Power System Engineer Senior (Transmission Engineering)

About this role

About This Position  

The transmission engineering team is responsible for providing overhead transmission line design engineering for capital projects, maintenance work, and other related projects. Other duties include reviewing proposed site development projects in the vicinity of Austin Energy's transmission line facilities to ensure compliance with AE's requirements, working with the Regulatory team to ensure all regulatory obligations are met, and many other duties related to owning, operating, and maintaining a reliable transmission system (69kV to 345kV) in a congested urban area.   Job Description: Power System Engineer Senior

Purpose: Plans, directs, and coordinates design of electric utility system facilities, including generation, electric substations, overhead and underground transmission and distribution lines, network systems, protection systems, supervisory control systems (SCADA), market operation and settlement systems, street lighting, and other electric system facilities.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned. • Performs complex power system analyses, such as protective coordination, fault studies, load flows, service reliability, load forecasts, power quality, voltage stability, system expansion studies, and market operations.

• Prepares and reviews standards, equipment specifications, design procedures, and test procedures.

• Develops and prepares engineering designs, drawings, circuit maps, control diagrams, charts, databases, plans, and other documents for transmission and distribution systems, generation and substation facilities, market operation and settlement systems and SCADA/EMS.

• Provides technical expertise in materials, design, welding, equipment standards, relay coordination, technology or other areas related to the utility industry.

• Formulates, prepares, and implements operating and safety procedures and guidelines, and operating manuals for system facilities including substations, transmission, distribution, and generation.

• Prepares necessary reports to regulatory agencies.

• Assists in providing technical and financial inputs for projects in electric utility budget process.

• Identifies, investigates, and analyzes engineering design problems, and develops corrective actions.

• Provides technical leadership for major or complex engineering and construction projects and works closely with field personnel to support project energization.

• Assists efforts to keep up with the latest developments in the utility industry, to meet North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and Texas Public Utility Commission (TX PUC) standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: May be responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed. • Knowledge of engineering design principles applicable to electric utility operations, such as generation, transmission, distribution and other related fields.

• Knowledge of advanced mathematical techniques such as trigonometry, calculus, and coordinate geometry.

• Knowledge of engineering standards, principles, methods, codes, practices, procedures, materials, and equipment used in the design, construction, and operation of the electric utility systems.

• Knowledge of preparation of cost estimates and engineering and feasibility reports.

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements within the local and state ordinances and laws.

• Knowledge of City of Austin purchasing and contract policies and procedures.

• Skill in oral and written technical and/or general communication including preparation of written reports.

• Skill in negotiations and handling conflict resolution.

• Ability to perform more complex engineering calculations and to analyze engineering problems.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation with a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in engineering, plus seven (7) years of experience related to engineering.

Licenses and Certifications Required: Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Texas; or if currently licensed in another state, the ability to obtain a Texas PE license within one (1) year of employment. 

Preferred Qualifications: • Experience working for an electric utility, co-op, or municipality

• Proficient skills in using the PLS-CADD software suite

• Experience using the National Electric Safety Code, and other related industry codes and standards (ASCE-SEI, RUS, etc.)

• Skills in using AutoCAD

• Skills in using foundation design and analysis software

• Experience in routing in congested urban areas

  Notes to Candidate: Location: 4815 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX 78723

Days and Hours: Monday through Friday. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 40 Hour Work Week (Hybrid Available)

Salary: Commensurate, depending on qualifications and experience.

Working with Austin Energy provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, career development opportunities and more. Please click  HERE  for more information.

Employment Application: • The City of Austin employment application is an official document; incomplete applications will not be considered.

• Please be sure to detail on the application all current and previous employment that you wish to be considered as part of your qualifications.

• The Employment Record should be complete with jo

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