Engineer - T&D

Key Responsibilities

• Perform moderately complex system analyses, design and calculations using std methodology & principles & other viable approaches.
• Solve moderately complex system operating problems. Take a new perspective on established solutions (e.g., outages, system disturbances, power quality, load flow studies, maintenance recommendations).
• Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve problems or to improve processes/services.
• Prepare, maintain, and understand drawings (e.g., schematics, one-line diagrams).
• Develop and specify equipment, assemble documents and other requirements for assignments of moderate to complex level of difficulty.
• Represent Operate Electric System (OES) on assigned project teams.
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and provide guidance to other team members on OES issues (e.g., review and evaluate proposals and projects).
• Guide or mentor others.
• Provide expertise to operators, dispatchers, engineers & consultants.
• Interpret & make recommendations with respect to customer & stakeholder needs.
• Promote cross functional teamwork on assigned tasks and projects.
• Aid in guiding and mentoring engineers in OES.
• Provide direction for resources outside of the department.
• Work independently to address std & non-std system operating situations.
• Apply design stds., industry codes, design criteria, guidelines & UI polices/procedures (e.g., planned system outage and clearance requests, coordinate system restoration).
• Interpret processes and standards related to OES.
• Recommend solutions and best practices for standard and nonstandard situations.
• Represent OES on projects, task forces and studies.
• Develop business cases & manage small projects/processes/initiatives or teams in accordance with applicable UI guidelines.
• Coordinate phases of OES work for assigned portions of a project/program (e.g., clearance requests).
• Plan, schedule, monitor, control budget/estimates, for assigned tasks and/or projects.

Required Qualifications

• Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
• Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
• Engineering documentation # Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
• Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment - Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements
• Education & Experience Required: BS/BA Degree Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited college/university plus 2-5+ years’ experience performing engineering duties or an A.S. Electrical Engineering degree from an ABET accredited university plus 9 years’ experience in Engineering with UI Engineering Training Curriculum (e.g., ECNE-PUI) or equivalent is required.