support and manage key strategic City-wide initiatives including those related to fair and equal employment, diversity and justice in the workplace.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field is required.

Experience: Substantial management and leadership experience in utility management, operations, engineering or related area of responsibility typically gained through 5 or more years progressively responsible assignments; at least three of which were as a manager or supervisor in a large, complex multicultural and diverse organization.

In-depth knowledge of power generation systems within the electrical utility industry.

Certification/License: Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer within the United States and up to 12 months after appointment to attain State of Washington registration.

Washington State Driver's license or evidence of equivalent mobility.