Power System Engineer Senior - Electrical

Power System Engineer Senior - Electrical

https://www.austincityjobs.org/postings/124571

Job Requisition Number

AE504041

Position Number

100056

Job Type

Full-Time

Division Name

Power Production

Job Close Date

05/29/2025

Minimum Qualifications

Licenses or Certifications:

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.

This position will perform the following:

This position has been designated as a Critical Employee position. Critical Employees are considered necessary and vital and supports activities that impact City or department operations. This work can be done while at a designated work site or while working at an alternate work location. Critical employees who are able to work at an alternative work location are required to do so. Schedules may be modified, and employees may be reassigned to another area during extraordinary situations or emergency conditions to provide essential services.

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.

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. Prepares necessary reports to regulatory agencies.

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

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

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

10. 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- Supervision 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.