Project Engineering Specialist

CDE Lightband, the municipal power provider for the City of Clarksville, offers electric, television, Internet and phone service to customers within the city limits. We serve over 80,000 metered homes and businesses with electric service and over 30,000 customers with broadband services over our Fiber to the Premise Network.

About the role

We are looking for candidates to join our Project Engineering team as a Project Engineering Specialist. Incumbents respond to after-hours issues and emergencies, address a wide variety of issues independently, utilize SCADA, mapping, IVR, OMS, customer accounting, and similar systems, and perform duties of lower levels.

Responsibilities

• Responds to emergency and after-hours issues and emergencies, which includes performing the duties of subordinates and prioritizing assignments.
• Prepares, updates, and reviews diagrams of underground and overhead electrical lines and fiber optic lines; maintains and locates necessary information for new projects.
• Utilizes applicable equipment & software, which may include SCADA, mapping, IVR, OMS, & related systems.
• Reviews incoming projects to determine their impact on the electrical system; coordinates activities with customers; initiates work orders to begin construction; stakes jobs for construction.
• Coordinates work with contractors, as necessary.
• Initiates the work order process for work crews to install or repair lines.
• Prepares a variety of operational records and basic reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned of a similar nature or to provide assistance as needed.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or a related field.
• Four years' working experience in an electrical distribution system, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the position.
• Class D Driver's License.
• CPR/AED certification or ability to obtain upon hire.

Skills

• Knowledgeable of electrical construction principles, practices, and techniques.
• Knowledgeable of electrical engineering principles, practices, and techniques.
• Knowledgeable of SCADA systems and hardware.
• Knowledgeable of occupational hazards & safety regulations associated with electrical transmission & distribution.
• Skilled in customer service practices and principles.
• Skilled in basic computer and related software applications.
• Skilled in utilizing necessary field equipment and assisting with electrical and fiber mapping systems.
• Skilled in installing and maintaining SCADA hardware.
• Skilled in coordinating operational activities and preparing and processing work orders.
• Skilled in organizing and presenting data, preparing operational records and reports.
• Ability to work independently and accept responsibility for actions.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Ability to pay attention to minute details of a project or task.
• Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.

Physical Demands

• Fingering (fine dexterity): Frequent
• Lifting/Carrying: Under 10 lbs (Frequent), 11-20 lbs (Frequent), 21-50 lbs (Occasional), 51-100 lbs (Rarely), Over 100 lbs (Never)
• Use of headset: Never
• Repetitive Motion: Frequent
• Reaching: Constant
• Climbing: Frequent
• Crawling: Frequent
• Pushing/Pulling: Under 10 lbs (Frequent), 11-20 lbs (Frequent), 21-50 lbs (Occasional), 51-100 lbs (Rarely)
• Speaking clearly to be understood on the telephone and hearing a response: Occasional
• Sitting: Constant
• Standing: Frequent
• Bending: Frequent
• Walking: Constant
• Ability to identify colors independent of another: Constant
• Ability to climb ladders at extended heights: Rarely
• Kneeling: Frequent
• Squatting: Frequent

Working Conditions

• Indoor & outdoor working position, requiring travel from office to work site via company vehicle.
• Requires constant indoor & outdoor work with potential for extreme outdoor temperatures.
• Potential to work outside normal working hours on occasion.
• May be subjected to moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, dusts, poor ventilation, intense noises, environmental disturbances, work space restrictions, working from extended heights, and travel.
• Position could be scheduled for 'On-Call' rotation.

Schedule

Full Time, Mon-Fri, 7:00am - 4:00pm

Pay

Hourly, Pay Grade 10